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    A geographical information approach for stratifying tropical Latin America to identify research problems and opportunities in sustainable agriculture

    Conference Papers & Reports
    December, 1990
    Central America, South America
    land use
    agriculture

    Over the last 12 years a data base of climate, soils and crop distribution has been assembled for Latin America. Recently, socio-economic variables such as access and populations density and environmental variables such as the location of national parks, biological reserves and indian reserves have been added. Formerly this information was used primarily to make decisions on commodity research.

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    A Guide for participatory mapping of ecosystem services in multiuse agricultural landscapes: How to conduct a rapid spatial assessment of ecosystem services

    Manuals & Guidelines
    December, 2016
    Africa, Eastern Africa, Kenya, Malawi, Tanzania, Ghana
    Rangelands, Drylands & Pastoralism
    land management
    rangelands
    land use
    natural resources management

    This guide presents a step-by-step approach in using a participatory mapping method with community members to identify and map ecosystem services and changes in their supply across multiuse agricultural landscapes. Non-governmental organizations (NGOs), government agencies and researchers can use this approach to learn from communities about how they use and access natural resources.

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