Caribbean Marine Protected Areas and managment effectiveness (polygon data only)
Caribbean Marine Protected Areas and managment effectiveness (polygon data only)
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- Citation_Information:
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- Originator: World Resources Institute
- Publication_Date: 2004
- Title:
- Caribbean Marine Protected Areas and managment effectiveness (polygon data only)
- Geospatial_Data_Presentation_Form: vector digital data
- Series_Information:
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- Series_Name: Reefs at Risk in the Caribbean
- Publication_Information:
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- Publication_Place: Washington D.C., United States
- Publisher: World Resources Institute
- Online_Linkage: <http://reefsatrisk.wri.org>
- Larger_Work_Citation:
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- Citation_Information:
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- Title:
- L. Burke and J. Maidens "Reefs at Risk in the Caribbean," (Washington DC, USA: World Resources Institute, 2004)
- Description:
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- Abstract:
- This dataset represents polygon coverage of sites included in the inventory of Marine Protected Areas in the Wider Caribbean devloped under the Reefs at Risk Caribbean project. The availability of polygon is limited. The full inventory of MPAs for the Wider Caribbean can be found in the accompanying point dataset developed under the project. Points with no polygon coverage are not included in this dataset. This dataset does not represent the full inventory.
- Purpose:
- This dataset was developed for the Reefs at Risk Caribbean project to gain a better understanding of the protection afforded reefs in the region.
- Time_Period_of_Content:
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- Single_Date/Time:
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- Calendar_Date: unknown
- Currentness_Reference: publication date
- Status:
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- Progress: Complete
- Maintenance_and_Update_Frequency: None planned
- Spatial_Domain:
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- Bounding_Coordinates:
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- West_Bounding_Coordinate: -96.196080
- East_Bounding_Coordinate: -59.632633
- North_Bounding_Coordinate: 32.488440
- South_Bounding_Coordinate: 9.157360
- Keywords:
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- Theme:
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- Theme_Keyword: marine protected areas
- Place:
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- 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:
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- Contact_Information:
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- Contact_Person_Primary:
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- Contact_Person: GIS Lab Manager
- Contact_Organization: World Resources Institute
- Contact_Address:
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- 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
- Data_Quality_Information:
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- Attribute_Accuracy:
- Positional_Accuracy:
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- Horizontal_Positional_Accuracy:
- Vertical_Positional_Accuracy:
- Lineage:
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- Process_Step:
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- Process_Description: Inventory of Marine Protected Areas in the Wider Caribbean
- Process_Step:
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- 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)
- 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:
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- 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)
- Spatial_Data_Organization_Information:
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- Direct_Spatial_Reference_Method: Vector
- Point_and_Vector_Object_Information:
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- SDTS_Terms_Description:
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- SDTS_Point_and_Vector_Object_Type: G-polygon
- Point_and_Vector_Object_Count: 337
- Raster_Object_Information:
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- Raster_Object_Type: Grid Cell
- Row_Count: 3844
- Column_Count: 5816
- Vertical_Count: 1
- Spatial_Reference_Information:
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- Horizontal_Coordinate_System_Definition:
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- Geographic:
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- Latitude_Resolution: 0.000000
- Longitude_Resolution: 0.000000
- Geographic_Coordinate_Units: Decimal degrees
- Geodetic_Model:
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- Horizontal_Datum_Name: D_WGS_1984
- Ellipsoid_Name: WGS_1984
- Semi-major_Axis: 6378137.000000
- Denominator_of_Flattening_Ratio: 298.257224
