Caribbean Marine Protected Areas (point)

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Identification_Information:

Citation:

Citation_Information:

Originator: World Resources Institute

Publication_Date: 2004

Title: Caribbean Marine Protected Areas (point)

Geospatial_Data_Presentation_Form: vector digital data

Series_Information:

Series_Name: Reefs at Risk in the Caribbean

Publication_Information:

Publication_Place: Washington D.C., United States

Publisher: World Resources Institute

Online_Linkage: <http://reefsatrisk.wri.org>

Larger_Work_Citation:

Citation_Information:

Title:

L. Burke and J. Maidens "Reefs at Risk in the Caribbean," (Washington DC, USA: World Resources Institute, 2004)

Description:

Abstract:

This dataset is an inventory of Marine Protected Areas in the Wider Caribbean region with their point locations. This list was developed under the Reefs at Risk Caribbean project and relied on literature and other studies. Gathering information on MPAs across the region is very difficult and, as such, this list does not pertain to be exhaustive or complete. Additionally, as the dataset was developed for the purpose of gaining a better understanding of protection afforded coral reefs - there may be some selective bias towards those directly relevant to coral reefs (for example, no protected turtle nesting beaches are in the dataset). However, at the time of production of this inventory, spatial information and assessment of management effectiveness - no other data source exists. Future work in this area lies with the CaMPAM initiative (<http://www.gcfi.org/campam/CaMPAM.htm>).

Purpose:

This dataset was developed for the Reefs at Risk Caribbean project to gain a better understanding of the actual protection afforded reefs in the region.

Time_Period_of_Content:

Time_Period_Information:

Single_Date/Time:

Calendar_Date: unknown

Currentness_Reference: publication date

Status:

Progress: Complete

Maintenance_and_Update_Frequency: None planned

Spatial_Domain:

Bounding_Coordinates:

West_Bounding_Coordinate: -95.961650

East_Bounding_Coordinate: -59.648009

North_Bounding_Coordinate: 32.491670

South_Bounding_Coordinate: 9.331490

Keywords:

Theme:

Theme_Keyword: cruise line

Theme_Keyword: port

Place:

Place_Keyword: caribbean

Place_Keyword: central america

Place_Keyword: south america

Place_Keyword: north america

Place_Keyword: insular caribbean

Place_Keyword: gulf of mexico

Place_Keyword: caribbean sea

Place_Keyword: gulf of mexico

Place_Keyword: western atlantic

Access_Constraints: None

Use_Constraints:

Data set is not for use in litigation. While efforts have been made to ensure that these data are accurate and reliable within the state of the art, WRI, cannot assume liability for any damages, or misrepresentations, caused by any inaccuracies in the data, or as a result of the data to be used on a particular system. WRI makes no warranty, expressed or implied, nor does the fact of distribution constitute such a warranty.

Point_of_Contact:

Contact_Information:

Contact_Person_Primary:

Contact_Person: GIS Lab Manager

Contact_Organization: World Resources Institute

Contact_Address:

Address_Type: mailing and physical address

Address: 10 G Street NE Suite 800

City: Washington DC

State_or_Province: District of Columbia

Postal_Code: 20002

Country: United States

Contact_Voice_Telephone: 202 729 7600

Contact_Facsimile_Telephone: 202 729 7775

Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: reefsatrisk@wri.org

Hours_of_Service: 9am - 5pm EST

Native_Data_Set_Environment:

Microsoft Windows 2000 Version 5.0 (Build 2195) Service Pack 2; ESRI ArcCatalog 9.0.0.535

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Data_Quality_Information:

Attribute_Accuracy:

Positional_Accuracy:

Horizontal_Positional_Accuracy:

Vertical_Positional_Accuracy:

Lineage:

Process_Step:

Process_Description:

Inventory of Marine Protected Areas in the Wider Caribbean from various literature sources (Wilkinson, 1998, 2000 and 2002)) and previous studies (Kelleher, 1995; Mascia, 2000

Process_Step:

Process_Description:

Identify exisiting spatial coverage of MPAs. The dataset includes an attribute reflecting whether or not the polygon (boundary information) is available within the polygon dataset and the source of that data. (if polygon not available, point location with size). (see attribute poly_sourc for specific source). the polygon data is available under the accompanying dataset "Caribbean Marine Protected Areas and managment effectiveness (polygon data only)."

Source_Used_Citation_Abbreviation:

WDPA Consortium. 2004. "World Database on Protected Areas" World Conservation Union (IUCN) and UNEP-World Conservation Monitoring Centre (UNEP-WCMC)

Source_Used_Citation_Abbreviation:

The Nature Conservancy. 2004. Caribbean Ecoregional Planning Project.

Source_Used_Citation_Abbreviation:

Marine Protected Areas of the United States website - <http://www.mpa.gov>

Source_Used_Citation_Abbreviation: NOAA Coastal Services website - <http://csc.noaa.gov>

Source_Used_Citation_Abbreviation: digitized at WRI

Process_Step:

Process_Description:

Assessment of management effectiveness for each MPA. Because compiling detailed information on a region-wide basis is very difficult, the MPAs were assessed on only four broad criteria: existence of management activity, existence of a management plan, availability of resources, and extent of enforcement. Combined, these criteria were used to generate a simple measure of management effectiveness.

Source_Used_Citation_Abbreviation:

Reefs at Risk in the Caribbean workshop participants (Miami FL, October 2002)

Source_Used_Citation_Abbreviation: National Center for Protected Areas, Habana, Cuba

Source_Used_Citation_Abbreviation:

T. Geoghegan, A. Smith, and K. Thacker. 2001. "Characterization of caribbean Marine Protected AReas (CANARI)

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Spatial_Data_Organization_Information:

Direct_Spatial_Reference_Method: Vector

Point_and_Vector_Object_Information:

SDTS_Terms_Description:

SDTS_Point_and_Vector_Object_Type: Entity point

Point_and_Vector_Object_Count: 315

Raster_Object_Information:

Raster_Object_Type: Grid Cell

Row_Count: 3844

Column_Count: 5816

Vertical_Count: 1

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Spatial_Reference_Information:

Horizontal_Coordinate_System_Definition:

Geographic:

Latitude_Resolution: 0.000000

Longitude_Resolution: 0.000000

Geographic_Coordinate_Units: Decimal degrees

Geodetic_Model:

Horizontal_Datum_Name: D_WGS_1984

Ellipsoid_Name: WGS_1984

Semi-major_Axis: 6378137.000000

Denominator_of_Flattening_Ratio: 298.257224