Related URL

Link: GET SERVICE > ACCESS MAP VIEWER Description: Central Africa Interactive GIS map using data from the Global Forest Watch. Link: VIEW RELATED INFORMATION Description: Homepage of Global Forest Watch (GFW) Which provides and uses the Cameroon Concession data in their forest monitoring network. Additional information on the GFW is also provided here.

Geographic Coverage

N: 4.85

S: 1.93

E: 16.19

W: 10.12

Data Set Citation

Dataset Originator/Creator: World Resources Institute Dataset Title: Cameroon Logging Concessions in 1998-1999 Dataset Release Place: Washington, D.C. Dataset Publisher: World Resources Institute Data Presentation Form: map coverage Online Resource: http://www.globalforestwatch.org/english/datawarehouse/index.asp#

Temporal Coverage

Start Date: 1998-01-01

Stop Date: 1999-12-31

Location Keywords

CONTINENT > AFRICA > CENTRAL AFRICA > CAMEROON

Science Keywords

AGRICULTURE >FOREST SCIENCE >FOREST HARVESTING AND ENGINEERING    [Definition]

AGRICULTURE >FOREST SCIENCE >FOREST MANAGEMENT    [Definition]

AGRICULTURE >FOREST SCIENCE >FOREST PRODUCTS/COMMODITIES    [Definition]

AGRICULTURE >FOREST SCIENCE >FOREST PROTECTION    [Definition]

HUMAN DIMENSIONS >BOUNDARIES >BOUNDARY SURVEYS    [Definition]

HUMAN DIMENSIONS >HABITAT CONVERSION/FRAGMENTATION >DEFORESTATION    [Definition]

HUMAN DIMENSIONS >ENVIRONMENTAL GOVERNANCE/MANAGEMENT >LAND MANAGEMENT    [Definition]

HUMAN DIMENSIONS >ENVIRONMENTAL GOVERNANCE/MANAGEMENT >ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENTS    [Definition]

AGRICULTURE >FOREST SCIENCE >FOREST CONSERVATION    [Definition]

ISO Topic Category

FARMING BOUNDARIES ECONOMY ENVIRONMENT IMAGERY/BASE MAPS/EARTH COVER PLANNING CADASTRE

Quality

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Access Constraints

unrestricted

Use Constraints

This data is copyright to Global Forest Watch and/or its collaborators. Use and 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 anyone; and distribute the data in its unmodified form via electronic means. There is no charge for any of the above. You are specifically prohibited from charging, or requesting donation, for any such copies, however made; from publishing; and from distributing the data with other products (commercial or otherwise without prior written permission.

Keywords

GIS

map coverage

Global Forest Watch

logging concessions

forest management

logging

license

permits

CONSERVATION

Data Set Progress

COMPLETE

Originating Center

World Resources Institute

Data Center

World Resources Institute    [Information] 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: 560 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