Mapaz: population and environment web mapping for the sustainable Amazon

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2011

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CIAT; ICRAF; CIFOR: and the Amazon Initiative Consortium. 2011. Mapaz: population and environment web mapping for the sustainable Amazon. (Available from http://gismap.ciat.cgiar.org/IAViewer/v1.2/)

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Mapaz helps policymakers and scientists target research and development or conservation activities in the Amazon by pulling together information on elements such as deforestation, biomass, species diversity, population, poverty and regional land use. Users can define their own geographic areas or select existing administrative boundaries to get spatial information for that area in the form of maps and tables. For example, MAPAZ calculates biomass,

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International Center for Tropical Agriculture; World Agroforestry Centre; Center for International Forestry Research; Amazon Initiative Consortium
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Related reference: http://www.ciatnews.cgiar.org/2011/07/11/this-is-what-deforestation-looks-like-from-space/
Related video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EFfL_PBfzms; http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-aSy14WCyt8

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CIAT Databases, Tools, and Maps
CIAT Decision and Policy Analysis (DAPA)

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CLIMATE CHANGE ADAPTATION; CLIMATE CHANGE MITIGATION; LAND USE; MONITORING AND REPORTING

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