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Global ecofloristic zones mapped by the United Nations Food and Agricultural Organization
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- Description:
- Dataset created by the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) to identify major global ecofloristic zones. It was used by the IPCC to categorize carbon stock estimates. Each of the 20 ecoregions are characterized by their temperature regime (tropical, subtropical, temperate, boreal, and polar) and their vegetation type (humid forest, dry forest, moist deciduous forest, shrubland, steppe, desert, etc.).
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- FAO,2000. adapted by Ruesch,Aaron,and Holly K. Gibbs. 2008
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Title: Global ecofloristic zones mapped by the United Nations Food and Agricultural Organization
Credits: FAO,2000. adapted by Ruesch,Aaron,and Holly K. Gibbs. 2008
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Title: Wood energy supply/demand scenarios in the context of poverty mapping
Credits: Rudi Dribo
Publication Date: 2006
Publisher: FAO
Other Citation Info: Wood energy supply/demand scenarios in the context of poverty mapping. A WISDOM case study in Southeast Asia for the years 2000 and 2015. prepared by Rudi Drigo. 136 pages, 2 boxes, 46 figures, 44 tables. Environment and Natural Resource Working Paper No. 27. FAO, Rome, 2006.
Title: Modeling deforestation baselines using the Forest Area Change Model for the Calakmul and Meseta Purepehca regions in Mexico
Credits: Walter Antonio Marzoli
Publication Date: 1990
Publisher: Winrock International
Online Linkages: Other Citation Info: Marzoli. W.A. c. 1990 Modeling deforestation baselines using the Forest Area Change Model for the Calakmul and Meseta Purepehca regions in Mexico. Winrock International
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- Center for Sustainability and the Global Environment (SAGE) Nelson Institute for Environmental Studies, University of Wisconsin-Madison
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This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 3.0 License.
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