The ASEAN Institute of Forest Management is organizing a conference on "Multiple Resource Inventory and Monitoring of Tropical Rain Forests." This will be held 21-24 November 1994 in Seremban, Malaysia. A call for papers is open until June 30, 1994. There will also be a poster session. The objectives are to review the current status of tropical rain forest resources, - identify mensurational, inventory and data base issues associated with sustainable management of tropical rain forests, - to discuss the applicaiton of new technologies and methodologies for inventory and detecting changes for all forest resources, - discuss practical examples of mulitple resource data base development, maintenance, and integration through GIS and to recommend cost effective and practical inventory and monitoring methods for all resources in the tropical rain forests. For further information, contact: Director, ASEAN Institute of Forest Management, Suite 903, IGB Plaza, 6, Jalan Kampar, 50400 Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. Tel: 60-3-4429251; fax: 60-3-4425155. They are also looking for financial support for the meeting. Gyde Lund, USDA Forest Service.
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