cometadata/datacite-titles-descriptions-related-identifiers huggingface dataset:
DOI: 10.5066/f78s4n0d
title: Table 2?1 - Daily water-level data recorded at monitoring sites in or near Miami-Dade County, Florida, during the 1974?2009 water years

description: Excel table providing the daily water level data from the National Park Service, Everglades National Park, the South Florida Water Management District, and the U.S. Geological Survey during 1974-2009 prior to editing. [All data are in the original vertical datum provided by the collecting organizations (see row titled "Datum"). Data were retrieved from the databases of the National Park Service - Everglades National Park, South Florida Water Management District, and U.S. Geological Survey in July and August 2012. The row titled "Notes" describes the subsequent changes that were made during editing in 2012, such as the elimination of redundant or unusable site files and merging of datasets collected at the same site. Notes are made concerning sites with anomalous data points that were eliminated during editing. These points are highlighted in red in the table. For computational purposes this table does not include data qualifiers such as those which indicate which data are estimated or data from partial days. See the published data from these organizations for these data qualifiers. Dates are in month/day/year format. Abbreviations: FT, foot; NAVD 88 , North American Vertical Datum of 1988: NGVD 29, National Geodetic Vertical Datum of 1929; NPS, National Park Service; SFWMD, South Florida Water Management District; USGS, U.S. Geological Survey]
DOI: 10.5066/f7dj5cp8
title: Points for Maps - ArcGIS layer providing the site locations and the water-level statistics used for creating the water-level contour maps

description: ArcGIS geodatabase files ofÂ the points used toÂ map the 25th, 50th, and 75th percentiles of daily water levels during 2000â2009 in Miami-Dade County and the differences in the statistics of water levels between 1990â1999 and 2000â2009.
DOI: 10.5066/f7rr1w96
title: Table 6-1 - Statistics of daily water levels recorded at monitoring sites in or near Miami-Dade County, Florida, during the 1974-2009 water years (a period of 13,149 days).

description: Statistics of daily water levels recorded at monitoring sites in or near Miami-Dade County, Florida, during the 1974-2009 water years ( a period of 13,149 days). [GW, groundwater; NPS, National Park Service; SFWMD, South Florida Water Management District; SW, surface water; USGS, U.S. Geological Survey. All data adjusted to the North American Vertical Datum of 1988. Latitude and longitude are in decimal degrees.]
DOI: 10.5066/f7tq5zmv
title: Map 06 - ArcGIS layer showing contours of the 25 percentile of October water levels during the 2000-2009 water years (feet)

description: This feature class contains the potentiometric contour lines for the 25th percentile of October water levels for the water years 2000-2009.
DOI: 10.5066/f7xg9p7n
title: Map 13 - ArcGIS layer showing contours of the difference in October Mean water levels from the water-year periods 1990 to 1999 and 2000 to 2009 (feet)

description: This feature class contains the potentiometric contour lines for the difference in October average water levels from the water year periods 1990 to 1999 and 2000-2009.
DOI: 10.7910/dvn/2cf14e
title: Colombia and Peru Oil Palm Site

description: This dataset was moved to: https://doi.org/10.34725/DVN/2CF14EThis study contains data that was collected for the Oil Palm sites in Colombia and Peru.
DOI: 10.5066/f72805qg
title: Map 12 - ArcGIS layer showing contours of the difference in May Mean water levels from the water-year periods 1990 to 1999 and 2000 to 2009 (feet)

description: This feature class contains the potentiometric contour lines for the difference in May average water levels from the water year periods 1990 to 1999 and 2000-2009.
DOI: 10.5066/f7513w9f
title: Table 3�1 - Edited daily water-level data recorded at monitoring sites in and near Miami-Dade County, Florida, during the 1974�2009 water years.

description: Edited daily water-level data recorded at monitoring sites in and near Miami-Dade County, Florida, during the 1974�2009 water years. [All data have been converted from the original vertical datum to the North American Vertical Datum of 1988 (NAVD 88). The row titled "Notes" describes some of the changes that were made, such as merging of data from the same site and deletion of anomalous data. Latitude and longitude are in decimal degrees. Dates are in month/day/year format. Abbreviations: FT, foot; NGVD 29, National Geodetic Vertical Datum of 1929; NAVD 88, North American Vertical Datum of 1988; NPS, National Park Service; SFWMD, South Florida Water Management; USGS, U.S. Geological Survey]
DOI: 10.5066/f7k64g42
title: Map 08 - ArcGIS layer showing contours of the 75 percentile of October water levels during the 2000-2009 water years (feet)

description: This feature class contains the potentiometric contour lines for the 75th percentile of October water levels for the water years 2000-2009.
DOI: 10.5066/f7pz56wh
title: Map 07 - ArcGIS layer showing contours of the 50 percentile of October water levels during the 2000-2009 water years (feet)

description: This feature class contains the potentiometric contour lines for the 50th percentile of October water levels for the water years 2000-2009.
DOI: 10.7910/dvn/dzq3aq
title: Building Biocarbon and Rural Development in West Africa (BIODEV), WP1.4

description: This dataset was moved to: https://doi.org/10.34725/DVN/DZQ3AQThe Building Biocarbon and Rural Development in West Africa Programme aims to demonstrate the multiple developmental and environmental wins that result from a high value biocarbon approach to climate change and variability in large landscapes principally in Mali, Sierra Leone and Guinea. The Programme will also build local institutions and capacity to be able to sustain the benefits in the sites and will establish linkages with related initiatives to jointly build national and regional capacity to scale up the approaches into other programmes and projects. The themes of the Programme are very closely linked to Finland's international development priorities and are closely aligned with the priorities expressed in its national poverty reduction and climate change adaptation strategies. Furthermore, the Programme aims to generate critical information that can fill the global knowledge gaps on how to better link climate change mitigation and adaptation thrusts and how to make these actions work effectively to enhance the livelihoods of rural communities. (2015)
DOI: 10.7910/dvn/wgefib
title: Building Biocarbon and Rural Development in West Africa (BIODEV), WP2

description: This dataset was moved to: https://doi.org/10.34725/DVN/WGEFIBThe Building Biocarbon and Rural Development in West Africa Programme aims to demonstrate the multiple developmental and environmental wins that result from a high value biocarbon approach to climate change and variability in large landscapes principally in Mali, Sierra Leone and Guinea. The Programme will also build local institutions and capacity to be able to sustain the benefits in the sites and will establish linkages with related initiatives to jointly build national and regional capacity to scale up the approaches into other programmes and projects. The themes of the Programme are very closely linked to Finland's international development priorities and are closely aligned with the priorities expressed in its national poverty reduction and climate change adaptation strategies. Furthermore, the Programme aims to generate critical information that can fill the global knowledge gaps on how to better link climate change mitigation and adaptation thrusts and how to make these actions work effectively to enhance the livelihoods of rural communities. (2015)
DOI: 10.5066/f7j67f14
title: Map 16 - ArcGIS layer showing contours of the difference in the 75th percentile of all water levels from the water-year periods 1990 to 1999 and 2000 to 2009 (feet)

description: This feature class contains the potentiometric contour lines for the difference in the 75th percentile of all water levels from the water year periods 1990 to 1999 and 2000-2009.
DOI: 10.7910/dvn/cf1bgq
title: CAFHUT Village Baseline

description: This dataset was moved to: https://doi.org/10.34725/DVN/CF1BGQThis study consists of village level baseline data and other related materials generated as part of the ‘Sentinel Landscapes’ initiative. The village level baseline data was collected using four survey protocols designed by the International Forest Resources and Institutions (IFRI). The data collected is used to understand the relationship between communities, local governance and forests. Four IFRI protocols were used for this purpose: (i) Forest Form (ii) Settlement Form (iii) Association Form and (iv) Product Form. The instruments facilitate the collection of political and institutional data at communal level for those communities that use those forests. A total of 36 villages were surveyed in May, August and December 2014, November and December 2015, January 2016 from namely: Mbang_2, Nkolmveng, Ndelle, Yebe, Mekouma, Ngoumesseng, Nsan_Ii, Bifos, Niamvoudou, Abeng_Nnam, Ngola Baka, Kongo, Ngola Nzime, Achip_2, Eschiambor, Moanguele_Bosquet, Nemeyong_Iii, Mayang, Assok, Akom, Ekombitie, Nkolkoumou, Bite, Mboutoukong, Nkolfong, Lele, Tobagne, Yorro, Kedia, Bongando, Yangben, Batanga, Bakoa, Bougnougoulouck, Tchekos, Ossimb 1.
DOI: 10.7910/dvn/fnvtbd
title: CAFHUT Household Baseline

description: This dataset was moved to: https://doi.org/10.34725/DVN/FNVTBDThis study consists of sex-disaggregated data and other related materials generated as part of the Sentinel Landscapes Network household survey baseline in CAFHUT sentinel site in Cameroon. A total of 935 households were surveyed on May, June, August and December 2014, November and December 2015, January 2016 from 38 villages namely: Mbang_2, Nkolmveng, Ndelle, Yebe, Mekouma, Ngoumesseng, Nsan_Ii, Bifos, Niamvoudou, Abeng_Nnam, Ngola Baka, Kongo, Ngola Nzime, Achip_2, Eschiambor, Moanguele_Bosquet, Nemeyong_Iii, Mayang, Melene, Doumzok_2, Assok, Akom, Ekombitie, Nkolkoumou, Bite, Mboutoukong, Nkolfong, Lele, Tobagne, Yorro, Kedia, Bongando, Yangben, Batanga, Bakoa, Bougnougoulouck, Tchekos, Ossimb 1. The data consists of information on household demographics, migration, education, asset ownership, income sources, household food security, progress out of poverty, crop production and sales, livestock products, participation in credit markets, social networks, and natural resource use. In compliance with the CGIAR protocol on collecting sex-disaggregated data, approximately 50% of the respondents interviewed were women. Before downloading any of the files, particularly the data files, please download and read the ’Sentinel Landscapes Network Disclaimer and Terms of Use’ file.
DOI: 10.7910/dvn/xnarm2
title: Malaysia Oil Palm Site

description: This dataset was moved to: https://doi.org/10.34725/DVN/XNARM2Oil Palm Data that was collected for the Malaysia site.
DOI: 10.7910/dvn/zdw61d
title: Building Biocarbon and Rural Development in West Africa (BIODEV), WP3

description: This dataset was moved to: https://doi.org/10.34725/DVN/ZDW61DThe Building Biocarbon and Rural Development in West Africa Programme aims to demonstrate the multiple developmental and environmental wins that result from a high value biocarbon approach to climate change and variability in large landscapes principally in Mali, Sierra Leone and Guinea. The Programme will also build local institutions and capacity to be able to sustain the benefits in the sites and will establish linkages with related initiatives to jointly build national and regional capacity to scale up the approaches into other programmes and projects. The themes of the Programme are very closely linked to Finland's international development priorities and are closely aligned with the priorities expressed in its national poverty reduction and climate change adaptation strategies. Furthermore, the Programme aims to generate critical information that can fill the global knowledge gaps on how to better link climate change mitigation and adaptation thrusts and how to make these actions work effectively to enhance the livelihoods of rural communities. (2015)
DOI: 10.5066/f7610xdc
title: Map 11 - ArcGIS layer showing contours of the 75 percentile of water levels from all months during the 2000-2009 water years (feet)

description: This feature class contains the potentiometric contour lines for the 75th percentile of water levels from all months for the water years 2000-2009.
DOI: 10.5066/f76w985d
title: Map 03 - ArcGIS layer showing contours of the 25 percentile of May water levels during the 2000-2009 water years (feet)

description: This feature class contains the potentiometric contour lines for the 25th percentile of May water levels for the water years 2000-2009.
DOI: 10.5066/f79s1p3b
title: Map 10 - ArcGIS layer showing contours of the 25 percentile of water levels from all months during the 2000-2009 water years (feet)

description: This feature class contains the potentiometric contour lines for the 25th percentile of water levels from all months for the water years 2000-2009.
DOI: 10.5066/f7nz85qp
title: Map 15 - ArcGIS layer showing contours of the difference in the 50th percentile of all water levels from the water-year periods 1990 to 1999 and 2000 to 2009 (feet)

description: This feature class contains the potentiometric contour lines for the difference in the 50th percentile of all water levels from the water year periods 1990 to 1999 and 2000-2009.
DOI: 10.5066/f7sq8xgg
title: Map 14 - ArcGIS layer showing contours of the difference in the 25th percentile of all water levels from the water-year periods 1990 to 1999 and 2000 to 2009 (feet)

description: This feature class contains the potentiometric contour lines for the difference in the 25th percentile of all water levels from the water year periods 1990 to 1999 and 2000-2009.
DOI: 10.5066/f7ff3qfs
title: Map 09 - ArcGIS layer showing contours of the 50 percentile of water levels from all months during the 2000-2009 water years (feet)

description: This feature class contains the potentiometric contour lines for the 50th percentile of water levels from all months for the water years 2000-2009.
DOI: 10.7910/dvn/otssra
title: Land and Soil Health Assessment in the Nicaragua-Honduras Sentinel Landscape

description: This dataset was moved to: https://doi.org/10.34725/DVN/OTSSRAThe LDSF was carried out at four-100 km2 sites within the Nicaragua-Honduras Sentinel Landscape. El Tuma and Columbus Mine sites in Nicaragua and Rio Platano and Rio Banano sites in Honduras. Field teams were trained by Tor Vågen and Leigh Winowiecki in 2013. Field surveys were completed in January 2014. The LDSF is a spatially stratified, randomized sampling design, developed to provide a biophysical baseline at landscape level and a monitoring and evaluation framework for assessing processes of land degradation and effectiveness of rehabilitation measures over time. Measured variables include: land cover, tree and shrub densities, tree biodiversity, erosion prevalence, infiltration capacity, along with an assessment of impact to habitat and occurrence of soil conservation structures. Soil samples were also collected (320 top (0-20 cm) and sub (20-50 cm) soil samples per site) and were processed in Managua. Processed samples were shipped to Nairobi and subjected to infrared spectroscopy and wet chemistry analysis. These combined data sets will be used to assess soil and ecosystem health for the landscape in more detail.
DOI: 10.17034/10e9b69f-f54e-44ad-9438-c3b4b87537f2
title: Investigating the dynamics of laser induced sparks in atmospheric helium using Rayleigh and Thomson scattering

description: Data set relevant to publication - 'Investigating the dynamics of laser induced sparks in atmospheric helium using Rayleigh and Thomson scattering', Nedanovska, E., Nersisyan, G., Morgan, T. J., Huwel, L., Murakami, T., Lewis, C. L. S., Riley, D. & Graham, W. G. 2015 In : Journal of Applied Physics. 117, 1, 6 p., 013302.
DOI: 10.7910/dvn/vqxgpv
title: Tsafack S, Degrande A, Franzel S, Simpson B. 2014. Farmer-to-farmer extension in Cameroon: a survey of extension organizations. ICRAF Working Paper No. 182. Nairobi, World Agroforestry Centre.

description: This dataset was moved to: https://doi.org/10.34725/DVN/VQXGPVDespite the central role that farmers play as agricultural producers in developing countries, they are often inadequately served by research, extension and advisory services. Extension approaches such as the farmer-to-farmer extension (F2F) approach were developed to improve service to farmers, but little is known about how this approach is being used in Cameroon. This paper examines the experiences of organizations using the F2F extension approach. Specifically, the study characterizes and assesses F2F extension approaches in Cameroon to determine which practices are most effective in different circumstances. A semi-structured questionnaire was used to collect data from 24 selected organizations in seven regions of the country. The F2F extension approach in Cameroon is used by farmer organizations as well as national and international non-profit organizations. Neither governmental services nor private sector companies use this approach. Those organizations using F2F extension had on average five field staff (FS), and mainly targeted farmer groups. Fifty-eight percent of organizations interviewed had one woman or no women among their field staff. Though respondents stated that their organizations were using many different extension approaches, in addition to the F2F approach, 41 percent identified F2F as the most effective method. The main sources of technical information for FS were personal reading, information exchanged during seminars and workshops, staff members’ own experiences and research institutes. Field staff were in charge of capacity development and follow-up of lead farmers (LFs). On the basis of mutually agreed upon criteria, LFs were usually selected jointly by FS and the community. According to the organizations interviewed, individual FS were working with 17 LFs on average, and the latter were training approximately four groups, each with about 43 members, in addition to 48 individual farmers outside of these groups. These LFs were considered an extension of FS in their communities and usually offered their services on a voluntary basis. Some organizations supported LFs by providing per diem during training workshops and meetings, and helping them set up income-generating opportunities such as selling livestock or seedlings. Among the main motivations for one to become a lead farmer mentioned by respondents were altruism and early access to technologies, followed by job benefits and social status. To remain in the position, LFs were motivated by opportunities for income generation and altruism, as well as social networking. Most of the organizations gave F2F a score of 8 (on a scale of 1-10) for effectiveness, so it is clear that the F2F approach is considered highly effective in Cameroon.
DOI: 10.7910/dvn/z1xf0s
title: Sygnola Tsafack and Ann Degrande (2015) The Value of Printed Sources of Information in Agricultural Extension Case Study on “The Farmer’s Voice” in Cameroon, MEAS Evaluative Case Study

description: This dataset was moved to: https://doi.org/10.34725/DVN/Z1XF0SVarious methods are used to provide extension workers and farmers with agricultural information. Printed materials remain a major source of information, despite digitalization of information networks, but few studies have looked at their effectiveness. The present work characterizes and assesses the effectiveness of The Farmer’s Voice (TFV), an agricultural newspaper in Cameroon. Data were collected using a semi-structured questionnaire from 107 randomly sampled readers (mainly farmers, lead farmers and extension workers) in three regions. Most respondents subscribed to TFV and paid fees themselves. The time readers took to read completely the magazine varied with gender, reader category, and education level. Respondents recalled topics such as technical tips and health/nutrition much more than others. For 94 percent of users, the motivation to read TFV was to learn appropriate practices on production, consumption, and marketing. Though TFV was a complementary source of agricultural knowledge for most respondents, 97.2 percent were using information from this magazine on a day-to-day basis. Most respondents kept copies of TFV, mainly for future reference. More women than men and more subscribers than occasional buyers preserved copies. All respondents agreed that TFV had significantly contributed to changes in their farming practices. For farmer trainers, TFV was very useful in their extension and advisory activities. Though more than four-fifths of readers had learned about new farming practices through TFV, 27.2 percent were not able to master some of the techniques described in TFV. The difference can be explained by their low education level. Around one-third of respondents said they were willing to share information with others through TFV; very few (11.5 percent) had written to the journal. The majority of users found TFV easy to read and understand. The current price was just about right for 52.8 percent of readers, and 76.8 percent said the quality of the journal was good. Less than one-fourth of respondents (23.4 percent) were able to specify a journal that could substitute for or complement TFV. Most users of TFV (83.5 percent) confirmed that the content of the journal is relevant to all types of farmers. The average score of the general effectiveness of the TFV was 8 out of 10 (min = 5, max = 10, median = 8). The majority of subscribers complained about not receiving their monthly issue on time. Distribution coverage was also low, especially in the rural areas and in towns where there is no official distributor. Some respondents criticized TFV for not sufficiently dealing with topics such as fund-raising, agroforestry and processing of agricultural products.
DOI: 10.7910/dvn/wk3ran
title: Replication Data for: REDD+ Policy Approaches in the Congo Basin: A Comparative Analysis of Cameroon and the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC)

description: This dataset was moved to: https://doi.org/10.34725/DVN/WK3RANThe Congo Basin forests are a prime location for implementing REDD+. National REDD+ policy processes are ongoing and many REDD+ pilot initiatives are being demonstrated. However, the level of national engagement, progress and distributionof REDD+ activities varies considerably in the different Congo Basin countries. This study therefore uses a set of criteria to assess national and international policy initiatives and approaches for advancing REDD+ implementation in Cameroon and the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), two countries where more than two thirds of the Congo Basin forests are concentrated. Our findings show that (i) both countries have shown the highest political presence at the international climate negotiations but DRC has invested more in the size of its delegation and side events; (ii) REDD+ donors, initiatives, and funding are disproportionately skewed towards DRC making it technically more advanced; (iii) the high political interest and institutional reforms in DRC favors private sector investments in REDD+ programs; and (iv) the REDD+ policy process is internally-driven in Cameroon with a strong national ownership, while it is externally-driven in DRC with weak national ownership. To advance REDD+, the government of DRC should embark on capacity building programs that ensure the transfer of REDD+ technical know-how from international to national actors while Cameroon needs to speed-up governance reforms and be more flexible in order to attract influential international REDD+ actors. This paper further provides specific recommendations.