• Wildlife density in Kenya's rangelands, 1977-78

    This data was used in Map 5.10 in Nature's Benefits in Kenya: An Atlas of Ecosystems and Human Well-Being. Species numbers were aggregated using a ""tropical livestock unit"" (TLU) (which is equivalent to an animal weight of 250 kilograms) to grid cells of 5x5 km and then averaged by square...

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  • Proposed large-scale irrigation schemes in Kenya

    This data was used in Map 3.12 in Nature's Benefits in Kenya: An Atlas of Ecosystems and Human Well-Being.

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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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  • Locations of water supplies serving Nairobi, Kenya.

    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.

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  • Livestock density in Kenya's rangelands, 1994-1996

    This data was used in Map 1.5 and Map 4.7 in Nature's Benefits in Kenya: An Atlas of Ecosystems and Human Well-Being. Species numbers are aggregated using a ""tropical livestock unit"" (TLU) (which is equivalent to an animal weight of 250 kilograms) to grid cells of 5x5 km and then averaged by...

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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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  • Kenya Digital Elevation Model (90m resolution)

    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...

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  • Existing small-scale irrigation and drainage points in Kenya

    Data compiled by the International Water Management Institute (IWMI), Nairobi, Kenya. This data was used in Map 3.12 in Nature's Benefits in Kenya: An Atlas of Ecosystems and Human Well-Being.

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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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  • 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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  • Kenya Important Bird Areas (IBAs) and their Status, 2003-04

    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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  • Bare areas (areas naturally devoid of vegetation) in Kenya

    This data was used in Map 1.3 in Nature's Benefits in Kenya: An Atlas of Ecosystems and Human Well-Being. Original data are downloadable at www.africover.org.

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  • Kenya Digital Elevation Model (DEM) (250m resolution)

    This data was used in maps throughout Nature's Benefits in Kenya: An Atlas of Ecosystems and Human Well-Being.

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  • Locations of proposed small micro-hydropower sites in Kenya

    Locations of micro-hydro sites approximately located by WRI based on SoK 1971, and information from ITDG and ESDA 2005. 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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  • 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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  • Percentage Food Crops in Central and Western Kenya

    World Agroforestry Center (ICRAF) and Department of Resource Surveys and Remote Sensing (DRSRS), Ministry of Environment and Natural Resources. 2001. GIS Database of Land Use and Land Cover for Kenya's Medium to High Potential Districts. DRSRS interpretation of 5,747 aerial photographs from...

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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...

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  • Spatial distribution of observed wildebeest 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 wildebeest nul should be...

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