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Measuring utilization: What, why, where, when, and how?

Step-by-step, illustrated instructions for measuring utilization with the LandPKS mobile app.

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LandPKS Modules & FunctionsQuick GuideTraining & User GuidesGrasslandHabitatRangeland managementShrublandUtilizationVegetation
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How to Use the LandPKS App to Learn about Your Soil

Follow along with this short tutorial on how to use the LandPKS mobile app to identify your soil and learn about its characteristics.

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Intro to the LandPKS SoilHealth Module

The LandPKS Soil Health module allows users to input and track data about the dynamic properties of soil that are important for productivity and sustainability.

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LandPKS Modules & FunctionsTraining & User GuidesTraining VideoSoil colorSoil healthVideo
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Training Videos: LandInfo

A 5-part video training about how to use the LandPKS LandInfo module to identify your soil.

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EducationLandPKS Modules & FunctionsTraining & User GuidesTraining VideoVideoLand Capability ClassificationLand potentialLandInfoSoil colorSoil identificationSoil textureVideo

Intro to the LandPKS Habitat Module

The LandPKS Habitat module places local species habitat information in the palm of your hand.

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Habitat InformationLandPKS Modules & FunctionsTraining & User GuidesTraining VideoHabitatNorth AmericaRangeland managementVideoWildlife Conservation
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What is Land Potential?

It is important to understand not only the potential production capacity of land but also its potential resilience. Land potential is the capacity of land to resist and recover from degradation.

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LandPKS Modules & FunctionsLand potential
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Soil Mapping Scale and Information Uncertainty

One of the major benefits of soil classification systems is the fact that soil classes, when correlated to the biophysical properties of the landscape, can be mapped with relative accuracy. 

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LandPKS Modules & FunctionsTraining & User GuidesSoil identification
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LandPKS Audience Overview

At LandPKS, we are proud of the fact that our products can serve a wide range of audiences. Our audiences live all over the world and work in many different sectors.

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LandPKS Modules & Functions
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The Global Land-Potential Knowledge System: Supporting Evidence-Based, Site-Specific Land Use and Management Through Cloud Computing, Mobile Applications, and Crowdsourcing

LandPKS provides site-specific land use and management through technology.

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A Risk-Based Strategy for Climate Change Adaptation in Dryland Systems Based on an Understanding of Potential Production, Soil Resistance and Resilience, and Social Stability

This research provides a strategy for maximizing return on climate change adaptation investments in drylands.

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LandPKS Modules & FunctionsPublicationsLand potential

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