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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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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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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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Spatial distribution of observed giraffe 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 giraffes nul should be...
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Spatial distribution of observed elephant 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 elephants nul should be...
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Spatial distribution of observed buffalo 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 buffalo nul should be...
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Predicted Diversity of Selected Mammal Species in Kenya
This data was used in Map 5.2 in Nature's Benefits in Kenya: An Atlas of Ecosystems and Human Well-Being. Original data are downloadable at http://www.gisbau.uniroma1.it/amd.php. This dataset accounts for the following diversity of mammals: Bovidae (Horned antelopes) Giraffidae (Giraffes)...
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Annual Projected Water Balance by Subdrainage Area in Kenya, 2000 and 2010
Calculations done by the World Resources Institute. This data was used in Map 3.7 in Nature's Benefits in Kenya: An Atlas of Ecosystems and Human Well-Being.
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Number of beds by hotel on the eastern coast of Kenya
Number of beds calculated by ILRI and WRI, based on RoK 2003 and UNEP 1998. This data was used in Map 6.4 and Map 6.5 in Nature's Benefits in Kenya: An Atlas of Ecosystems and Human Well-Being.
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Sources of wood for charcoal in selected administrative Districts in Kenya, 2004
This data was used in Map 7.5 in Nature's Benefits in Kenya: An Atlas of Ecosystems and Human Well-Being.