Information

layer

Attributes

Application

Source

Temporal reference

Spatial range

Scale of origin

Shape

Areas subject to flooding

Location and area

Identification of the lands which may be flooded and which are more vulnerable to modifications in land use and climate change

IBGE/ Embrapa/ Retis-UFRJ

-

South America

-

Line/Polygon

Hydrographic Basins-Otto Pfafstetter

Location, area and name of the basins and sub-basins

Hierarchization and delimitation of the Tocantins-Araguaia basins

ANA

2007

South America

1:1.000.000

Polygon

Deforestation (anthropism)

Location, degrated/ regenerated area, rate of deforestation and period of deforestation (presents the temporal evolution of vegetation loss on the periods mentioned on the temporal reference)

Diagnosis and monitoring of anthropic action on the basins and identification of the areas which are more affected by changes in land use and land cover. It may be integrated with other factors in order to identify different environmental vulnerabilities in the areas of interest.

Prodes-Inpe

2000-2008

Brazil

IBGE: 1:2,500,000/TRFIC-MSU: Spatial resolutions of 28 m and 57 m/ Prodes-Inpe: Spatial Resolution between 20 and 30 m (resampling for 200 m and 400 m)

Polygon/Tabular

Hydrologic Network

Detailed and Generalized (Main Water Bodies)

Diagnosing and mapping hydric resources

IBGE/Retis-UFRJ/ANA/Aneel

2000-2004

Brazil and South America

1:1,000,000/ 1:5,000,000

Line/Polygon/Tabular (only for the main water bodies)

Indigenous Land

Area and location

Conflicts related to land use

IBGE/Funai/ Retis-UFRJ

-

South America

-

Dots/Polygon/Tabular

Protected Areas (Conservation Units)

Year of creation, decree, category of use

Diagnosing and mapping land use, as well as conflicts related to it

IBGE-MMA -IBAMA/States/ Municipalities

2003

Brazil-States and Municipalities

1:1,000,000

Polygon/Tabular

Water Supply

Water amount per capita

Mapping the water supply conditions

Census 2000

Decennial

Municipalities -Brazil

1:1,000,000

Tabular data