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• 1. Introduction to Forest Monitoring Using Advanced Remote Sensing Technology
• 2. Geospatial Perspectives of Sustainable Forests Management to Enhance Ecosystem Services and Livelihood Security
• 3. Distinguishing Carotene and Xanthophyll Contents in the Leaves of Riparian Forest Species by Applying Machine Learning Algorithms to Field Reflectance Data
• 4. Modelling of Abiotic Stress of Conifers with Remote Sensing Data
• 5. Retrieval of Mangrove Forest Properties Using Synthetic Aperture Radar
• 6. Photosynthetic Variables Estimation in a Mangrove Forest
• 7. Quantifying Carbon Stock Variability of Species within a Reforested Urban Landscape Using Texture Measures Derived from Remotely Sensed Imagery
• 8. Mapping Oil Palm Plantations in the Fringe of Sebangau National Park, Central Kalimantan, Indonesia
• 9. Forest Fire Susceptibility Mapping by Integrating Remote Sensing and Machine Learning Algorithms
• 10. Leveraging Google Earth Engine (GEE) and Landsat Images to Assess Bushfire Severity and Postfire Short-Term Vegetation Recovery: a Case Study of Victoria, Australia.
• 11. Recent Advancement and Role of Drones in Forest monitoring: Research and Practices
• 12. Applications of Multi-Source and Multi-Sensor Data Fusion of Remote Sensing for Forest Species Mapping
• 13. Challenges and Monitoring Methods of Forest Management through Geospatial Application
• 14. Challenges and Future Possibilities Towards Himalayan Forest Monitoring.
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Advances in Remote Sensing for Forest Monitoring An expert overview of remote sensing as applied to forests and other vegetation In Advances in Remote Sensing for Forest Monitoring, a team of distinguished researchers delivers an expansive and insightful discussion of the latest research on remote sensing technologies as they relate to the monitoring of forests, plantations, and other vegetation. The authors also explore the use of unmanned aerial vehicles and drones, as well as multisource and multi-sensor data - such as optical, SAR, LIDAR, and hyperspectral data. The book draws on the latest data and research to show how remote sensing solutions are being used in real-world settings. It offers contributions from researchers and practitioners from a wide variety of backgrounds and geographical regions to provide a diverse and global set of perspectives on the subject. Readers will also find: A thorough introduction to forest monitoring using remote sensing including recent advances in remote sensing technology Comprehensive explorations of sustainable forest management to enhance ecosystem services and livelihood security using a geospatial approach Case studies of monitoring the biochemical and biophysical parameters of forests, including carotene and xanthophyll content Practical advice on how to apply machine learning tools to remote sensing data Perfect for postgraduates, lecturers, and researchers in the fields of environmental science, forestry, and natural resource management, Advances in Remote Sensing for Forest Monitoring will also earn a place in the libraries of professionals and researchers working with remote sensing technology.
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Elemental takes viewers on a journey with the top experts in the nation to better understand fire. We follow the harrowing escape from Paradise as the town ignited from wind-driven embers and burned within a few hours of the fire's start. We visit fire labs where researchers torch entire houses to learn why some homes burn and others survive. We learn from Native Americans as they employ fire to benefit nature and increase community safety as they have for thousands of years. We follow researchers who work to understand the effects of climate on forests and the crucial role that natural forests play in storing vast amounts of carbon. Along the way we listen to people who have survived the deadliest fires to underscore the importance of this quest.

"In May 2016, the city of Fort McMurray in Alberta, Canada, burned to the ground, forcing 88,000 people to flee their homes. It was the largest evacuation ever of a city in the face of a forest fire, raising the curtain on a new age of increasingly destructive wildfires. This book is a suspenseful account of one of North America's most devastating forest fires--and a stark exploration of our dawning era of climate catastrophes"-- Provided by publisher

• Introduction : actualités du flottage
• Nicolas Jacob-Rousseau, François Jarrige et Dimitri Langoureau
• Pt. 1. Des bassins diversement exploités et aménagés
• Le flottage du bois dans le haut bassin de la Loire
• Les exemples de l'Allier, du Cher et de leurs affluents
• Les infrastructures pour faciliter le flottage du bois sur le Doubs et l'Ain et leurs affluents
• Du Léman à la Méditerranée, le flottage des bois dans les Alpes (XIe-XXe siècle)
• Pt. 2. Archéologie et histoire des techniques et des matériaux
• L'espace nautique du flottage sur la Garonne supérieure entre Fos et Cazères (Haute-Garonne) : les apports de l'archéologie
• Le flottage en trains sur l'Yonne (XVIIIe siècle-1878), une question d'histoire technique et environnementale
• "Le flottage fait disparaître tout ce qui n'est pas défaut sérieux" : éléments pour une approche matérielle des propriétés du bois flotté vers Paris au XIXe siècle
• Pt. 3. Approches économiques et sociales : flux de bois et d'hommes, nuisances et conflits
• Les flotteurs de bois à Raon-l'Étape (Meurthe) au XIXe siècle
• Le flottage sur l'Ouche à destination de Dijon, conflits d'usage et aménagements au XVIIIe siècle
• Réseaux, relations et enjeux autour du flottage sur la basse Loire
• Flottage et risque sanitaire : le choléra sur le cours inférieur de la Vistule (du second tiers du XIXe au début du XXe siècle)
• Pt. 4. Flottage, mutations des paysages et héritages
• Les paysages forestiers de l'approvisionnement parisien : les conséquences environnementales du flottage dans le Haut Morvan montagnard (XIVe-XVIIIe siècles)
• La mobilité sans roues : économie et écologie du flottage du bois en Suède 1850-1980
• Le paysage culturel du flottage dans la forêt franconienne.

"Pendant des millénaires le bois a représenté un combustible essentiel et le principal matériau de construction. Ses usages ont façonné en profondeur les sociétés du passé, et l'accès à cette ressource a toujours été indispensable. C'est pourquoi l'histoire du flottage du bois a été si importante dans de nombreuses régions du monde, modelant des pratiques sociales riches, des imaginaires singuliers, façonnant aussi les paysages, les conditions d'accès à la ressource et suscitant d'innombrables débats sur l'état écologique des cours d'eau. Rassemblant des enquêtes et recherches pluridisciplinaires sur la longue durée, cet ouvrage propose un état des lieux de l'histoire du flottage du bois et de ses enjeux toujours vifs à l'heure des crises énergétiques et des craintes sur les approvisionnements en combustible."--Page 4 of cover.

• 1. What is GIS?
• 2. Geographic Data
• 3. Reference Systems
• 4. Mapping
• 5. Geographic Data Collection
• 6. Geographic Data Management
• 7. Geographic Data Processing - Vector Data
• 8. Geographic Data Processing - Raster Data
• 9. Spatial Statistics
• 10. Remote Sensing
• 11. Advanced applications in Forestry and Natural Resource Management
• 12. Professional Practice.
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Geographic Information System Skills for Foresters and Natural Resource Managers provides a resource for developing knowledge and skills concerning GIS as it applies to forestry and natural resource management. This book helps readers understand how GIS can effectively be used by professional foresters and land managers to conduct spatial analyses or address management decisions. Through topics presented, readers will improve their ability to understand GIS data sources, identify GIS data types and quality, perform common spatial analysis processes, create GIS data, produce maps, and ultimately develop the skills necessary to use GIS analysis to answer real-world questions. This book will be of great benefit to GIS users looking to directly apply techniques to real-world data or foresters and natural resource scientists who use GIS in their research.
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Welcome to Audio Learning from Assemble You. In this track, we will introduce the United Nation's Sustainable Development Goals or SDGs. You may have heard about various sustainability targets, but these 17 objectives are significant because they are backed by 193 countries. After listening, you will have up-to-date knowledge of the 17 goals and an understanding of how they link together. You will also be aware of the history of the Sustainable Development Goals and the issues that nations face when trying to work towards the same aims. Let's start from the beginning. When and how were they established? Sustainability is one of the main building blocks towards a brighter future. The United Nations is one of the organisations that puts sustainability at the forefront. It was founded in 1945, and it acts as a collaborative organisation where world leaders and representatives can engage in discourse about global issues. The 17 Sustainable Development Goals are part of the United Nations' 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development. 17 goals form the core of the plan to create 'peace and prosperity for people and the planet, now and into the future.' Learning Objectives Discover what the Sustainable Development Goals are Examine why we need sustainability goals Identify the key Sustainable Development Goals.

• 1. Introduction
• 2. Wind
• 3. Heat Transfer
• 4. Fire Sources
• 5. Fire Plumes - Quiescent Environment
• 6. Fire Plumes - Windy Environment
• 7. Ignition and Fire Spread Processes
• 8. Firebrands
• 9. Spatial Data Modeling
• 10. Fire Spread Simulation.
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Large Outdoor Fire Dynamics provides the essential knowledge for the hazard evaluation of large outdoor fires, including wildland, WUI (wildland-urban interface), and urban fires. The spread of outdoor fires can be viewed as a successive occurrence of physical and chemical processes - solid fuel combustion, heat transfer to surrounding combustibles, and ignition of heated combustibles - which are explained herein. Engineering equations frequently used in practical hazard analyses are derived and then integrated to implement a computational code predicting fire spread among discretely distributed combustibles. This code facilitates learning the procedure of hazard evaluation for large outdoor fires. Chapters cover underlying assumptions for analyzing fire spread behavior in large outdoor fires, namely, wind conditions near the ground surface and fundamentals of heat transfer; the physical mechanism of fire spread in and between combustibles, specifically focusing on fire plumes (both reacting and non-reacting) and firebrand dispersal; and the spatial modeling of 3D objects and developing the computational framework for predicting fire spread. The book is ideal for engineers, researchers, and graduate students in fire safety as well as mechanical engineering, civil engineering, disaster management, safety engineering, and planning. Companion source codes are available online.
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• When you wish upon a star
• Where are the trees?
• What if I spot a smoke?
• Lassie saved him
• A mouthful of spaghetti
• Livin' la vida lookout
• Black and white and purple
• A fireball, ants, and a serial killer
• The last lookout on Dunn Peak
• Step number next
• The high world
• The burning index
• Visitors
• The birds and the bees...and a bear
• August on fire
• Put back the trees
• Locked in a forest
• Indiana, Idaho, Pennsylvania and Washington
• The Kabuki dancer's sword
• What were we thinking?
• Summer time...and the livin' ain't easy
• I've looked at clouds from both sides now
• August, 2010.

"Don and Nancy Hammond spent two seasons spotting fires in Idaho's St. Joe National Forest. Interspersing personal stories, history, and details of the work, Nancy journeys back to that exciting time"-- Provided by publisher.

"Tree sitters. Logger protests. Dying timber towns. An iconic species on the brink. The Timber Wars consumed the Pacific Northwest in the late 1980s and early1990s and led political leaders to ask scientists for a solution. The Northwest Forest Plan was the result. For most of the twentieth century, the central theme of federal forest management in the Pacific Northwest had been logging old-growth forests to provide a sustained yield of timber. During the 1970s and 1980s, however, a series of studies by young scientists highlighted the destructive impact of that logging on northern spotted owls, salmon, and the old-growth ecosystem itself. Combining this new science with newly minted environmental laws like the Endangered Species Act, environmental activists obtained court injunctions to stop old-growth logging on federal land, setting off a titanic struggle in the Pacific Northwest to find a way to accommodate conservation imperatives as well as the logging that provided employment for tens of thousands of people. That effort involved years of controversy and debate, federal courts, five science assessments, Congress, and eventually the president of the United States. It led to creation of the Northwest Forest Plan, which sharply and abruptly shifted the primary goal of federal forestry toward conserving the species and ecosystems of old-growth forests. Scientists went from spectators to planners and guides, employing their latest scientific findings and expertise to create a forest plan for 20 million acres that would satisfy the courts. The largest upheaval in federal forest management in history had occurred, along with a precipitous decline in timber harvest, and there was no going back. In this book, three of the scientists who helped craft that change tell the story as they know it: the causes, development, adoption, and implementation of the Northwest Forest Plan. The book also incorporates personal reflections from the authors, short commentaries and histories from key figures- including spotted owl expert Eric Forsman-and experiences from managers who implemented the plan as best they could. Legal expert Susan Jane M. Brown helped interpret court cases and Debora Johnson turned spatial data into maps. The final chapters cover the plan's ongoing significance and recommendations for conserving forest and aquatic ecosystems in an era of megafires and climate change."-- Provided by publisher.

"The book is a fire history of Yosemite National Park, with the Illioutte Basin watershed a specific focusing point of discussion, told via two interlocking narratives, historical and personal. It's a story of the role of fire in shaping the park and the human dramas within it, and the evolution of fire management philosophy as generations of stewards attempt to reconcile disparate ideas of wilderness and control in an iconic landscape. The major argument of the manuscript follows that wildfire has a long history within the Park and that historic human intervention into that fire has complicated the relationship greatly. Also, that the story is still evolving and has an uncertain future. Throughout, the author discusses elements of fire ecology, sociopolitical factors, and personalities who have contributed to shaping the current state of fire management in the Park"-- Provided by publisher

• Intro
• Table of Contents
• Preface
• Acknowledgments
• List of Abbreviations
• 1. Forests: A Natural Climate Solution
• 2. Theory: Societal Transformations, Corporatism, and Forest Gains
• 3. Forest Losses, the Conservation Movement, and Protected Areas
• 4. Rural-Urban Migration, Land Abandonment, and the Spread of Secondary Forests
• 5. Planted Forests: Concessions, Plantations, and the Strength of States
• 6. Agroforests I: The Spread of Silvopastures
• 7. Agroforests II: Restoring Agroforests in the Humid Tropics
• 8. Resurgent Forests: A Qualitative Comparative Analysis

• 9. A Global Forest Transition?
• Glossary
• Notes
• Bibliography
• Index

• 1. -- A time to change direction
• 2.
• Revisiting Baru Pelepat: Life after ACM (Indonesia)
• 3.
• Trust building in a multi-stakeholder forum in Jambi, Indonesia
• 4.
• ACM as a pathway to mitigate Jakarta's flood impacts in a changing climate
• 5. -- The power of possibility in landscape governance: multiple lives of participatory action research in Kajang, Sulawesi
• 6.
• Herding cats: facilitation in social learning processes
• 7.
• Sustaining adaptive collaborative management processes: challenges and opportunities from Mafungautsi State Forest, Gokwe, Zimbabwe
• 8. -- An assessment of participatory forest management inspired by adaptive collaborative management in Malawi
• 9.
• Collaborative forest management in Uganda: policy, implementation, and longevity
• 10.
• ACM and model forests: a new paradigm for Africa
• 11.
• Changing the game: an economy built around stewardship

"With a particular focus on forest management and governance, this book examines how the Adaptive Collaborative Management approach can be utilised to address global environmental issues by complementing global and national policies with community-based action and commitment. There is broad recognition of the need to involve local communities and to enhance the resilience of local systems, both social and biophysical. However, more support for smallholders, Indigenous Peoples, and local communities who depend on forests for their livelihoods, and have a key role in their stewardship, is needed. This volume argues that the activation and the empowerment of local peoples is critical to addressing current environmental challenges. This can be achieved by employing the participatory approach of Adaptive Collaborative Management, which is characterized by conscious efforts among stakeholders to communicate, collaborate, negotiate, and seek out opportunities to learn collectively about the impacts of their actions. The authors' conviction for this approach is based on decades of experience working with local communities, with this volume drawing on case studies from three Indonesian Islands and four African countries, all areas where development pressure is acute. They provide concrete examples showing how a bottom-up approach can function to enhance policies and development. Researchers and practitioners who participated in CIFOR's early Adaptive Collaborative Management work, had the rare opportunity to return to their research sites decades later to see what has happened. These authors reflect critically on their own experience and the conditions at the sites to glean insights that will help us effectively address climate change and other forest-related challenges. This book will be of great interest to students, scholars and practitioners working in the fields of conservation, forest management, community development, natural resource management and development studies more broadly"-- Provided by publisher

• Part I: Historical Perspective: 1. The Forest-Climate Question
• 2. Tempering the Climate, c. 1600-1840
• 3. Destroying the Rains, c. 1500-1830
• 4. Planting Trees for Rain, c. 1840-1900
• 5. Making a Science: Forest Meteorology, c. 1850-1880
• 6. American Meteorologists Speak Out, c. 1850-1910
• 7. Views of Forests
• Part II: The Scientific Basis: 8. Global Physical Climatology
• 9. Forest Biometeorology
• 10. Scientific Tools
• 11. Forest Microclimates
• 12. Water Yield
• 13. Carbon Sequestration
• 14. Forest Macroclimates
• 15. Case Studies
• 16. Climate-Smart Forests
• 17. Forests of the Future
• 18. The Forests Before Us
• Notes
• References
• Index.
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For centuries, people have understood that forests, and our utilisation of them, influence the climate. With modern environmental concerns, there is now scientific, governmental, and popular interest in planting trees for climate protection. This book examines the historical origins of the idea that forests influence climate, the bitter controversy that ended the science, and its modern rebirth. Spanning the 1500s to the present, it provides a broad perspective across the physical and biological sciences, as well as the humanities, to explain the many ways forests influence climate. It describes their use in climate-smart forestry and as a natural climate solution, and demonstrates that in the forest-climate question, human and sylvan fates are linked. Accessibly written with minimal mathematics, it is ideal for students in environmental and related sciences, as well as anyone with an interest in understanding the environmental workings of forests and their interactions with climate.
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• Chapter 1. Introduction.-
• Chapter 2. Forest Land Use/Cover Change.-
• Chapter 3. Forest Classifications and Working Circles.-
• Chapter 4. National Parks, Wildlife Sanctuaries, and Conservation Reserves.-
• Chapter 5. Forest Diversity and Distribution.-
• Chapter 6. Forest Stocks and Products.-
• Chapter 7. Environmental Index.-
• Chapter 8. Ecosystem Goods and Services.-
• Chapter 9. Drivers of Forest Degradation and Conservation Measures.-
• Chapter 10. Climate Change and Forests.-
• Chapter 11. Cultural and Socio-Economic Significance of Forests.-
• Chapter 12. Sustainable Forest Management.-
• Chapter 13. Conclusions.
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This volume presents a comprehensive description of forests of the Uttarakhand Himalaya. It looks into the major drivers of forest depletion and suggests paths toward sustainable forest management. The book comprises thirteen chapters, which together describe forest land use/cover change; forest classification and working circles; national parks, wildlife sanctuaries, and conservation reserves; forest diversity and distribution; forest stocks and products; ecosystem goods and services; environmental index; drivers of forest degradation and conservation; climate change and forests; cultural and economic significance of forests, and sustainable forest management. The text is richly complemented by nearly seventy photographs and figures.
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