FOREST INFORMATION UPDATE VOL. 12 NO.

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January 2011
Welcome to this edition of Forest Information Update. Floods in Brazil, Australia and
South Africa have captured attention at the start of the new year. A number of news
items and article links in this edition of FIU reflect the working being done on trying to
better understand such events. Among these is a link to a presentation by Julia Slingo,
Chief Scientist at the UK Met entitled Society's Growing Vulnerability to Natural Hazards
and Implications for Geophysics Research. See more in the Video section below.

Kind regards, Mike Smith, Editor and Director info@forestinformationupdate.com

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HAVE YOU HEARD? NEWS FROM AROUND THE WORLD

[Any feedback or additions to news items are welcome – email me directly or go to the
Linked group]

. BRAZIL FLOODS, MUDSLIDES KILL AT LEAST 140

http://tinyurl.com/fiumud

. FLOODS IN BRAZIL & THE INTERNATIONAL UNION FOR CONSERVATION OF

NATURE –Heavy rains and floods have caused large mudslides in south-eastern Brazil.
The floods have not only caused damage to human life, which totals around 500 deaths
so far, but also thousands have been made homeless and key infrastructure has been
destroyed.
http://tinyurl.com/fiubrazilflood

. AFTER THE FLOOD – DISASTER PREVENTION IN BRAZIL – The Economist

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newspaper questions why, with all the technological tools available, was the why
officialdom was so badly caught off guard.
http://preview.tinyurl.com/fiuafter

. SOUTH AFRICA FLOOD DEATH TOLL RISES AS GOVERNMENT DECLARES 33

DISASTER ZONES - Flooding in South Africa has killed more than 100 people, forced
at least 8,400 from their homes and prompted the government to declare 33 disaster
areas.
http://tinyurl.com/fiutoll

. FORESTS WORLDWIDE: A PRIMER – In this article in the Japan Times, Stephen

Hesse discusses some of the issues and challenges that make up the global forest
debate.
http://tinyurl.com/fiuprimer

. BACKLASH MOUNTS AGAINST UK PLANS TO SELL FORESTS - A majority of the

public opposes plans to sell some of England's forests, a survey suggests. Ministers
want to transfer power from the Forestry Commission, which owns 18% of woodlands,
to the private sector, saying this will boost public control. See this BBC report for more
details:
http://tinyurl.com/fiusell

. PROTECTING JOBS IN CANADA’S FOREST SECTOR - The Harper Government is

making investments in Canada’s forest sector that are improving the environmental
performance of mills and helping to position the industry at the forefront of the clean
energy economy.
http://tinyurl.com/fiu4jobs

. GOVERNMENT OF CANADA INVESTS IN ALBERTA’S FOREST INDUSTRY - The

Government of Canada has announced an investment in Weyerhaeuser Company
Limited to help it become more productive, competitive and sustainable. The
Honourable Rob Merrifield, Minister of State for Transport, and Chris Warkentin,
Member of Parliament for Peace River, announced today that Weyerhaeuser’s Grande
Prairie mill will receive over C$32 million from the federal Pulp and Paper Green
Transformation Program.
http://tinyurl.com/fiualberta

BATTERIES NOT INCLUDED...

This section is devoted to resource inventory tips and miscellaneous blurbs for
whatever uses you care to make. Please limit contributions to one paragraph or so.
Thanks, Mike Smith.

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 HELP!

FEEDBACK

TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE – “Pay it forward!” If you can help with any of the requests
below, please take the time to do so. Your kind assistance will be appreciated and
rewarded.

NEW FORESTRY GIS BOOK NEEDS YOUR INPUT

Peter Eredics, Forestry Manager, Esri writes: Based on the overwhelming success of
the 2010 publication ‘Mapping Forestry’, Esri is planning another exciting forestry GIS
book project.
We would like to have your input so that you, the user community, can drive the content
of this new book. We hope that you can take a few minutes of your time to quickly write
down a few ideas that will help us to meet your needs.

Some examples of feedback we would like to receive:

1) What kind of forestry GIS book will directly benefit you?
2) What forestry topics most interest you?
3) Is there a particular GIS technology that needs to be explored?
4) What do we need to do differently in this book?
5) ...and any other thoughts/suggestions you might have.

We value your opinion and look forward to hearing your ideas! Contact Peter Eredics at:
peredics@esri.com

. HELP FSC DISCOVER SUSTAINABLE URBAN FOREST PRODUCTS - According

to the U.S. Forest Service, the wood "waste" generated annually in this country could
produce up to 3.8 billion board feet of lumber, satisfying a quarter of our nation's
hardwood lumber needs. Unfortunately, this type of innovative and sustainable use is
not yet recognized by the Forest Stewardship Council (FSC). FSC is currently inviting
comments on its policy regarding sourcing of reclaimed materials. For more info,
contact Lucia Massaroth at FSC:
l.massaroth@fsc.org
or go to:
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OPPORTUNITIES - Several readers of FIU are seeking employment in the forestry

field. If you have jobs available and are in need of good people, please consider posting
your vacancies in FIU (there is no charge for this service) and the following outlets:
http://lists.topica.com/lists/wood
http://stateforesters.org/news.html
http://www.canadian-forests.com/job.html
http://www.cyber-sierra.com/nrjobs/forest.html
http://www.devnetjobs.org
http://www.foresters.org/portal

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http://www.HigherEdJobs.com
http://www.postdocjobs.com/jobseekers/search_fellowships.shtml
http://www.safnet.org/careercenter/classifieds.cfm
http://www.careerjet.com
http://www.mygreeneducation.com/
http://www.getforestryjobs.net/

. NOW ON – UNITED NATIONS FORUM ON FORESTS - UNFF9 Session, 24 January

- 4 February 2011, United Nations, New York, NY.
http://tinyurl.com/fiuforum

. SUSTAINABILITY EDUCATION & TRAINING - Join a free webinar presented by the

authors of (1) Sustainability Education, (2) Engineering Education & Sustainable
Development and (3) The Sustainable Self that highlights innovative ideas and
strategies for embedding sustainability in curricula and professional development.
Thursday 27th January 2011. 17:00 (UK time – GMT), 12:00 (EDT), 9:00 (PDT).
http://tinyurl.com/fiuscan

. PhD POSITION AVAILABLE - CHE - Conserving Hydrological and Ecological

functions through payment for watershed services, with special reference to South-
Central Bolivia Announcement: PhD position available at UNESCO-IHE, in collaboration
with the Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam and Fundación Natura Bolivia. Applications,
including curriculum vitae, the names and contact details of three contactable referees,
and a motivation letter, should be sent by email (one PDF file) to Nigel Asquith before
31st January 2010. Please mention the subject heading “PhD application CHE project”.
nigelasquith@naturabolivia.org

. GIS TOOLS FOR ECOLOGISTS - An introductory course (21-25 February 2011). 3rd
edition. Registrations now open. Teacher: Isaac Pozo Ortego (Msc). Museo Nacional de
Ciencias Naturales (CSIC). Casa Cordovil 2ª Andar Rua Dr. Joaquim Henrique da
Fonseca Universidade de Évora, Portugal.
http://tinyurl.com/fiutools

. FORESTRY LECTURES SERIES TO START - The Starker Lecture Series will begin
in February with the theme Oregon’s Place in World Forests and Forestry at Oregon
State University in the College of Forestry building room 107. All classes are from 3:30
to 5 p.m. and are free.
http://tinyurl.com/fiuplace

. INBAR SEEKS CONSULTANT TO EVALUATE BAMBOO PROJECT. The Project

“Bamboo as sustainable biomass energy: A suitable alternative for firewood and
charcoal production in Africa” commenced in March 2009. The project is designed to
provide a suitable alternative for firewood and charcoal production in Ethiopia and
Ghana. The project is financially supported by the European Commission and the
implementing agency is the International Network for Bamboo and Rattan (INBAR). The

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consultant will evaluate the project implementation, performance, effectiveness,
efficiency and impact in Ethiopia and Ghana. The assignment is expected to start in mid
March, 2011 and shall be completed by 30 April 2011. For more details, contact FU
Jinhe, Ph.D:
jfu@inbar.int

. POSTDOCTORAL POSITION IN IDEG (BARCELONA) - Active Remote Sensing.

Institution: Institute of Geomatics, Barcelona, Spain. Postdoctoral position for the Active
Remote Sensing Unit Reference: VN_CP_2011-01_TA-PD, issued 12/01/2011.
Duration: 3 years. For more details, contact:
cv@ideg.es

Or go to:
http://tinyurl.com/fiuactive

. CONSERVATION AND RESTORATION GENETICS - The Organization for Tropical

Studies (OTS) will present a graduate level specialty course May 21-June 5, 2011
entitled Conservation and Restoration Genetics. The course will be located on the
campus of the OTS field station at Las Cruces, near the town of San Vito in southern
Costa Rica. This is an intensive, 16-day course aimed at providing ecologists,
biologists, geneticists, and students from similar disciplines with an overview of
conservation genetics and related issues. For more information, go to:
http://tinyurl.com/fiucongen

. PhD OPPORTUNITY - Plant disease epidemiology, modelling and management in

agriculture, horticulture and natural systems. School of Biological Sciences, University
of Reading.
http://tinyurl.com/fiuepidop

. CALL FOR POPLAR AND WILLOW PROPOSALS - The IUFRO Poplar and Willow
Genetics Working Party 2.08.04 welcomes all proposals to host IPS-VI. For more
information, please read our Call for Bids at:
http://tinyurl.com/fiupop

HAVE YOU READ?

Obtain from your local library or from the sources provided.

THE PUBLICATION LIST

. 2010 Hawaii Forest Journal – Articles include:

-Interactions Between Fire and Nonnative Species in Hawaiian Forests and Shrublands.
Alison Ainsworth, J. Boone Kauffman, and Creighton M. Litton
-Research Updates in Rangeland and Natural Area Weed Management. James Leary
-Leucaena Is Not Koa Haole: Koa is not koa haole, a fact evident to all in Hawai‘i.

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Leucaena is also not koa haole, a fact that is much less clear. James L. Brewbaker
-Using Remote Sensing to Assess Forest Structure and Growth at the Tree Level,
Rodolfo Martinez Morales and Travis Idol
http://tinyurl.com/fiuhawaiijnl

. The global assessment report on Embracing complexity: Meeting the challenges

of international forest governance. A global assessment report will be formally
presented at the 9th session of the United Nations Forum on Forests (UNFF) taking
place 24 January – 4 February 2011 at the UN Headquarters in New York City.
Download the full report:
http://tinyurl.com/fiucomplex

ARTICLES OF INTEREST

BIODIVERSITY

. Ben Collen, Andy Purvis, and Georgina M. Mace. BIODIVERSITY RESEARCH:

When is a species really extinct? Testing extinction inference from a sighting
record to inform conservation assessment. Article first published online: 12 JUL
2010. DOI: 10.1111/j.1472-4642.2010.00689.x. Blackwell Publishing Ltd. Diversity and
Distributions. Volume 16, Issue 5, pages 755–764, September 2010
http://tinyurl.com/fiuextinct

CLASSIFICATION/MAPPING

. Z. Huanga; B. Leesa. Representing and reducing error in natural-resource

classification using model combination. International Journal of Geographical
Information Science, Volume 19, Issue 5 May 2005 , pages 603 – 621.
http://tinyurl.com/fiumodelcombo

. Pravara Thanapura and Dennis L. Helder et al. Mapping Urban Land Cover Using
Quickbird NDVI and GIS Spatial Modeling for Runoff Coefficient Determination

CLIMATE CHANGE/CARBON

. War, Plague No Match for Deforestation in Driving CO2 Buildup. Julia Pongratz of
the Carnegie Institution’s Department of Global Ecology, lead author of a new study on
the impact of historical events on global climate published in the January 20, 2011,
online issue of The Holocene.
http://tinyurl.com/fiuwarplague

. Mark Z. Jacobsona and Mark A. Delucchi. Providing all global energy with wind,
water, and solar power, Part I: Technologies, energy resources, quantities and

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areas of infrastructure, and materials. Energy Policy, Article in Press, Corrected
Proof.
http://tinyurl.com/fiuenergy1

AND

Providing all global energy with wind, water, and solar power, Part II: Reliability,
system and transmission costs, and policies, Energy Policy,
doi:10.1016/j.enpol.2010.11.045.
http://tinyurl.com/fiuenergy2

INVENTORY/MONITORING

. Susan Young. Satellite data provide a new way to monitor groundwater aquifers
in agricultural regions. Article on research at Stanford University involves
monitoring the state of underground water sources like aquifers in
agricultural regions using satellites.
http://tinyurl.com/fiustanford

. Wendy Cocksedge, Brian Titus, Darcy Mitchell. Benefits of and Barriers to

Compatible Management for Timber and Non-Timber Values in BC: Results
of a Survey. BC Journal of Ecosystems and Management, Vol 11, No 1 & 2
(2010).
http://tinyurl.com/fiubarriers

. Merino de Miguel Silvia. Analysis of the Spatial Structure of the Masses of

Pinus Pinaster Aiton De La Comunidad De Madrid Through Real And
Simulated Images. Effect of the Topography of the Terrain. This dissertation
focuses on the analysis of the spatial structure of the masses of Pinus
pinaster Aiton de la Comunidad de Madrid through real and simulated
images of high spatial resolution. Year: 2005. University: POLITÉCNICA DE
MADRID [More theses of this university www.upm.es. E.T.S. DE
INGENIEROS DE MONTES. E.T.S. DE INGENIEROS DE MONTES.
URL: http://tinyurl.com/fiuaiton

REMOTE SENSING/GIS

. Rodolfo Martinez Morales and Travis Idol. Using Remote Sensing to Assess Forest
Structure and Growth at the Tree Level. 2010 Hawaii Forest Journal, Pages 9-11.
http://tinyurl.com/fiushow

. O. Viedma and J. Meliá. Monitoring temporal changes in the spatial patterns of a

Mediterranean shrubland using Landsat images. Diversity and Distributions. Volume
5, Issue 6, November 1999, Pages: 275–293.
http://tinyurl.com/fiulandsat

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. Carleer, A. P. and Wolff, E. (2004). Exploration of very high resolution satellite
data for tree species identification. Photogrammetric Engineering and Remote
Sensing 70:135-140.

RESOURCE ANALYSIS/MODELING

. Nianfu Song, Sun Joseph Chang, r and Francisco X. Aguilar. U.S. softwood lumber
demand and supply estimation using cointegration in dynamic equations. Journal
of Forest Economics. Volume 17, Issue 1, January 2011, Pages 19-33.
http://tinyurl.com/fiudynamic

. Verónica Rodríguez-Vicente, Manuel F. Marey-Pérez. Analysis of individual private

forestry in northern Spain according to economic factors related to management.
Journal of Forest Economics, Volume 16, Issue 4, December 2010, Pages 269-295.
http://tinyurl.com/fiufactors

. Dave MiddlanderWilliamsonson. Strategies of Pruning Bulky Trees Irish Forestry.

Posted in Business AT Free Article Submission Site. 24 January 2011.
http://tinyurl.com/fiubulky

. Karel Mokany and Simon Ferrier. Predicting impacts of climate change on

biodiversity: a role for semi-mechanistic community-level modelling. Diversity and
Distributions.
http://tinyurl.com/fiu4role

. Wil de Jong, Denyse Snelder and Noboru Ishikawa. Transborder Governance of

Forests, Rivers and Seas. Earthscan 2010. ISBN: 9781849712231, Hardback 230
pages. Price: USD $94.00.
http://tinyurl.com/fiutransborder

. State of the World 2011: Innovations that Nourish the Planet. An incisive account
of the global food crisis—and how it can be solved. The Worldwatch Institute, January
2011, ISBN: 978-0-393-33880-5. 270 pages.
http://tinyurl.com/fiu4sow2011

SUSTAINABLE MANAGEMENT

. Ashley Covert. The Effects of Straw Mulching on Post-Wildfire Vegetation

Recovery in South Eastern British Columbia. BC Journal of Ecosystems and
Management, Vol 11, No 3 (2010).
http://tinyurl.com/fiustraw

. Redefining Community Forestry: For a Better Approach and Better World.

Bikash Rath, Development Professional and Researcher from India, Coordinator of the

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IUFRO Working Party on Community Forestry 9.05.06.
http://tinyurl.com/fiubetter

. IUFRO World Series 9-en: Newly Revised English Terminology of Forest

Management. IUFRO has recently published the 2nd revised edition of the Terminology
of Forest Management – Terms and Definitions in English, as World Series Volume
9en, compiled by Maarten Nieuwenhuis.
http://tinyurl.com/fiuterms

. David Lamb. Regreening the Bare Hills: Tropical Forest Restoration in the Asia-
Pacific Region. A new book, published by Springer.
http://tinyurl.com/fiubare

CAPTURED ON VIDEO
Download videos from the web or from the sources provided.

. SOCIETY, VULNERABILITY AND GEOPHYSICS RESEARCH - Society’s Growing

Vulnerability to Natural Hazards and Implications for Geophysics Research. Professor
Julia Slingo, U.K. Met Office Chief Scientist. And other presentations at the 2010 Fall
Meeting of the American Geophysics Union.
http://tinyurl.com/fiusociety

. FORESTRY AND NATURAL RESOURCES AT PURDUE UNIVERSITY - An

interesting pitch on the FNR program at Purdue University quoting staff and students.
http://tinyurl.com/fiupurdue

YOU'RE INVITED!
For a more complete listing of upcoming inventory and monitoring related meetings,
see:
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/infomeets/
http://www.agnic.org/mtg/index.html
http://www.asprs.org/asprs/meetings/calendar.html
http://www.conferencealerts.com/
http://www.efi.int/events
http://www.efi.int/portal/news___events/events/event_calendar/
http://www.etfrn.org/etfrn/resource/frames/agenda.html
http://www.fao.org/forestry/for/forc/free/education/courses.asp
http://www.iufro.org/events/calendar-of-meetings/
http://www.safnet.org/meetings/index.cfm
www.conferencealerts.com

. 8th Southern Forestry and Natural Resources GIS Conference – Peter Bettinger
writes: We are scheduling the 8th conference in this series for Dec. 11-13, 2011 in
Athens, GA. Please send any ideas regarding practical "software updates" or "how to"

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presentations to me (pbettinger@warnell.uga.edu)

. Call for papers: Spatio-temporal monitoring and modelling of terrestrial

vegetation functions (EGU2011). the thematic session of the European Geosciences
Union General Assembly EGU2011 (03 April - 08 April 2011, Vienna, Austria
http://meetings.copernicus.org/egu2011/home.html

. Call for Abstracts: Disease and Insect Resistance in Forest Trees. Fourth
International Workshop on the Genetics of Host-Parasite “Interactions in Forestry”. First
Announcement and Call for Papers, July 31 - August 5, 2011, Valley River Inn, Eugene,
Oregon, USA. It has been>30 years since this group last met.
http://ucanr.org/sites/tree_resistance_2011conference/_

. 14-17 February, 2011. 16th Biennial Southern Silviculture Research Conference.

Charleston, SC www.ncsu.edu/feop/BSSRC

. 23-28 February 2011. GEOProcessing 2011: The Third International Conference

on Advanced Geographic Information Systems, Applications, and Services -
Gosier, Guadeloupe, France. Go to:
http://www.iaria.org/conferences2011/GEOProcessing11.html

. March 14-25, 2011. Spatial Ecology, Geospatial Analysis, and Remote Sensing
for Conservation. Location: National Zoo's Conservation and Research Center, Front
Royal, Virginia. For more information, contact:
SCBItraining@si.edu
Download the course flyer at:
http://nationalzoo.si.edu/SCBI/MAB/GMU/images/SpatialEcology.pdf

. 15-19 March 2011. 3rd International Meeting of Fire Effects on Soil Properties
(FESP 2011), to be held in Guimarães, Portugal. Contact
fespiii@gmail.com

. 22-26 March 2011. Symposium on Ecosystem level Approaches to

Sustainability. Burgos, Castilla y Leon, Spain.
http://www.globalforum2011.net/content/seminar

23-25 March 2011. UGA Center for Forestry Business – Timberland Investment
Conference. The Ritz Carlton, Reynolds Plantation, Lake Oconee, Georgia, USA. Focus
on: Global Wood Markets, Trade and Timberland Investment.
http://uga.us1.list-manage1.com/track/click?
u=8bfcbe5ee69e147c953b5cceb&id=c2f85d9544&e=8e5bd09086

. 10-15 April 2011. ISRSE 2011 - Abstract Submission Now Open. 34th International
Symposium on Remote Sensing of Environment. Sydney convention and Exhibition
Centre. The GEOSS Era: Towards Operational Environmental Monitoring. Email:
isrse34@arinex.com.au

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. 11-15 April 2011. II Semena Florestal Brasileira, Expor Forest Brasil and II
Encontro Basileiro de Silvicultua. Contact:
www.expoforest.com.br
contato@expoforest.com.br

. 30 April-5 May 2011. Preliminary information on the 15th Brazilian Remote Sensing
Symposium (XV SBSR). Curitiba, April 30th to May 5th 2011) is available at
http://www.dsr.inpe.br/sbsr2011/enindex.html

. 1-5 May 2011. Ride On The Geospatial Revolution - The American Society for
Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing Annual Conference. Milwaukee, Wisconsin.
http://www.asprs.org/milwaukee2011/index.html

. 2-5 May 2011. Joint Conference ANZIF (New Zealand Institute of Forestry and
Institute of Forests of Australia). Title: Pacific Forestry. Marking part of Australasian
Foresters’ celebrations of the ‘International Year of Forests’ 2011. Sky City, Auckland,
New Zealand. For more details, go to:
http://www.anzifconference.co.nz/

. 5 May 2011 - Call for Papers - Brazilian Symposium of Remote Sensing (INPE)
2011. Deadline for Papers Submission: November 10th 2010.
http://www.dsr.inpe.br/sbsr2011/

. 18-20 May 2011. 13th International Symposium on Legal Aspects of European

Forest Sustainable Development. Kaunas, Lithuania.
IUFRO 9.06.00 (former 6.13.00), Contact: R. Deltuvas, Romualdas.Deltuvas(at)lzuu.lt.
http://www.iufro.org/science/divisions/division-9/90000/90600/activities/

. May 2011. 5th International Wildland Fire Conference Wildfire 2011. Sun City,
Pilanesberg National Park, South Africa.
www.wildfire2011.org/

. 11 May 2010. PwC Global Forest & Paper Industry Conference. Vancouver, British
Columbia, Canada.
http://www.pwc.com/en_GX/gx/forest-paper-packaging/events/23rd-fpp-
conference/transformation-through-innovation.jhtml

. 28-29 July, 2011 - Remote sensing, natural hazards and environmental change
conference. The conference is designed to initiate informal discussion and paper
presentation in two areas that are significant for the Asia Pacific Region and especially
Southeast Asia.
http://www.crisp.nus.edu.sg/conferences/RSNHEC/index.html

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 WHILE SURFING THE WEB…INTERESTING LINKS
For a complete listing of links go to
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/forest_information_update/

. IRI/LDEO Climate Data Library - The IRI/LDEO Climate Data Library contains over
300 datasets from a variety of earth science disciplines and climate-related topics.
http://iridl.ldeo.columbia.edu/

. Tree Benefit Calculator - The National Tree Benefit Calculator developed by Casey
Trees and The Davey Tree Expert Co. can be used to calculate the economic and
ecological benefits of your tree.
http://gfccommunityforestry.wordpress.com/2011/01/04/tree-benefit-calculator/

. Hawaii’s Woodshow web site provides information on previous and upcoming event
and presents the Hawaii’s Woodshow Marketplace.
http://woodshow.hawaiiforest.org/

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