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Locations of small micro-hydropower sites in Kenya
Locations of micro-hydro sites approximately located by WRI based on SoK 1971, and information from KenGen 2006, and Balla 2006. This data was used in Map 3.11 in Nature's Benefits in Kenya: An Atlas of Ecosystems and Human Well-Being.
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Poverty data for Kenya, 1999
This data was used in Chapters 2 and 8 in Nature's Benefits in Kenya: An Atlas of Ecosystems and Human Well-Being in Kenya. Data are downloadable at www.planning.go.ke.
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Minimum amount of Kenyan Shillings needed per sq km per month to close povert...
This data was used in Map 2.9 in Nature's Benefits: An Atlas of Ecosystems and Human Well-Being in Kenya.
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Poverty data for Constituencies in eastern Kenya, 1999
This data is displayed in Map 2.6, Map 2.7, Map 2.8 and Map 2.9 in Nature's Benefits in Kenya: An Atlas of Ecosystems and Human Well-Being. It is used to show data for eastern Kenya, for which poverty data for the location- and sub-location-level were not available.
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Distance to water points in northern Kenya
This data was used in Map 5.8 and Map 5.9 in Nature's Benefits in Kenya: An Atlas of Ecosystems and Human Well-Being. Use attribute field VALUE to display data. Units are in kilometers. 0 = 0 kilometers from nearest water point 5 = 0.1 - 5 kilometers from nearest water point 10 = 5 -...
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Locations of mangroves in Kenya (line)
This data was used in Map 6.4 and Map 6.5 in Nature's Benefits in Kenya: An Atlas of Ecosystems and Human Well-Being. The full report is available at http://www.geus.dk/program-areas/nature-environment/international/reports/kensea/kensea_rapport.pdf.
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Locations of mangroves in Kenya (polygon)
This data was used in Map 6.4 and Map 6.5 in Nature's Benefits in Kenya: An Atlas of Ecosystems and Human Well-Being. The full report is available at http://www.geus.dk/program-areas/nature-environment/international/reports/kensea/kensea_rapport.pdf.
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Turtle nesting and breeding sites in Kenya
This data was used in Map 6.4 and Map 6.5 in Nature's Benefits in Kenya: An Atlas of Ecosystems and Human Well-Being. The full report is available at http://www.geus.dk/program-areas/nature-environment/international/reports/kensea/kensea_rapport.pdf.
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Predicted Diversity of Selected Mammal Species in Kenya
This data was used in Map 5.2 in Nature's Benefits in Kenya: An Atlas of Ecosystems and Human Well-Being. Original data are downloadable at http://www.gisbau.uniroma1.it/amd.php. This dataset accounts for the following diversity of mammals: Bovidae (Horned antelopes) Giraffidae (Giraffes)...
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Grevy's zebra population in Kenya, 1994-96
This data was used in Map 5.14 in Nature's Benefits in Kenya: An Atlas of Ecosystems and Human Well-Being. Census counts of observed numbers of Grevy's Zebra during low-altitude flights, aggregated to 5km grid cells. Please refer to DRSRS for updates.
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Grevy's Zebra Population in Kenya, 1977-78
This data was used in Map 5.13 in Nature's Benefits in Kenya: An Atlas of Ecosystems and Human Well-Being. Census counts of observed numbers of Grevy's Zebra during low-altitude flights, aggregated to 5km grid cells. Please refer to DRSRS for updates.
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Endemic Bird Areas (EBAs) in Kenya
This data was used in Map 5.3 in Nature's Benefits in Kenya: An Atlas of Ecosystems and Human Well-Being. Please note that this data is frequently updated. Please refer to Birdlife International's website for most updated versions and downloads: http://www.birdlife.org/datazone/index.html
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Milk Production Per Square Kilometer in Kenya, 1997
This data was used in Map 4.5 in Nature's Benefits in Kenya: An Atlas of Ecosystems and Human Well-Being.
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Average Annual Rainfall in Kenya
This data was used in Map 3.1 in Nature's Benefits in Kenya: An Atlas of Ecosystems and Human Well-Being.
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Water supplies serving Mombasa, Kenya
Locations of dam were approximately located by WRI based on SoK 1971, and MoWD and JICA 1992a, 1992b, 1992c. This data was used in Map 3.10 in Nature's Benefits in Kenya: An Atlas of Ecosystems and Human Well-Being.
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Locations of large hydropower dams in Kenya
Locations of hydropower sites were approximately located by WRI based on SoK 1971, KenGen 2006, and from MoWD and JICA 1992a, 1992b, 1992c. This data was used in Map 3.11 in Nature's Benefits in Kenya: An Atlas of Ecosystems and Human Well-Being.
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Annual Growth of Biomass and Theoretically Harvestable Biomass Yield outside ...
This data was used in Map 7.6 and Map 7.7 in Nature's Benefits in Kenya: An Atlas of Ecosystems and Human Well-Being. Values of zero for both fields pertain to croplands and urban areas, and should be displayed as ""not applicable."" Note: All areas classified as 'natural and semi-natural' in...
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Percent Treecover in Kenya
The Vegetation Continuous Fields (VCF) collection contains proportional estimates for vegetative cover types: woody vegetation, herbaceous vegetation, and bare ground. The product is derived from all seven bands of the MODerate-resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) sensor onboard NASA's...
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Kenya Shaded Relief Surface (90m resolution)
The cell values represent illumination value from 0 - 255. Shaded relief surfaces are mainly used as background in mapping and displaying data. [RETURN] This spatial data set is a derivative product of the Shuttle Radar Topography Mission(SRTM) digital elevation model(DEM) data set. The SRTM DEM...
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Spatial distribution of observed zebra numbers in Kenya, 1994-1996
This data was used in Map 6.2 in Nature's Benefits in Kenya: An Atlas of Ecosystems and Human Well-Being. Wildlife counts come from a rangeland census using low-altitude flights in Kenya. Numbers of animals observed were aggregated to 5km grid cells. Note: A number of zebra nul should be...