Environment and climate change statistics for Latin America and the Caribbean
FDES - Sub-component 2.3: Land
Land is a unique environmental resource that delineates the space in which economic activities and environmental processes take place and within which environmental resources and economic assets are located. The two primary aspects are land cover and land use. They are closely related; while land cover describes the biophysical aspects of land, land use refers to the functional aspects of land.
The topics included are:
- Land use
- Use of forest land
Documents and publications
Global Land Cover Share (GLC-SHARE) by Publication Date: 2014
Assessment Report on Land Degradation and Restoration by Publication Date: 2018
Methodologies and classifications
- Global Land Cover Network (GLCN)The GLCN’s overall objective was to provide direction, methodology and guidance for harmonization of land cover mapping and monitoring projects at national, regional and global levels in order to achieve compatibility among their products through the promotion of LCCS as the new standard classification system.
- FAO - ETo CalculatorETo calculator is a software developed by the Land and Water Division of FAO. Its main function is to calculate Reference evapotranspiration (ETo) according to FAO standards.
Land Cover Classification System: Classification concepts Software Version 3 by Publication Date: 2016
Land Quality Indicators and Their Use in Sustainable Agriculture and Rural Development by Publication Date: 1996
Good Practice Guidance for Land Use,Land-Use Change and Forestry by Publication Date: 2003
Manual of the Basic Set of Environment Statistics of the FDES 2013: Land Cover and Land Use Statistics by
Publication Date: 2018 January | Version 1.0Methodology sheet of the Basic Set of Environment Statistics of the FDES
(Topics 1.2.1 Land Cover and 2.3.1 Land Use of the Basic Set of Environment Statistics of the FDES 2013)
Manual on the Basic Set of Environment Statistics of the FDES 2013 - Soil Characteristics Statistics - by Publication Date: 2018 October | Version 1.0Methodology sheet of the Basic Set of Environment Statistics of the FDES
(Topic 1.1.4 Soil Characteristics of the Basic Set of Environment Statistics of the FDES 2013)- Manual on the Basic Set of Environment Statistics of the FDES 2013 - Forests, Use of Forest Land, Timber Resources and Other Non-cultivated Biological Resources Statistics by Publication Date: 2018 September | Version 1.0Methodology sheet of the Basic Set of Environment Statistics of the FDES
(Topics 1.2.3: Forests, 2.3.2: Use of forest land, 2.5.1: Timber resources, and 2.5.5: Other non-cultivated biological resources of the Basic Set of Environment Statistics of the FDES 2013)
Databases
- Columbia University - Center for International Earth Science Information Network (CIESIN) Este enlace se abre en una nueva ventanaCIESIN is a center within the Earth Institute at Columbia University. It works at the intersection of the social, natural, and information sciences, and specializes in on-line data and information management, spatial data integration and training, and interdisciplinary research related to human interactions in the environment.
- FAO - GAEZ - Global Agro-Ecological Zones Este enlace se abre en una nueva ventanaVersion 3.0 of the GAEZ Data Portal was published on May 25, 2012. It includes thousands of spatial data sets and information in tabular format, on the sustainable management of natural resources for food and agriculture.
- FAO GEONETWORK Este enlace se abre en una nueva ventanaThe FAO GeoNetwork provides Internet access to interactive maps, satellite imagery and related spatial databases maintained by FAO and its partners.
It's purpose is to improve access to and integrated use of spatial data and information.