Forest Types: Kenya, 2000

Abstract/Contents

Abstract

This polygon shapefile represents forest types in Kenya. These data were acquired from FAO's Africover dataset (2000). This layer includes data for natural and seminatural forested landscapes such as closed canopy forests and other forest types with more open crown cover.

Purpose

This data was used in Map 1.3 and Map 7.1 in Nature's Benefits in Kenya: An Atlas of Ecosystems and Human Well-Being.

Description

Type of resource	cartographic, software, multimedia
Form	Shapefile
Extent	21.432
Place	Rome, IT
Publisher	Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
Date valid	2000
Publication date	2000
Language	English
Digital origin	born digital
Map data	Scale not given. ; E 33°54ʹ34ʺ--E 41°49ʹ35ʺ/N 5°25ʹ54ʺ--S 4°40ʹ41ʺ, Scale not given ; EPSG::4326

Creators/Contributors

Creator	Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations

Subjects

Subject	Forests
Subject	Trees
Subject	Kenya
Subject	2000
Subject	Biology and Ecology
Subject	Environment
Genre	Geospatial data
Genre	Cartographic dataset

Bibliographic information

Supplemental information	Original data are downloadable at www.africover.org.
Use limitation	Data set is not for use in litigation. While efforts have been made to ensure that these data are accurate and reliable within the state of the art, WRI, cannot assume liability for any damages, or misrepresentations, caused by any inaccuracies in the data, or as a result of the data to be used on a particular system. WRI makes no warranty, expressed or implied, nor does the fact of distribution constitute such a warranty.
Referenced by	Title Nature's Benefits in Kenya: An Atlas of Ecosystems and Human Well-Being Associated with International Livestock Research Institute Kenya. Central Bureau of Statistics World Resources Institute Imprint World Resources Institute, 2007
Location	https://purl.stanford.edu/cv366hz0160

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Use and reproduction

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Copyright

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Preferred citation

Preferred citation

Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. (2000). Forest Types: Kenya, 2000. FAO. Available at: http://purl.stanford.edu/cv366hz0160

Collection

Kenya GIS Data

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