Land Use Data for Latitude 0.25 Longitude -78.75

Area size: .5 degrees latitude by .5 degrees longitude

Locations

Bosque Protector Los Cedros
Intag-Toisán
Los Bancos-Milpe
Maquipucuna-Río Guayllabamba
Yungilla

Agricultural Land Uses

Forestry - Agro forestry
Forestry - Plantations
Rainfed agriculture (Subsistence/Commercial)
Cropped Agriculture with mod. intensive livestock
Agriculture in protected areas

Ecosystems

Mediterranean humid
Cool Tropic mixed
Warm Tropics humid

Livestock

Cattle
Pigs
Poultry
Sheep

Crops

Bananas
Cocoa Beans
Coffee Green (also in forestry plantations)
Fruits
Stimulant crops

Growing Period (days)

270 to 299
300 to 329

Soil Types

Andosols (Black soils of volcanic landscapes)
Cambisols (Horizon differentiation in the subsoil evident from changes in structure, colour, clay content or carbonate content)

Terrain

Plain or plateau
Mountain 800-1500 m, slope > 5%
Mountain 1500-2500 m, slope > 2%

Slopes (degrees)

2 to 5
5 to 8
8 to 16
16 to 30
30 to 45
above 45

Population Density (persons per km2)

0
0 to 2
2 to 10
10 to 50

Infant mortality (per 1000 live births)

30 to 40

Agricultural use data provided by LADA, 2008. "Mapping Land Use Systems at global and regional scales for Land Degradation Assessment Analysis. Version 1.0" Nachtergaele F. & Petri M.
Mineral extraction data provided by USGS Mineral Resources Data System (MRDS), downloaded June 2, 2010.