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Summary
The Central American Vegetation/Land Cover Classification and Conservation
Status consists of GIS coverages of vegetation classes (forests, woodlands,
savannas, shrubs, grasslands, wetlands, rocks, sand, soils, inland waters,
parks and reserves) for Central America, derived from 1-kilometer resolution
... Advanced Very High Resolution Radiometer (AVHRR) imagery. This data set is
produced by Proyecto Ambiental Regional de Centroamerica/Central America
Protected Areas Systems (PROARCA/CAPAS), a conservation partnership of the
Central American Commission on Environment and Development (CCAD), U.S. Agency
for International Development (USAID), International Resources Group, Ltd.
(IRG), The Nature Conservancy (TNC), and Winrock International (WI), and is
distributed by the Columbia University Center for International Earth Science
Information Network (CIESIN). The purpose is to identify remaining natural
vegetation types in Central America. The data are available from the
Socioeconomic Data and Applications Center (SEDAC) in ARC/INFO Export (ARCE)
format via FTP at ftp://ftp.ciesin.columbia.edu/pub/data/conservation/PROARCA/.

Geographic Coverage Spatial coordinates   

N: 19.0

S: 6.0

E: -78.0

W: -92.0

Data Set Citation

Dataset Creator: Central American Commission on Environment and Development (CCAD); U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID); International Resources Group, Ltd. (IRG); The Nature Conservancy (TNC); Winrock International (WI) Dataset Title: Central American Vegetation/Land Cover Classification and Conservation Status Dataset Release Date: 1998 Data Presentation Form: vector digital data Online Resource: http://sedac.ciesin.columbia.edu/conservation/proarca.html

Temporal Coverage

Start Date: 1992-01-01 Stop Date: 1993-01-01

Location Keywords

CONTINENT > NORTH AMERICA > CENTRAL AMERICA GEOGRAPHIC REGION > EQUATORIAL CONTINENT > NORTH AMERICA CONTINENT > NORTH AMERICA > CENTRAL AMERICA > BELIZE CONTINENT > NORTH AMERICA > CENTRAL AMERICA > COSTA RICA CONTINENT > NORTH AMERICA > CENTRAL AMERICA > GUATEMALA CONTINENT > NORTH AMERICA > CENTRAL AMERICA > EL SALVADOR CONTINENT > NORTH AMERICA > CENTRAL AMERICA > HONDURAS CONTINENT > NORTH AMERICA > CENTRAL AMERICA > NICARAGUA CONTINENT > NORTH AMERICA > CENTRAL AMERICA > PANAMA

Science Keywords

AGRICULTURE > SOILS BIOSPHERE > TERRESTRIAL ECOSYSTEMS > FORESTS BIOSPHERE > TERRESTRIAL ECOSYSTEMS > GRASSLANDS BIOSPHERE > TERRESTRIAL ECOSYSTEMS > MONTANE HABITATS BIOSPHERE > TERRESTRIAL ECOSYSTEMS > SAVANNAS BIOSPHERE > TERRESTRIAL ECOSYSTEMS > SHRUBLAND/SCRUB BIOSPHERE > TERRESTRIAL ECOSYSTEMS > URBAN LANDS BIOSPHERE > TERRESTRIAL ECOSYSTEMS > WETLANDS BIOSPHERE > TERRESTRIAL ECOSYSTEMS > WETLANDS > SWAMPS OCEANS > COASTAL PROCESSES > MANGROVES BIOSPHERE > AQUATIC ECOSYSTEMS > WETLANDS BIOSPHERE > AQUATIC ECOSYSTEMS > WETLANDS > SWAMPS

ISO Topic Category

BIOTA FARMING GEOSCIENTIFIC INFORMATION IMAGERY/BASE MAPS/EARTH COVER INLAND WATERS OCEANS

Project

ESIP > Earth Science Information Partners Program PROARCA/CAPAS > Central America Protected Areas System EOSDIS > Earth Observing System Data Information System

Quality
Using a gap analysis approach, a map of existing and proposed protected areas
was overlaid on the vegetation map to analyze the protection status of
vegetation types.

Access Constraints
None

Use Constraints
Central American Commission on Environment and Development (CCAD), U.S. Agency
for International Development (USAID), International Resources Group, Ltd.
(IRG), The Nature Conservancy (TNC) and Winrock International (WI) and Trustees
of Columbia University in the City of New York hold the copyright of this
... dataset. Users are prohibited from any commercial, non-free resale, or
redistribution without explicit written permission from CCAD, USAID, IRG, TNC,
WI or CIESIN. Users should acknowledge CCAD, USAID, IRG, TNC, WI and CIESIN as
the source used in the creation of any reports, publications, new data sets,
derived products, or services resulting from the use of this data set. CCAD,
USAID, IRG, TNC, WI or CIESIN also request reprints of any publications and
notification of any redistributing efforts.

Ancillary Keywords

CIESIN > Agriculture and Food Security > Vegetation CIESIN > Environmental Protection > Biodiversity CIESIN > Environmental Protection > Climate > Rain Forests CIESIN > Environmental Protection > Forests > Conifers CIESIN > Environmental Protection > Forests > Deciduous CIESIN > Environmental Protection > Forests > Parks CIESIN > Environmental Protection > Forests > Tropical Forests CIESIN > Environmental Protection > Water Characteristics > Water CIESIN > Environmental Protection > Water Forms > Swamps CIESIN > Environmental Protection > Water Forms > Wetlands CIESIN > Land and Freshwater Resources > Soils Barron Rock Broadleaf Forest Broadleaf Savanna Broadleaf Scrub Broadleaf Shrub Broadleaf Woodland Cactus Deciduous Savanna Deciduous Woodland Depression Dry Forest Ecoregions Evergreen Forest Evergreen Savanna Evergreen Scrub Evergreen Shrub Evergreen Woodland Graminoid Grassland Herbaceous Wetland Inland Water Marine Reserves Moist Forest Montane Forests Needleleaf Forest Needleleaf Savanna Needleleaf Woodland Pacific Dry Forests Perrenial Grassland Pine Forests Pine-Oak Forests Protected Areas Reserves Sand Seasonal Moist Forests Swamp forest Thorn Shrub Vegetation Maps ESIP

Data Set Progress

COMPLETE

Originating Center

SEDAC

Data Center

Socioeconomic Data and Applications Center Data Center URL: http://sedac.ciesin.columbia.edu/ Dataset ID: CIESIN_SEDAC_PROARCA_CAMVEGLCCCS Data Center Personnel Name: SEDAC USER SERVICES Phone: +1 845-365-8920 Fax: +1 845-365-8922 Email: ciesin.info at ciesin.columbia.edu Contact Address: 61 Route 9W, P.O. Box 1000 City: Palisades Province or State: NY Postal Code: 10964 Country: USA

Distribution

Distribution Media: Online FTP Distribution Size: 3.06 MB Distribution Format: ARCE Fees: 0

Personnel

SEDAC USER SERVICES Role: TECHNICAL CONTACT Phone: +1 845-365-8920 Fax: +1 845-365-8922 Email: ciesin.info at ciesin.columbia.edu Contact Address: 61 Route 9W, P.O. Box 1000 City: Palisades Province or State: NY Postal Code: 10964 Country: USA CIESIN METADATA ADMINISTRATION Role: DIF AUTHOR Phone: +1 845-365-8988 Fax: +1 845-365-8922 Email: metadata at ciesin.columbia.edu Contact Address: 61 Route 9W, P.O. Box 1000 City: Palisades Province or State: New York Postal Code: 10964 Country: USA

Related URL

Link: GET DATA Description: The Central American Vegetation/Land Cover Classification and Conservation Status FTP archive. Link: GET DATA > WIST Description: Refine your granule search using the Warehouse Inventory Search Tool (WIST) using information from this record.

Creation and Review Dates

DIF Creation Date: 2000-05-02 Last DIF Revision Date: 2008-05-06

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