Subject: CFP: DATA MANAGEMENT AND MODELLING USING REMOTE SENSING AND GIS F OR TROPICAL FOREST LAND INVENTORY (resent by listowner) Date: Wed, 24 Jun 1998 13:12:44 +0200 SECOND (and final) ANNOUNCEMENT International Conference on DATA MANAGEMENT AND MODELLING USING REMOTE SENSING AND GIS FOR TROPICAL FOREST LAND INVENTORY JAKARTA, INDONESIA, OCTOBER 26-29, 1998 ORGANIZERS FOREST INVENTORY AND MONITORING PROJECT (FIMP - EU/IFSSP), INTAG, MINISTRY OF FORESTRY AND ESTATE CROPS, INDONESIA, IUFRO 4.11. SPONSORING ORGANIZATIONS: INDONESIAN MINISTRY OF FORESTRY AND ESTATE CROPS, EUROPEAN UNION, IUFRO 4.11., CIFOR RECENT EVENTS IN INDONESIA/JAKARTA Recent events in Indonesia/Jakarta, immediately preceding the deadline for registration and abstracts for this conference (1st June 1998), has meant that many potential participants will have considered it unlikely that the meeting would actually take place. Certainly the prospects were uncertain until about a week ago. However, with the change of President, the economic and social reforms that are now under way, and the promise of elections in 1999, Indonesia and Jakarta have returned to normality, and the prevailing atmosphere now in Jakarta is one of optimism and tranquillity. Jakarta is now, and in the foreseeable future, as it has been for many years, far safer for visitors than almost any capital city in the world. The conference will therefore be proceeding in October as planned. In the circumstances the deadline for registrations has been deferred to 15th August 1998. We would like to encourage those who have restrained from registering by the former deadline to submit their registrations and abstracts by the new deadline. We can reassure you that you will find the conference in Jakarta a very satisfactory experience; besides a growing technical programme on topics of major importance you will find the Indonesia has it is, friendly and open, with many beautiful locations that can be visited before or after the conference. Details of the conference organization and accommodation are given in the following section, together with the procedure for abstract submission and registration, including conference fees. Background information from the Preliminary Announcement, together with a list of the papers already registered and their authors, are finally given. Authors should take this as an acceptance of their paper for the conference. CONFERENCE THEMES: Contributed Papers are invited on the following themes: Remote Sensed information : case studies; classification accuracy and validity; scaling and extrapolation issues. Geographic Information systems: integrated data management and modelling; sampling and modelling for causal relationships (biophysical, ecological or socio-economical data) Mathematical & Statistical : optimal sampling; modelling of causal relationships, Modelling methods MCMC, accuracy and quality of maps; Computing Methods pattern recognition and image analysis. The themes of this conference are closely related to those of the IUFRO Division 8 Conference on Environmental Forest Science (19-23 Oct. 1998). ( http://www.bio.mie-u.ac.jp/iufro8/bulletin2.html ) This meeting has therefore been timed so that participants at the Kyoto Conference may continue to Jakarta for this Conference. CONFERENCE VENUE : The conference will be held at the Mandarin Oriental Hotel, which is in the center of Jakarta, with close access to many facilities for shopping, sight-seeing and entertainment. CONFERENCE FEES : This been set at $150US, and includes attendance at the conference sessions, tea/coffee during the meeting, a copy of the conference proceedings, and attendance at the conference reception. The registration fee may be paid on registration at the conference venue. Accompanying persons will be charged $10 US for attendance at the reception. A reduced fee of $75 may be charged to participants who are presenting a paper, but are from Institutions/countries which are under severe financial constraint. The registration fee for research students is $30. Those who wish to be considered for the reduced fee should apply to the conference secretariat (fimp@dephut.cbn.net.id) and give relevant information on their situation. HOTEL ACCOMMODATION Except for the Mandarin, participants should book their own hotel accommodation directly by fax. 1. Hotel Mandarin Oriental, Jl. M.H. Thamrin This is a four star hotel with full international class facilities. Since the venue of the conference is in this hotel, participants will find this the most convenient hotel. The discount prices (Indonesian Rupiah) for the conference participants are ($US equivalent at the present rate): Standard room, (Double bed, AC, TV,...including breakfast) : Rp. 450,000 ($30US) Superior room, (as the Standard, but larger) : Rp. 600,000 ($40US) This hotel can be booked through the Conference Secretariat fimp@dephut.cbn.net.id Suggestions for hotels at a walking distance from the Conference venue 2. Hotel Indonesia, Jl. M.H. Thamrin (Fax: 62 21 230 10 07) Standard Room: : Rp. 300,000 Ramayana Plus Room: : Rp. 400,000 3. Hotel Wisata International, Jl. Thamrin (Fax: 62 21 230 05 78) Single Room: : Rp. 150,000 Double Room: : Rp. 165,000 4. For those on a very tight budget: Youth hotels are located on Jl. Jaksa, a popular area with international travelers. They are about one kilometer from the conference venue, (10min, 50cents US by taxi). The most expensive rooms have AC and a bathroom en suite. The cheapest have a fan and shared bathroom. There is plenty of similar accommodation in the immediate area. (i) Hotel Tator, (Jl.Jaksa No. 37, Jakarta 10340; Tel. (62-21) 323-940/392-3941 ; Fax. (62-21) 325-124). 30,000-60,000Rp. (ii) Nick's Corner. (Jl.Jaksa No. 16, Jakarta 10340; Tel. (62-21) 336-754/314-1988 ; Fax. (62-21) 310-7814). 30,000-65,000Rp. (iii) Djody Hostel. (Jl.Jaksa. No. 27, Jakarta 10340; Tel. (62-21) 315-1404 / 390-5976 / 314-1732; Fax. (62-21) 314-2368. 30,000-50,000Rp. SUBMISSION OF ABSTRACTS AND REGISTRATION Abstracts will be reviewed, and depending on their closeness to the theme of the conference, assigned to be either (i) presented orally, or (ii) presented as a poster. All orally presented papers will be presented to all participants, (there will be no parallel sessions). All papers, both orally presented and posters, will be included in a conference proceedings, subject to satisfactory review. Only papers presented at the conference by registered authors will be included in the conference proceedings (see instruction for paper format). Registration: Please complete the registration form if you are interested in attending, and submit it to the Secretariat of the Conference. Those who have submitted a preliminary registration need do no more, unless they want to book into the Mandarin Hotel. The deadline for registration for the conference is now 15th August 1998. Abstracts (500 words) should be submitted by email (as a WORD6.0 or ASCII/text document) to the secretariat of the conference, attention: Technical programme coordinators: Dr.Yves Laumonier, Forest Inventory and Monitoring Project, Jakarta, Dr. Wardoyo email : fimp@dephut.cbn.net.id Address : FIMP-IFSSP, Manggala Wanabhakti Building, Block IV, 5th Floor, JL. JEND. GATOT SUBROTO, P.O. BOX 7612, JAKARTA 10076, INDONESIA Tel/Fax : (62 21) 5720211 Papers on: Remote sensing; case studies and validation studies; GIS for information management; Biodiversity assessment;. Issues of Scale Professor Keith Rennolls, University of Greenwich, London. email : k.rennolls@greenwich.ac.uk Address : CMS, University of Greenwich, Wellington Street, London SE18 6PF, U.K. Tel. : (44 181) 3318706 Fax. : (44 181) 3318665 Papers on: Mathematical & Statistical Modelling Methods; Environmental remote sensing classification and pattern recognition, Computing Methods, Sampling design, Map accuracy. Biodiversity; definition and assessment. REGISTRATION FORM Name: Title: Institution : Address : Email : Telephone : Fax : I intend to attend the conference and ( DO / DO NOT ) intend to present a paper. My paper falls under the theme: The title of my paper will be: Authors (with Institution, City and Country) : How many persons will accompany you (who will not be registered at the conference)? Accommodation: I wish to book a room at the Mandarin Oriental Hotel: Standard/Superior (Please give the dates: ) or I shall book my own accommodation. METHOD of PAYMENT: I enclosed herewith a Bank Draft payable to Secretariat FIMP Conference________ or I have submitted the sum of US$ on (date) by direct bank transfer through the account of (name and address of your bank) _______________________________________ _______________________________________ _______________________________________ to the account of : FIMP CONFERENCE Deutsche Bank, 80 Jln Imam Bonjol, Jakarta, Indonesia Acc n° : 00-10165-003 or, I will pay on my day of arrival at the conference venue in Jakarta____________ BACKGROUND OF MEETING: Most forest and environmental inventories are based on data collected at fine spatial scales within plots. Also, the temporal scales of these studies have been relatively short (days, weeks, months), and few studies have exceeded three years in duration. Despite this, scientists are now being called upon to extrapolate findings from "plot-level" studies to broader spatial scales and from short-term studies to longer temporal scales. The complex questions being addressed internationally require that researcher take advantage of new technology including remote sensing, geographic information systems (GIS) and Environmental Information Management Systems that may lead to simulation models for land management decision-making processes. As more teams begin to work at these broader spatial and temporal scales, using many of the newer technologies, they are recognizing a new class of problems: "Scale" has become a critical issue. Scientists are now attempting to relate observations made at various scales (e.g. SPOT, 10 m resolution: Landsat, 30 m resolution; AVHRR, 1 km resolution; etc.) to ecological properties occurring in watersheds, regions and the biosphere. Emerging questions are related to the loss or gain of information as one changes scale, the temporal and spatial resolution necessary to identify patterns and change, and how best to incorporate 'the human dimension' into ecosystem, landscape, regional and biosphere models. Remote sensing and GIS technologies have been primarily utilized for obtaining static information on landscape patterns, but they are increasingly important in the monitoring of changes, linking identifiable patterns to ecological processes, and linking multiple "snap-shots" to simulation models for both data input and model validation. Ecologists working at scales ranging from individual sites up to the biosphere are being overwhelmed by the sheer volume of data being generated. Advice on how best to design database management and information systems so that data quality is assured, efficiency is optimized and data are protected are not readily available. Remote sensing, mostly from satellite imagery, possibly supported by aerial photography, has been seen as the most cost-effective method for mapping forest resources and their spatial distribution. Attempts are also being made to obtain estimated maps of biodiversity resources. Various statistical methods (e.g. maximum likelihood, regression/calibration, Principle Components Analysis, neural networks) are available in current software for the classification of remote sensed imagery, but in practice most classification has been by human operators. It is therefore of interest to compare the quality and accuracy of the maps produced by such methods and to consider if more effective automatic methods can be developed. It has become increasingly important to assess and monitor the status of biodiversity reserves in the tropical rain forests, so that coherent conservation policies can be devised and implemented in the context of traditional forest inventory and management. Another aim of the meeting will be to consider the relative benefits of alternative strategies. It is also important to consider the form of definition of biodiversity which is most appropriate to a conservation program embedded in a routine forest management process. The definition of biodiversity chosen will have implications on the methods of biodiversity assessment and monitoring, and on the meaningfulness of mapping of biodiversity. How well suited remote sensed imagery is to the production of biodiversity maps needs to be evaluated scientifically, and an optimal data collection processes needs to be devised which serves the purposes of a biodiversity conservation program in the context of routine forest management. Integration of geographical information from remote sensed images with other sources of geographical environmental information is best managed in a geographic information system (GIS). The GIS allows new maps to be readily constructed, but the accuracy of such maps needs to be quantified. The GIS can also be used as the data-base from which "causal" relationships can be derived using statistical modelling methods (e.g. how does the probability of clearance, or fire, relate to distances from the road network). There are open questions as to how the GIS data should best be sampled, and how the error structures should be quantified as part of the modelling process. For many of the broad-scale and long-term questions being addressed, it will no longer be feasible for a single scientist to oversee all data collection and processing efforts. Thus, data collected to satisfy a specific objective may be repackaged and utilized in additional studies by numerous scientists who were not associated with the original study. This repackaging will raise many questions for the environmental sciences: how to design data collection efforts for maximizing use: how to facilitate data sharing among investigators, institutions and nations: how to develop appropriate standards for metadata (documentation about the data) so that the data collected by one group of scientists may be effectively and appropriately utilized by other scientists and organizations. There will be a number of Invited Keynote Papers presented by leading experts in several relevant areas. ACCEPTED PAPERS TO DATE... Paper titles are classified under 'Remote-Sensing/GIS' and 'Modelling/Data analysis' headings at this stage. In the circumstances, the listing is provisional. Remote Sensing/ Geographic Information System Habitat Zonation for Protected Area Management and Conservation by using GIS and RS technology in Xe Piane, Laos PDR. Golam Monowar Kamal and Robert Mather, AIT, Thailand. Remote Sensing for Land Cover Mapping. Bruce King, FIMP-INTAG, Indonesia. Application of Remote Sensing and GIS in the woody vegetation cover in Nepal Gyani Babu Juwa, Remote Sensing Manager, Forest Research and Survey Center, Katmandu, Nepal. GIS for Conservation Areas Management. Yuri Yu. Gerasimov S.A.Kilpelianen, G.A.Davydkov, Petrozavodsk State University, Forest Engineering Faculty, Karelia, RUSSIA Study on Temporal and Spatial Forest Distribution Changes in Thailand. Masahiro Amano, Resources Planning Section, Forestry & Forest Products Research Institute, Japan. Satellite Images and areal Photos from the tropical Peat Forest in Central Kalimantan. Victor Boehm, Germany. Monitoring Tropical Forest Land Use Changes Using Optical Satellite Remotely Sensed Data. Yousif Ali Hussin and Shahzanan R.Shaker, ITC, The Netherlands. Detecting Tropical Deforestation Using Optical and Radar Satellite data: A case Study from Central Sumatra, Indonesia. Belinda Arunarwati, Abdul Hamid Marwat, Yousif Ali Hussein An Michael Weir, INTAG (MoF) (Indonesia) and ITC, (The Netherlands). Forest Canopy Density of Logged-over Tropical Rain Forest Using Satellite Images in Bukit Soeharto National Park, East Kalimantan. Maria C.M.Urquizo, Yousif Ali Hussin and Michael Weir, ITC, The Netherlands. A Comparison Between Optical and Radar Satellite Imaging Systems to Detect and Monitor Deforestation in East Kalimantan. Mahfud M.Zuhair, Yousif Ali Hussein and Michael Weir, ITC, The Netherlands. Spatial Analysis of Deforestation in Central Sumatra. Belinda Arunawati and Michael Weir. INTAG (MoF) (Indonesia) and ITC, (The Netherlands). Incorporation of Uncertainty in the Classification of Tropical Forest Cover on Satellite Imagery. John S. Mwandha, Michael J.C.Weir and Yousif Ali Hussein, UWA-Face Project (Uganda) and ITC (The Netherlands). Use of Satellite Imagery and Video Data for Mapping the Vegetation of an Amazonian Lowland Tropical Forest Reserve. Jane Wellens, Andrew Millington, William Hickin, Raul Ab &Simon Jones. Universities of Leicester (UK) and San Mayor (Bolivia). Analysis of forest island dynamics in the Estacion Biologica del Beni, Bolivia, between 1972 and1989, using Earth Observation data. Jane Wellens, Barry Archbold & Andrew Millington. University of Leicester, UK. Environmental Remote sensing Classification. Surendra Shresta, UNEP/GRID, Thailand. Long term land use monitoring and forest fire detection in Indonesia using ERS1/2 and RADARSAT SAR images. Florian Siegert and Steffen Kuntz, RSS and Muenchen University, Germany To be announced. Vivek K.Varma, Ian S.Ferguson & Leon Bren, University of Melbourne, Australia. To be announced. Chris Legg , FIMP-INTAG, Indonesia. To be announced. Kamaruzaman Jusoff, Assoc. Professor/Chairman, Remote Sensing/GIS Research Group, UPM Serdang, Malaysia. To be announced. Jean-Philippe Gastellu-Etchegorry, CESBIO, France To be announced. Hervé Jeanjean, SCOT Conseil, France MODELLING / DATA ANALYSIS Modelling growth of a tropical rain forest in East Kalimantan: and individual-tree based approach. Nur Masripatin, Indonesian Ministry of Forestry, School of Forestry, University of Canterbury, New Zealand. Assessing biodiversity with new neighborhood-based parameters. Matthias G. Albert, Department of Growth and Yield Sciences, University of Goettingen, Germany. Estimation of Species Diversity in the presence of Species Non-Identification. Keith Rennolls and Yves Laumonier, (University of Greenwich & FIMP), Indonesia. Application of growth and yield models as an indicator of sustainable forest management. Paul Van Gardingen and P.Phillips, University of Edinburgh, UK. Environmental Dependency of Forest Classification of Lansat Data Keith Rennolls, FIMP-INTAG, Indonesia. The Application of Spatial Operational Area Model (APM) in Kali Konto, East Java. Alfred De Gier, Yousif Ali Hussin & Hargyono Jan Bode, ITC, The Netherlands. A forest evaluation system based on comparison analysis of indicators for sustainable forest management Yumiko Wada and Ryosuke Shibasaki, Institute of Industrial Science, University of Tokyo, Japan The Environmental Framework as a basis for forest management planning. Graham Tyrie and Adriano Gunawan, BFMP, Indonesia To be announced. Stephan Mantel, ISRIC, The Netherlands To be announced. Jerry Vanclay, CIFOR, Bogor, Indonesia. To be announced. Alain Franc, ENGREF, France. To be announced. Michael Khoel, Frieburg University, Germany. ORGANIZING COMMITTEE Chairman Mr. Ishak Sumantri, Dir. IPPH-INTAG, MoF-Jakarta Co-chairman Prof. Keith. Rennolls, Univ.of Greenwich, IUFRO 4.11 Technical and Scientific Committee Coordinators Prof. Keith Rennolls, Univ.of Greenwich, IUFRO 4.11; Dr. Yves Laumonier, EU-FIMP Dr. Wardoyo, INTAG-MoF Technical committee Mr. Bambang Moerdiono, KLN-MoF, Indonesia ; Mr. Imam Nuryanto BINA PROGRAM MoF, Indonesia; Mr. Yuyu Rahayu INTAG-MoF; Mr. Chrystanto, INTAG-MoF; Scientific Committee Members Dr. M. Koehl, IUFRO ; Dr. Jerry Vanclay, CIFOR ; Mr. Jon Soediono, MoF ; Mr. Chris Legg, EU - FIMP ; Mr. Bruce King, EU - FIMP ; Dr. G.Tyrie, EU-BFMP ; Dr. U. Wasrin, IPB ; Dr. Khairil Anwar Notodiputro, IPB ; Dr. Aris Poniman, Bakosurtanal. General Layouts of manuscripts (papers and posters) to be submitted at the first day of the Conference Copies of the manuscript (paper) should be brought to the conference, both on diskette (Word 6 or ASCII) and paperprint, typed in double spacing on one side of the paper only. A4 paper is preferred. The following items should be considered : (a) Title page including the names and affiliations of all the authors; and the name and address of the corresponding author, including telephone, fax, and email. (b) The main text with sections and sub-sections numbered (Introduction, Materials and Methods, Results, Discussions, References). (c) Acknowledgements. (d) Appendices (if any). (e) Tables, each table on a separate sheet and accompanied by a caption. (f) Illustration (diagrams, drawings) numbered in a single sequence from 1 upwards and with the author's name of the back of every illustration. (g) Captions to illustrations, grouped together on one sheet. In addition to their abstract, authors of posters should submit a two pages (A4 double spacing) synopsis following the same format (Introduction, Materials and Methods, Results, Discussions, References). Units and symbols The SI system should be used. Where measurements are given in other systems, conversion factors or conversions should be inserted by the author. References References should be cited in the text thus: (Smith, 1987) and listed in alphabetical order in the reference section. The following arrangement should be used: Journals: Franklin, J. 1995. Predictive vegetation mapping: geographic modelling of biospatial patterns in relation to environmental gradients. Progress in Physical Geography, 19, 474-499. Books: Gholz, H.L., Nakane, K. and Shimoda, H. 1997. The use of remote sensing in modelling of forest productivity. Klüwer Academic, Dordrecht. Book chapters: Jupp, D.L.B. and Walker, J. 1997. Detecting structural and growth changes in woodlands and forests: The challenge for remote sensing and the role of geometric-optical modelling.-in Gholz, H.L., Nakane, K. and Shimoda, H. (eds). The use of remote sensing in modelling of forest productivity. Klüwer Academic Publishers, Dordrecht, pp. 75-108. Conference papers: Beaven, S.G., and Gogineni, S.P., 1995. Effects of summer-to-fall transition on ERS-1 SAR and SSM/I images of sea ice. Proceeding of the International Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium (IGARSS'95), Firenze, Italy, 10-14 July 1995 (Piscataway: I.E.E.E.), pp. 634-637. Forest Inventory and Monitoring Project EU - Indonesia Forest Sector Support Programme Manggala Wanabakti, Jalan Gatot Subroto Block 4, floor 5 PO Box 7612, JKP 10076, Jakarta Indonesia Tel/Fax 62 21 572 02 11 ---- RESENT BY LISTOWNER