Identification_Information: Citation: Citation_Information: Originator: 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) Publication_Date: 1998 Title: Central American Vegetation/Land Cover Classification and Conservation Status Edition: 1.00 Geospatial_Data_Presentation_Form: raster, vector Publication_Information: Publication_Place: Palisades, NY Publisher: NASA Socioeconomic Data and Applications Center (SEDAC) Online_Linkage: http://sedac.ciesin.columbia.edu/data/set/lulc-central-american-vegetation-cover-classification Description: Abstract: 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), Winrock International (WI), and is distributed by the Columbia University Center for International Earth Science Information Network (CIESIN). Purpose: To identify remaining natural vegetation types in Central America. Supplemental_Information: The data set used in this gap analysis is comprised of the most spatially detailed data set on protected areas, vegetation, and ecoregion data ever assembled for the region as a whole. The following digital geospatial data were compiled for the gap analysis: Country boundaries (Belize, Guatemala, Honduras, El Salvador, Nicaragua, Costa Rica, Panama, 1:1 Million, Digital Chart of the World, ESRI, Inc. 1993); Vegetation and Landcover map (1:2 Million, PROARCA/CAPAS, 1998); Mesoamerican protected areas network systems (1:1 Million, WCS, 1996); Digital Elevation Model (1 km grid, USGS EROS Data Center, 1996); Ecoregions (1:15 Million, Dinerstein, et al., 1995). Time_Period_of_Content: Time_Period_Information: Range_of_Dates/Times: Beginning_Date: 1992 Ending_Date: 1993 Status: Progress: Complete Maintenance_and_Update_Frequency: As needed Spatial_Domain: Bounding_Coordinates: West_Bounding_Coordinate: -92.000000 East_Bounding_Coordinate: -78.000000 North_Bounding_Coordinate: 19.000000 South_Bounding_Coordinate: 6.000000 Keywords: Theme: Theme_Keyword_Thesaurus: CIESIN Indexing Vocabulary Version 2.1 (GCMD Format) Theme_Keyword: CIESIN > Agriculture and Food Security > Vegetation Theme_Keyword: CIESIN > Environmental Protection > Biodiversity Theme_Keyword: CIESIN > Environmental Protection > Climate > Rain Forests Theme_Keyword: CIESIN > Environmental Protection > Forests > Conifers Theme_Keyword: CIESIN > Environmental Protection > Forests > Deciduous Theme_Keyword: CIESIN > Environmental Protection > Forests > Parks Theme_Keyword: CIESIN > Environmental Protection > Forests > Tropical Forests Theme_Keyword: CIESIN > Environmental Protection > Water Characteristics > Water Theme_Keyword: CIESIN > Environmental Protection > Water Forms > Swamps Theme_Keyword: CIESIN > Environmental Protection > Water Forms > Wetlands Theme_Keyword: CIESIN > Land and Freshwater Resources > Soils Theme: Theme_Keyword_Thesaurus: GCMD Parameter Valids Theme_Keyword: EARTH SCIENCE > Agriculture > Soils Theme_Keyword: EARTH SCIENCE > Biosphere > Terrestrial Ecosystems > Forests Theme_Keyword: EARTH SCIENCE > Biosphere > Terrestrial Ecosystems > Grasslands Theme_Keyword: EARTH SCIENCE > Biosphere > Terrestrial Ecosystems > Montane Habitats Theme_Keyword: EARTH SCIENCE > Biosphere > Terrestrial Ecosystems > Savannas Theme_Keyword: EARTH SCIENCE > Biosphere > Terrestrial Ecosystems > Shrubland/Scrub Theme_Keyword: EARTH SCIENCE > Biosphere > Terrestrial Ecosystems > Urban Lands Theme_Keyword: EARTH SCIENCE > Biosphere > Terrestrial Ecosystems > Wetlands > Swamps Theme_Keyword: EARTH SCIENCE > Oceans > Coastal Processes > Mangroves Theme: Theme_Keyword_Thesaurus: General Theme_Keyword: Barren Rock Theme_Keyword: Broadleaf Forest Theme_Keyword: Broadleaf Savanna Theme_Keyword: Broadleaf Scrub Theme_Keyword: Broadleaf Shrub Theme_Keyword: Broadleaf Woodland Theme_Keyword: Cactus Theme_Keyword: Deciduous Savanna Theme_Keyword: Deciduous Woodland Theme_Keyword: Depression Dry Forest Theme_Keyword: Ecoregions Theme_Keyword: Evergreen Forest Theme_Keyword: Evergreen Savanna Theme_Keyword: Evergreen Scrub Theme_Keyword: Evergreen Shrub Theme_Keyword: Evergreen Woodland Theme_Keyword: Graminoid Grassland Theme_Keyword: Herbaceous Wetland Theme_Keyword: Inland Water Theme_Keyword: Marine Reserves Theme_Keyword: Moist Forest Theme_Keyword: Montane Forests Theme_Keyword: Needleleaf Forest Theme_Keyword: Needleleaf Savanna Theme_Keyword: Needleleaf Woodland Theme_Keyword: Pacific Dry Forests Theme_Keyword: Perennial Grassland Theme_Keyword: Pine Forests Theme_Keyword: Pine-Oak Forests Theme_Keyword: Protected Areas Theme_Keyword: Reserves Theme_Keyword: Sand Theme_Keyword: Seasonal Moist Forests Theme_Keyword: Swamp forest Theme_Keyword: Thorn Shrub Theme_Keyword: Vegetation Maps Theme: Theme_Keyword_Thesaurus: Data Granularity Theme_Keyword: Country Theme: Theme_Keyword_Thesaurus: EI Gateway Vocabulary Theme_Keyword: Conservation Theme_Keyword: Land Cover Theme: Theme_Keyword_Thesaurus: CSA-NBII Biocomplexity Theme_Keyword: Conservation Theme_Keyword: Land Use Theme_Keyword: Protected Areas Theme_Keyword: Vegetation Theme_Keyword: Vegetation Cover Theme: Theme_Keyword_Thesaurus: ISO Topic Theme_Keyword: Biota Theme_Keyword: Farming Theme_Keyword: Geoscientific Information Theme_Keyword: Imagery/Base Maps/Earth Cover Theme_Keyword: Inland Waters Theme_Keyword: Oceans Theme: Theme_Keyword_Thesaurus: SEDAC Topic Theme_Keyword: Biodiversity Place: Place_Keyword_Thesaurus: CIESIN Location Terms, version 2.0 Place_Keyword: Region > Central America Place_Keyword: Region > Equatorial Place_Keyword: Continent > North America Place_Keyword: Country > Belize Place_Keyword: Country > Costa Rica Place_Keyword: Country > Guatemala Place_Keyword: Country > El Salvador Place_Keyword: Country > Honduras Place_Keyword: Country > Nicaragua Place_Keyword: Country > Panama 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), Winrock International (WI), and Trustees of Columbia University in the City of New York hold the copyright of this data set. Users are prohibited from any commercial, non-free resale, or redistribution without explicit written permission from CCAD, USAID, IRG, TNC, WI, and 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, and CIESIN also request reprints of any publications and notification of any redistributing efforts. Point_of_Contact: Contact_Information: Contact_Organization_Primary: Contact_Organization: The Nature Conservancy, Conservation Science and Stewardship Department, Latin American and the Caribbean Division Contact_Address: Address_Type: mailing and physical address Address: 1815 North Lynn Street City: Arlington State_or_Province: VA Postal_Code: 22209 Country: USA Contact_Facsimile_Telephone: +1-703-841-2722 Data_Set_Credit: This work was supported 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. It was primarily funded by USAID, while components of this work were additionally supported by TNC and NASA. Native_Data_Set_Environment: Windows Data_Quality_Information: Lineage: Process_Step: Process_Description: 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. Spatial_Data_Organization_Information: Direct_Spatial_Reference_Method: Vector Distribution_Information: Distributor: Contact_Information: Contact_Organization_Primary: Contact_Organization: NASA Socioeconomic Data and Applications Center (SEDAC) Contact_Address: Address_Type: mailing and physical address Address: CIESIN, Columbia University, 61 Route 9W, P.O. 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