Dominica

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Metadata file identifier

  • c42c0ce2-b463-11e3-990b-b4b52fc6f2d2

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    Language

  • UNKNOWN

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    Contact
    Individual name

  • Eric C. Wood

    • Organisation name

  • USGS/EROS

    • Contact information
    Phone
    Voice

  • 605 594-6114

    • Facsimile

  • 605 594-6529

    • Address
    Electronic mail address

  • woodec@usgs.gov

    • Role

  • publisher

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    Metadata date stamp

  • 2013-08-22

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    Metadata standard name

  • ISO 19115 Geographic Information - Metadata

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    Metadata standard version

  • http://metadata.dgiwg.org/ISO19115/ISO19115_v0_7.htm

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    Spatial representation information
    Number of dimensions

  • 0

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    Identification Information
    Citation
    Title

  • Dominica

    • Date
    Date

  • 0001-01-01

    • Date Type

  • publication

    • Cited responsible party
    Organisation name

  • M.Coan, E.Wood, P.Reillo

    • Role

  • originator

    • Other citation details

  • Forest Formation and Land Cover Map Series: Dominica

    • Abstract

  • Forest formation and land cover maps for several Caribbean islands were developed from satellite imagery as part of a multi-organization project. For Dominica, Landsat and SPOT images acquired between 1996 and 1999 were the source data for this forest and land cover map. A preliminary unsupervised classification was generated to identify areas of distinct spectral characteristics to guide field inspections and the collection of training data. Interviews during the classification process with Forestry, Wildlife, and Parks field personnel and with staff at the Rare Species Conservatory Foundation improved our understanding of Dominica's land cover. An iterative decision-tree classification model was performed with all imagery, along with ancillary information derived from Lands and Survey Division maps, including elevation, slope, and aspect. This classification of land cover of Dominica served as one prototype of a methodology which evolved into that used for the National Land Cover Database of the United States (Homer and others, 2004). The original classification schema was comparable to one used in the 1987 forest inventory map generated by the Forestry and Wildlife Division of Dominica (de Milde, 1987) which corresponded to that of Beard (1949). The schema was then cross-walked to match the classes on other islands which relate closely to that of Areces Malea and others (1999) with modifications similar to those in Helmer and others (2002). Forests originally covered almost the entire island and as late as 1945 around 80 per cent of Dominica was forested; much of it was secondary although there were large expanses of primary forest (Beard, 1949; Hodge, 1954). Land cover differences on Dominica between 1949 and 2000 (Table x) are modest in view of the contrasting classification schemes employed and the span of time considered. Dominica has experienced significantly less land use change and landscape modification for agriculture or development over the past half century than many other Caribbean nations. Despite a dramatic surge in agricultural land utilization for banana cultivation from the late 1960's through the late 1980's, overall agricultural land use increased only about 10 percent since 1949. This increase primarily reflects a shift in agricultural markets, rather than a significant change in agricultural practice or widespread forest conversion. The approximately 15 percent reduction in humid forest cover can be attributed largely to the extension of agriculture combined with some recent encroachments for settlements. Dominica's National Parks and Protected Areas legislation, combined with its colonial Forest Reserve system has enabled vast interior areas comprising primary, montane, sub-montane, cloud, and dry forests to remain virtually undisturbed, while a significant fraction of fallow agricultural holdings have succeeded into secondary forest cover over the past 20 years.

    • Credit

  • All data users are expected to appropriately cite the data, including on any maps or web displays that use the data, referencing the following: " Forest Formation and Land Cover Map Series: Dominica "

    • Point of contact
    Individual name

  • Eric C. Wood

    • Organisation name

  • USGS/EROS

    • Contact information
    Phone
    Voice

  • 605 594-6114

    • Facsimile

  • 605 594-6529

    • Address
    Electronic mail address

  • woodec@usgs.gov

    • Role

  • Point of contact

    • Resource maintenance
    Maintenance and update frequency

  • notPlanned

    • Descriptive keywords
    Keyword

  • land use

    • Type

  • theme

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    Title

  • .

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    Date

  • 0001-01-01

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  • publication

    • Descriptive keywords
    Keyword

  • forest formation

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  • theme

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    Title

  • .

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    Date

  • 0001-01-01

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  • publication

    • Descriptive keywords
    Keyword

  • land cover

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  • theme

    • Thesaurus name
    Title

  • .

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  • 0001-01-01

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  • publication

    • Descriptive keywords
    Keyword

  • Dominica

    • Type

  • place

    • Thesaurus name
    Title

  • None

    • Date
    Date

  • 0001-01-01

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  • publication

    • Descriptive keywords
    Keyword

  • Caribbean

    • Type

  • place

    • Thesaurus name
    Title

  • None

    • Date
    Date

  • 0001-01-01

    • Date Type

  • publication

    • Descriptive keywords
    Keyword

  • Lesser Antilles

    • Type

  • place

    • Thesaurus name
    Title

  • None

    • Date
    Date

  • 0001-01-01

    • Date Type

  • publication

    • Spatial representation type

  • grid

    • Language

  • eng

    • Environment description

  • Microsoft Windows Server 2008 R2 Version 6.1 (Build 7601) Service Pack 1; Esri ArcGIS 10.1.0.3035

    • Extent
    Geographic element
    West bound longitude

  • -61.511194

    • East bound longitude

  • -61.199928

    • South bound latitude

  • 15.187985

    • North bound latitude

  • 15.669360

    • Supplemental information

  • The U.S. Agency for International Development was a major contributor to funding for this work. The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Global Observation of Forest Cover program provided most of the Landsat ETM+ imagery. Other cooperating institutions included the Ministry of Agriculture and Environment, Forestry and Wildlife Division; Ministry of Agriculture and Environment, Lands and Surveys Division; Ministry of Finance, Planning Unit; the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) Center for Earth Resources Observation and Science, the Rare Species Conservatory Foundation, and the International Institute of Tropical Forestry.

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    Content information
    Included with dataset

  • false

    • Feature types

  • VAT_dominica_WM

    • Feature catalogue citation
    Title

  • unknown

    • Date
    Date

  • 0001-01-01

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