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Summary
This dataset provides a GIS map of the forests of the Guayana Region of
Venezuela. This dataset is being used in the study of the forest in the country
in coordination with the Global Forest Watch.

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Geographic Coverage Spatial coordinates   

N: 9.95

S: 1.87

E: -60.56

W: -67.84

Data Set Citation

Dataset Creator: Alexander Mansutti , Kuyujani (Caura), Stanford Zent (Hoti) Dataset Title: Settlements in the Forests of the Guayana Region Dataset Release Date: 2002-01-01 Dataset Publisher: World Resources Institute Version: 1 Data Presentation Form: vector digital data Online Resource: http://www.globalforestwatch.org/english/datawarehouse/index.asp#Ve...

Location Keywords

CONTINENT > SOUTH AMERICA > VENEZUELA > GUAYANA CONTINENT > SOUTH AMERICA > VENEZUELA > BOLIVAR CONTINENT > SOUTH AMERICA > VENEZUELA > AMAZONAS

Science Keywords

BIOSPHERE > TERRESTRIAL ECOSYSTEMS > FORESTS HUMAN DIMENSIONS > INFRASTRUCTURE > CULTURAL FEATURES > SETTLEMENTS AGRICULTURE > FOREST SCIENCE HUMAN DIMENSIONS > ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACTS > INDUSTRIALIZATION > MINING

ISO Topic Category

FARMING ENVIRONMENT ECONOMY BIOTA SOCIETY

Quality
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reliable. Furthermore, all GFW data has undergone a formalized review process.
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data by any organization or individual.

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collaborators any judgement on the legal status of any territory or the
endorsement or acceptance of such boundaries.

Access Constraints
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Use Constraints
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reproduction of this data is authorized for educational or other non-commercial
purposes without prior permission from the copyright holders. You may make as
many copies of the data as you wish; give exact copies of the original data to
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There is no charge for any of the above. You are specifically prohibited from
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publishing; and from distributing the data with other products (commercial or
otherwise) without prior written permission.

Ancillary Keywords

GIS Towns Cities Indigenous Community CONSERVATION

Data Set Progress

COMPLETE

Data Center

World Resources Institute Data Center URL: http://www.wri.org/ Data Center Personnel Name: WORLD RESOURCES INSTITUTE Phone: 202-729-7600 Fax: 202-729-7610 Email: lorih at wri.org Contact Address: World Resources Institute 10 G Street, NE (Suite 800) City: Washington Province or State: DC Postal Code: 20002 Country: USA

Distribution

Distribution Media: electronic Distribution Size: 81 KB Distribution Format: shapefile Fees: No fees

Personnel

TYLER B. STEVENS Role: DIF AUTHOR Phone: (301) 614-6898 Fax: 301-614-5268 Email: Tyler.B.Stevens at nasa.gov Contact Address: NASA Goddard Space Flight Center Global Change Master Directory City: Greenbelt Province or State: MD Postal Code: 20771 Country: USA

Related URL

Link: GET SERVICE > ACCESS MAP VIEWER Description: Offers a web map service where users can choose multiple data layers and generate a interactive map on Venezuela. Link: VIEW RELATED INFORMATION Description: Homepage of the Global Forest Watch (GFW) which provides and uses this data in their in their forest monitoring network. Link: VIEW RELATED INFORMATION Description: Homepage of the Global Forest Watch Venezuela, where users can find additional information on this dataset and related background information.

Publications/References
Ministerio del Ambiente y de los Recursos Naturales Renovables, Cartografia en
escala 1:100,000 Edicion 1-DCN, 1970-1973 (Caracas, Venezuela: MARNR,
1970-1973)

Ministerio del Ambiente y de los Recursos Naturales Renovables, Cartografia en
escala 1:500,000 Edición 1-DCN (Caracas, Venezuela: MARNR, 1977)

Oficina Central de Estadisticas e ... Informática, El Censo Indigena de 1992
(Caracas, Venezuela: OCEI, 1993), pp. 28-32.

WRI, World Resources Report, 2000-2001 (Washington, DC: WRI, 2001) for plants,
amphibians, birds, and reptiles; Mammals data from J. Ochoa G. and M. Aguilera,
Mamíferos, in M. Aguilera et al. (eds.), La Diversidad Biologica en Venezuela
(Caracas, Venezuela: CONICIT, Fundacion Polar, in press).

C.S. Harcourt and J.A. Sayer, eds. The Conservation Atlas of Tropical Forests:
The Americas (New York: IUCN, 1996), p. 315.

The trend towards urbanization is strongly linked to periodic booms in the oil
sector. See S. Wunder, Oil Wealth and the Fate of the Forest: Venezuela,
Unpublished CIFOR Draft (Bogor, Indonesia: CIFOR, 2001), pp. 38-39.

Oficina Central de Estadisticas e Informatica, El Censo 90 en Bolivar (Caracas,
Venezuela: OCEI, 1995).

Banco Central de Venezuela. n.d. Indicadores Economicos: Producto Interno
Bruto. Online at: http://www.bcv.org.ve/pdf/712.pdf (June 27, 2001).

M. Miranda et al., All That Glitters is not Gold: Balancing Conservation and
Development in Venezuela's Frontier Forests (Washington, DC: World Resources
Institute, 1998) p. 11.

Creation and Review Dates

DIF Creation Date: 2003-04-22 Last DIF Revision Date: 2006-04-10

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