The use of Geographic Information Systems in planning and prioritizing actions in a biogeographical unit
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2001
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Athens, Ga.: SANREM CRSP and CARE-SUBIR
Abstract
Fundación para el Desarrollo de la Cordillera Volcánica Central (FUNDECOR) is a non-governmental organization based in Costa Rica. Its geographical sphere of action is the Central Volcano Range Conservation Area, one of the eleven biogeographical units established by the Ministry of the Environment and Energy. Our activities take place within a 300,000 hectare area, divided into what we call nucleus areas (national parks and other protected areas) and buffer zones in which private properties are located. These latter are the sites of a variety of activities and uses, including forests, plantations,
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Deforestation, Land use planning, Forest management, Land use management, Soil, GIS, Modeling, Fundación para el desarrollo de la cordillera volcánica central (fundecor), Centro agronómico tropical de investigación y enseñanza (catie), Erdas-image software, Critical areas model, Ecosystem Farm/Enterprise Scale