The TELSAT programme (on behalf of the Belgian Office for Scientific, Technical and Cultural Affairs) will organise jointly with the Netherlands Society for Earth Observation and Geo-informatics, a study day entitled:'Remote Sensing for Tropical Forest resources and sustainable land use management'.
Invited EC, Belgian and Dutch experts will present their most recent research experience in the field. The programme will include communications related to the global deforestation and land use change process, to regional and local forest management applications and to advanced instruments and algorithms, and also a poster session.
A continuously updated homepage will be soon available on: http://www.vito/tropical.forest . The study day will be chaired by Mr J P Malingreau under the patronage of HRH Prince Laurent of
Belgium.
For more information please contact:
B. Decadt
TELSAT
Tel: +32 2 238 3570
Fax: +32 2 230 5912
E-mail: deca@belspo.be
G Nieuwenhuis
Netherlands Society for Earth Observation and Geo-informatics
Tel: +3115 269 1111
Fax: +31 15 261 8962
E-mail: s.j.fraikin@mdi.rws.minvenw.nl
A database containing some 40,000 references of publications on all aspects of fire management, including
basic research, is compiled and continuously updated by the International Association of Wildland Fire (IAWF).
IAWF provides members (institutions and individuals are eligible) with additional services, eg the scientific
Journal of Wildland Fire, the magazine Wildfire and regular announcements of new publications.
The ITTO Information Network provides a literature search and retrieval service for individuals and
organisations active in tropical forest research and management. This service is only available to people living
and working in the tropics. For further information contact:
For further information contact:
International Association of Wildland Fire
103 E. Main
PO Box 328
Fairfield
WA 99012, USA
ITTO INFORMATION NETWORK
ITTO Information Network
International Organizations Center, 5th Floor
Pacifico-Yokohama, 1-1-1 Minato-Mirai
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Japan