| Title
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Potential to sequester additional carbon in soils on cropland |
| Date
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2007-06-25 |
| Date type
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Publication: Date identifies when the resource was issued
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| Edition
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First |
| Presentation form
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Digital map: Map represented in raster or vector form
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| Abstract
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The map is a global raster datalayer with a resolution of 5 arc-minutes. It provides a preliminary perspective on where cropping
systems could be changed to achieve substantial soil carbon sequestration. It highlights the intersection of locations with
medium-to-high soil carbon sequestration potential and croplands, as identified by the GLC2000 global land cover database.
The data sources are from FAO and GLC2000 database.
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| Purpose
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The State Of Food and Agriculture 2007 contains 4 global datasets, 2 South and Southeast Asia datasets, 2 Neotropics datasets.
The datasets are intended to provide an indication at the regional and global level of potential for farmers to provide environmental
services.
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| Status
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Completed: Production of the data has been completed
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| Maintenance and update frequency
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As needed: Data is updated as deemed necessary
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| Descriptive keywords
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Soil carbon gap , cropland , croplands (theme). |
| Descriptive keywords
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World (place). |
| Access constraints
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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
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| Spatial representation type
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Grid: Grid data is used to represent geographic data
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| Language
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English |
| Character set
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UTF8: 8-bit variable size UCS Transfer Format, based on ISO/IEC 10646
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| Topic category code
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Geoscientific information |
| Topic category code
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Environment |
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| Supplemental Information
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This dataset is created for the State Of Food and Agriculture (SOFA) 2007, Paying farmers for environmental services, FAO.
Croplands are defined by GLC land classes 16, 17 and 18. Each pixel contains a class value of 11 for croplands with soil
carbon gap, 10 for croplands, 1 for areas with soil carbon gap and 0 for all other pixels.
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