The China-Arab States Cooperation Forum (CASCF)

<h4>Description</h4> <p>The geometry of 22 countries/territories that have joined the China-Arab States Cooperation Forum (CASCF) up until August 2022. Found in 2004, CASCF promotes cooperation in various fields, such as politics, trade, culture, technology, and foreign affairs between China and Arab countries. </p> <p>An interactive view of this dataset: <a href="https://www.arcgis.com/apps/mapviewer/index.html?webmap=126ca013930646dcba3cd5830a84f78d" target="_blank">Link</a></p> <h4>Source</h4> <p>Data were collected from<a href="https://bricspolicycenter.org/en/forum-de-cooperacao-china-paises-arabes/" target="_blank"> the BRICS policy center</a>. The geospatial features, including polygons and boundaries of regions, are sourced from <a href="https://www.naturalearthdata.com/downloads/10m-cultural-vectors/10m-admin-0-countries/" target="_blank">Natural Earth, Admin 0 – Countries</a> version 5.1.1 (Published on 12 May 2022). For metadata, such as data description and available methods for geospatial data processing, please read the readme.pdf.</p> <h4>Terms of use</h4> <p>This dataset features in a collection of geospatial data <a href="https://doi.org/10.6084/m9.figshare.c.6076193" target="_blank">"Geo-mapping databases for the Belt and Road Initiative"</a>. To cite this work, available citation styles can be found here: <a href="https://doi.org/10.6084/m9.figshare.c.6076193" target="_blank">https://doi.org/10.6084/m9.figshare.c.6076193</a> </p>