GIS layers that set the bases for a guide of land-use change and deforestation at the four sites in seasonal dry forests in South America

Dateset contains extensive GIS layer territorial descriptions for four selected territories in ecologically and socially heterogeneous seasonally-dry forests of South America, subjected to rapid change mainly due to global climatic, ecological and social drivers, from descriptive layer like topography to land use change. Main objective is to identify the proximate and underlying causes of land-use change and deforestation in each of the four sites within the framework of the project “Socio-ecological resilience in the face of global environmental change in heterogeneous landscapes – building a common platform for understanding and action”. The underlying causes of land use changes were identified through a review of literature, news articles and any other relevant sources of information. The project propose the construction of a shared platform to understand socio-ecological resilience and adaptive capacity in the face of rapid large-scale environmental change. This will include the co-production, between scientists and a wide range of other stakeholders, of a shared framework, a set of research questions and a detailed path for their implementation in empirical research, practice and policy.