Baringo (Kenya) Pilot Study for Desertification Assessment and Mapping
Entry ID: NBId0169_101

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Summary
Abstract: The purpose of the Kenya Pilot Study was to evaluate the FAO/UNEP
Provisional Methodology for Assessment and Mapping of Desertification,
and to recommend an effective, simple methodology for desertification
assessment within Kenya.

The FAO/UNEP Provisional Methodology (1984) proposes seven processes
for consideration in desertification assessment: degradation of
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Geographic Coverage
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Spatial coordinates   
  N: 0.0   S: -1.0   E: 36.0   W: 35.0

Temporal Coverage
Start Date: 1984-01-01
Stop Date: 1992-12-30
ISO Topic Category
Instrument
PHOTOMETERS Ancillary Description
Quality The data set have been taken between 1991 and 1996 and gave a very
good information about vertical distribution and species composition
of the macroalgae community.
Data Set Progress
COMPLETE
Data Center
Centro de Datos Antarticos, Argentina Supplemental Info
Data Center URL: http://www.dna.gov.ar/

Data Center Personnel
Name: CELIA ELBA IZQUIERDO
Phone: 54-11-4812-2086
Fax: 54-11-4812-2086
Email: celeiz_antar at hotmail.com
Email: celeiz at dna.gov.ar
Email: cda at dna.gov.ar
Contact Address:
Centro de Datos Antarticos
Direccion Nacional del Antartico
Instituto Antartico Argentino
Cerrito 1248
City: Capital Federal
Postal Code: C1010AAZ
Country: ARGENTINA
Personnel
Role: DIF AUTHOR
Phone: 54-11-4812-2086
Fax: 54-11-4812-2086
Email: celeiz_antar at hotmail.com
Email: celeiz at dna.gov.ar
Email: cda at dna.gov.ar
Contact Address:
Centro de Datos Antarticos
Direccion Nacional del Antartico
Instituto Antartico Argentino
Cerrito 1248
City: Capital Federal
Postal Code: C1010AAZ
Country: ARGENTINA
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Publications/References
Quartino, M. L. (1990), Trailliella intricata (Bonnemaisoniales, Rhodophyta) en Argentina., Bol. Soc. Arg. Bot., 26, 3-4, 209-213
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Creation and Review Dates
Last DIF Revision Date: 2011-04-21
Future DIF Review Date: 2005-03-12

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