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Locations of dam were approximately located by WRI based on SoK 1971, MoWD and JICA 1992a, 1992b, 1992c, Nyaoro 1999, and Wambua 2003. This data was used in Map 3.9 in Nature's Benefits in Kenya: An Atlas of Ecosystems and Human Well-Being.

The poverty indicators produced by the Uganda Bureau of Statistics (UBOS) are based on household consumption expenditures, including both food and a range of nonfood items such as education, transport, health, and rent. Households are defined as poor when their total expenditures fall below...

WRI/ILRI calculation based on animal data from DRSRS 2003; Grunblatt et al. 1995, 1996; and daily water requirements for selected species from MoWD and JICA 1992, Peden at al. 2003, 2004. This data was used in Map 3.13 in Nature's Benefits in Kenya: An Atlas of Ecosystems and Human Well-Being.

This dataset results from the combination of three datasets: 1. NATIONAL FOREST AUTHORITY (NFA). 1996. Land Cover GIS Database. Kampala, Uganda: Government of Uganda, NFA. 2. NATIONAL IMAGERY AND MAPPING AGENCY (NIMA). 1997. Vector Map Level 0 (Digital Chart of the World), 3rd Edition....

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...

The objective of the SRTM mission is to obtain elevation radar data on a near-global scale and generate the most complete high-resolution digital topographic database of the Earth. The information collected by SRTM will be used to provide a tool to enhance the activities of scientists, the...