The study “Land in Tropical America” was originally financed by the International Center for Tropical Agriculture (CIAT) and the Brazilian Agricultural Research Corporation (EMBRAPA). The database for the study has been maintained by the Land Use project in CIAT. Additional funds to make the information available have been provided by the Information and Communication Technologies and Knowledge Management (ICT-KM) program of the Consultative Group on International Agricultural Research (CGIAR).

Users of this information resource should cite the original Land Systems study, first published in 1985:

Cochrane, T. T., Sánchez, L. G., de Azevedo, L. G., Porras, J. A. & Garver, C. L. Land in Tropical America. Vol. 1 (Centro Internacional de Agricultura Tropical, Cali, Colombia, 1985).

or should make reference to this web site:

CIAT. 2005. Land in Tropical America Online. Cali, Colombia. International Center for Tropical Agriculture. Available from http://gisweb.ciat.cgiar.org/landsystems/

The following staff developed this data and information for the Web:
Glenn Hyman, Peter Jones, Paul Billock, Norbert Niederhauser, Claudia Jimena Perea, William Diaz, Elizabeth Barona, German Lema, Carlos Saa and Jorge Cardona.