PROTECTED AREAS
Data ID
File name: protected_areas
File path: d:\north_central\Land_use\
File type: Arcview shapefile
Category: Land use
Description: Proposed and existing forestry and wildlife areas
Status: Completed
Geographical area: north-central Namibia
Keywords: forestry

wildlife

conservation

boundaries
Date of last update: 2000/01/01
ID notes:
Location notes:
Data quality and organisation
Positional Accuracy: various
Vector/Raster: Vector
Data quality notes: Boundaries on proposed conservation sites may change. Existing sites have a positional accuaracy of 100 metres
Spatial reference
Projection: Geodetic
Datum: WGS84
Spatial reference notes:
Fields
Field name Field description Field source/notes
ID unique identifier
AREA area in square metres
PERIMETER Perimeter in metres
AREA_HA_ area in metres
HECTARES Area in hectares
NAME name of protected area
STATUS status of area (existing or proposed)
CLASS category (wildlife or forestry)
Source/Distribution
Lineage/Source of Data: GPS by Northern Namibia Environmental Project , Directorate of Forestry and Directorate of Resource Management
Author of Data Source: Northern Namibia Environmental Project
Contact: Natural Resource Information Service
Online/Offline Address: Natural Resource Information System (NRIS),

Ministry of Lands, Resettlement & Rehabilitation, P/Bag 5571, Oshakati

Email: nris@africaonline.com.na
Distribution notes: Unrestricted

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