Thematic Network:

Ecosystems

Country:

Argentina

       Summary

The purpose of this project is to digitalize the INTA's (1982) map of ecological units (1:2.500.000; national scale) and the Carnevali's (1994) map of vegetation and environmental units (1:500.000; Corrientes province). At regional scale (Mesopotamia), the GEOSS system will be adjusted to the map of current vegetation and land use. Mesopotamia harbours ecosystems and species with the highest conservation values within Argentina including the Atlantic Forest ecoregion, among the eight hot-spots of America determined worldwide. Besides, Mesopotamian ecosystems are shared with several countries: Brazil, Paraguay and Uruguay. In order to establish conceptual similarities among several classification systems, cross-references will be performed between the proposed GEOSS classification and exiting maps. This project will contribute to generate a standardized classification useful as a reference system which is still lacking in Argentina.

       Period

December 04, 2007- June 04, 2008

       Contribution (GS/OAS)

$ 11,500

       State

Completed

       Principal researcher

Gustavo Adolfo Zuleta  |  Ana Faggi

Deliverable

Progress report

Final report