Protected Areas and Ecosystems of Risaralda, Colombia by Municipality

DATOS AREAS PROTEGIDAS RISARALDA provides detailed information on protected areas and strategic ecosystems within the Risaralda department. The data is broken down by municipality and includes specific metrics on ecosystem types such as tropical dry forest, wetlands, and páramos. The dataset originates from www.datos.gov.co and was last updated on 2026-05-18.

Use Cases

• Analyze the distribution of ecosystem types like tropical dry forest and páramos across municipalities using the Indicador and Entidad columns.
• Calculate total protected area coverage for a municipality or ecosystem by aggregating the Extension column.
• Assess data source consistency and reliability for conservation planning by cross-referencing the Fuente and Código Entidad columns.
• Map environmental assets and protected zones by joining geographic data with the Entidad and Indicador columns.

Strengths

• Data is structured with specific metrics (Extension, Unidad de Medida) for quantitative analysis.
• Includes a breakdown by municipality (Entidad) and ecosystem type (Indicador), enabling granular study.
• Available in multiple machine-readable formats including CSV, JSON, XML, and RDF.

Limitations

• Row count and total dataset size are unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
• Description metadata is limited; actual data quality requires manual inspection after download.
• License and author information are unknown, which may affect terms of use.

Provenance

Source

www.datos.gov.co

Freshness

Last updated 2026-05-18 18:59:48; freshness should be verified.

Geography

Risaralda department, Colombia