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Land use in the Neotropics

 ISO19115/19139 XML

Identification info
Title  Land use in the Neotropics
Date  Decembre 1st 2004
Date type  Publication: Date identifies when the resource was issued
Presentation form  Digital map: Map represented in raster or vector form
Abstract  This map presents the baseline land use situation as used in the Livestock, Environment And Development (LEAD) initiative's study on predicting hotspots of deforestation related to pasture and/or cropland expansion. The map presents the situation around the year 2000 and it is the only map at this scale distinguishing within the agricultural area between cropland and pasture dominated areas.
Purpose  Baseline land use situation for a 2000 - 2010 land use change modelling exercise.
Status  Completed: Production of the data has been completed
Point of contact
Individual name  Tom Wassenaar
Organisation name  FAO AGAL
Position name  Livestock & Environment officer
Role  Originator: Party who created the resource
Voice  0657055828
City  Rome
Country  Italy
Electronic mail address  tom.wassenaar@fao.org
Maintenance and update frequency  Continual: Data is repeatedly and frequently updated
Descriptive keywords  deforestation , livestock , pasture expansion , land use change , cattle , land use , hot spots , hot spot , Neotropics , pasture , cropland (theme).
Descriptive keywords  Latin America (place).
Access constraints  Copyright: Exclusive right to the publication, production, or sale of the rights to a literary, dramatic, musical, or artistic work, or to the use of a commercial print or label, granted by law for a specified period of time to an author, composer, artist, distributor
Spatial representation type  Grid: Grid data is used to represent geographic data
Equivalent scale
Denominator 

2000000

Language  English
Topic category code  Environment
Extent
Temporal Extent
Begin date  2000
End date  2010
Extent
Geographic bounding box
North bound
West bound
Polygon((-93 -34,-34 -34,-34 18,-93 18,-93 -34))
 East bound
South bound
Supplemental Information 

Original land cover information used in this map originates from two sources:

- for Central America: CCAD/WB, 2001. Ecosystems map of Central America, 1:250.000, J.R. Jones, CATIE.

- for South America: Eva, H.D. et al., 2002. A vegetation map of South America. EUR 20159 EN, European Commission, Joint Research Centre, Luxembourg.

In addition, many national data sources were used to enhance land use information (IBGE census in Brazil, national land use maps for Colombia and the Central American countries, census data for Honduras, etc.).

Separate ArcInfo grid files are provided for Central and South America. The first at a resolution of 1km, and the latter only at the resolution used for the modelling exercise (3km).

Distribution Information
Transfer options
Data for download  Land use in the Neotropics around the year 2000 - ArcInfo grid format
OnLine resource  http://www.virtualcentre.org/en/dec/neotropics/
Interactive Map  Land use in the Neotropics
(OGC-WMS Server: http://geonetwork.fao.org/ows/12260 )
View in Google Earth  Land use in the Neotropics   View in Google Earth
Reference System Information
Code  geographic projection, ArcInfo sphere
Data quality info
Hierarchy level  Dataset: Information applies to the dataset
Metadata
File identifier  c5f7b660-88fd-11da-a88f-000d939bc5d8
Metadata language  English
Character set  UTF8: 8-bit variable size UCS Transfer Format, based on ISO/IEC 10646
Date stamp  2012-06-05T19:25:08
Metadata standard name  ISO 19115:2003/19139
Metadata standard version  1.0
Contact
Individual name  Tom Wassenaar
Organisation name  FAO AGAL
Position name  Livestock & Environment officer
Role  Point of contact: Party who can be contacted for acquiring knowledge about or acquisition of the resource
Voice  0657055828
City  Rome
Country  Italy
Electronic mail address  tom.wassenaar@fao.org