SOURCES FOR AFRICAN REGION
ALGERIA:
European Space Agency (1992) Remote Sensing Forest map
of Europe, scale 1: 6,000,000, 1989-1992 NOAA-AVHRR data and
1987-1990 Landsat-MSS imagery.
EROS Data Center/GLCCD (1997) Africa land cover characteristics database: Africa seasonal land cover regions. Derived from 1992-1993 monthly AVHRR images, analysed for NDVI.
ANGOLA:
World Forestry Institute (1960) World Foresty Atlas.
Scale 1: 10,000,000.
NASA/GSFC/University of Maryland/TREES (1990), derived from 1km resolution AVHRR data 1988-1990.
EROS Data Center/GLCCD (1997) Africa land cover characteristics database: Africa seasonal land cover regions. Derived from 1992-1993 monthly AVHRR images, analysed for NDVI.
BENIN:
UNEP/GRID/Olesen/TREES (1994) West African Forest Data,
derived from 1km resolution NOAA/AVHRR data.
EROS Data Center/GLCCD (1997) Africa land cover characteristics database: Africa seasonal land cover regions. Derived from 1992-1993 monthly AVHRR images, analysed for NDVI.
BOTSWANA:
Soil Mapping and Advisory Services Project/Government of Botsawana
(1991) Vegetation Map of the Republic of Botswana. Scale
1: 2,000,000.
BURKINA FASO:
Ministere de L'Environment et du Tourisme Service de L'Amanegement
Forestier (nd) Burkina Faso Formations Vegetales. Scale
1:1,000,000.
EROS Data Center/GLCCD (1997) Africa land cover characteristics database: Africa seasonal land cover regions. Derived from 1992-1993 monthly AVHRR images, analysed for NDVI.
BURUNDI:
Ministere de la Cooperation Francaise (1979) Plate 8: Atlas
du Burundi, Le Tapis Vegetal. Scale unknown.
IGN-France and Institute Geographique du Burundi (1984). Burundi. Scale 1:250,000.
EROS Data Center/GLCCD (1997) Africa land cover characteristics database: Africa seasonal land cover regions. Derived from 1992-1993 monthly AVHRR images, analysed for NDVI.
CAMEROON:
Letouzey, R. (1985) Carte Phytogéographique du Cameroun.
Scale 1:500,000. Institut de la Carte Internationale de la Végétation.
NASA/GSFC/University of Maryland/TREES (1990), derived from 1km resolution AVHRR data 1988-1990.
EROS Data Center/GLCCD (1997) Africa land cover characteristics database: Africa seasonal land cover regions. Derived from 1992-1993 monthly AVHRR images, analysed for NDVI.
CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC:
Boulvert, B. (1985) Carte Phytogéographique de la
République Centrafricaine. Scale 1:1,000,000. ORSTOM
(Institut Française de Recherché Scientifique pour
le Développement en Coopération).
NASA/GSFC/University of Maryland/TREES (1990), derived from 1km resolution AVHRR data 1988-1990.
EROS Data Center/GLCCD (1997) Africa land cover characteristics database: Africa seasonal land cover regions. Derived from 1992-1993 monthly AVHRR images, analysed for NDVI.
CHAD:
EROS Data Center/GLCCD (1997) Africa land cover characteristics database: Africa seasonal land cover regions. Derived from 1992-1993 monthly AVHRR images, analysed for NDVI.
CONGO:
Hecketsweiler, P. (unpub;ished) fieldwork during 1989 and
1990 and from numerous reports (Bégué, 1967; Descoings,
1969, 1975; Koechlin, 1961 and Cusset, 1989).
Hughes, R.H. nad Hughes, J.S. (1992). A Directory of African Wetlands. IUCN, Gland, Switzerland and Cambridge, UK/UNEP, Nairobi, Kenya/WCMC, Cambridge, UK. 820 pp. NASA/GSFC/University of Maryland/TREES (1990), derived from 1km resolution AVHRR data 1988-1990.
EROS Data Center/GLCCD (1997) Africa land cover characteristics database: Africa seasonal land cover regions. Derived from 1992-1993 monthly AVHRR images, analysed for NDVI.
COTE D'IVOIRE:
UNEP/GRID/Olesen/TREES (1994) West African Forest Data,
derived from 1km resolution NOAA/AVHRR data.
EROS Data Center/GLCCD (1997) Africa land cover characteristics database: Africa seasonal land cover regions. Derived from 1992-1993 monthly AVHRR images, analysed for NDVI.
EGYPT:
EROS Data Center/GLCCD (1997) Africa land cover characteristics database: Africa seasonal land cover regions. Derived from 1992-1993 monthly AVHRR images, analysed for NDVI.
EQUATORIAL GUINEA:
Butynski, T.M. and Koster, S.H. (1989). The Status and
Conservation of Forests and Primates on Bioko Island (Fernando
Poo), Equatorial Guinea. WWF unpublished report, Washington,
D.C.
NASA/GSFC/University of Maryland/TREES (1990), derived from 1km resolution AVHRR data 1988-1990.
EROS Data Center/GLCCD (1997) Africa land cover characteristics database: Africa seasonal land cover regions. Derived from 1992-1993 monthly AVHRR images, analysed for NDVI.
ERITREA:
EROS Data Center/GLCCD (1997) Africa land cover characteristics database: Africa seasonal land cover regions. Derived from 1992-1993 monthly AVHRR images, analysed for NDVI.
ETHIOPIA:
EROS Data Center/GLCCD (1997) Africa land cover characteristics database: Africa seasonal land cover regions. Derived from 1992-1993 monthly AVHRR images, analysed for NDVI.
GABON:
Institut Géographique National-France and the Institut
National de Cartographie (1987).Gabon. 1:1,000,000 generalised
published map. NASA/GSFC/University of Maryland/TREES (1990),
derived from 1km resolution AVHRR data 1988-1990.
Fonte and Fromard (1993). Carte de la vegetation Cap Lopez - Pointe Fetiche au 1:150,000. One sheet. ICIV, CNRS/UPS pour ELF Gabon.
Fonte and Fromard (1994). Carte de la vegetation: Estuaire du Gabon; Nyonie; Gongue. Three sheets. ICIV, CNRS/UPS pour ELF Aquitaine.
Maley, J. (in press). Histoire recente de la foret dense humide africaine et essai sur le dynamisme de quelques formations forestieres. In: Schwartz, D. and Lanfranchi, R. (eds.). Paysages quaternaires de l'Afrique Centrale Atlantique. Travaux et Documents de l'ORSTOM, Paris.
EROS Data Center/GLCCD (1997) Africa land cover characteristics database: Africa seasonal land cover regions. Derived from 1992-1993 monthly AVHRR images, analysed for NDVI.
GAMBIA:
USAID and US Geological Survey, National Mapping Division,
EROS Data Center (1985) Range and Forest Resources of Senegal.
Scale 1:1,000,000.
GHANA:
UNEP, GRID, Olesen and TREES (1994) UNEP West African Forest
Data: 1994, derived from 1 km resolution NOAA AVHRR data from
the 1990's.
EROS Data Center/GLCCD (1997) Africa land cover characteristics database: Africa seasonal land cover regions. Derived from 1992-1993 monthly AVHRR images, analysed for NDVI.
GUINEA:
UNEP, GRID, Olesen and TREES (1994) UNEP West African Forest
Data: 1994, derived from 1 km resolution NOAA AVHRR data from
the 1990's.
EROS Data Center/GLCCD (1997) Africa land cover characteristics database: Africa seasonal land cover regions. Derived from 1992-1993 monthly AVHRR images, analysed for NDVI.
GUINEA-BISSAU:
Jones, S. (1990) Hand drawn based on his personal experience
of the region. Scale 1:1,000,000 based on an earlier 1: 500,000
Instituto Geografico Nacional (1991) landuse chart Guine-Bissau.
EROS Data Center/GLCCD (1997) Africa land cover characteristics database: Africa seasonal land cover regions. Derived from 1992-1993 monthly AVHRR images, analysed for NDVI.
KENYA:
Kenya Rangeland Ecological Monitoring Unit, Ministry of Environment
and Natural Resources (1983) Land Use Map of Kenya. Scale
1:1,000,000, based on 1972-1980 remote sensed data..
EROS Data Center/GLCCD (1997) Africa land cover characteristics database: Africa seasonal land cover regions. Derived from 1992-1993 monthly AVHRR images, analysed for NDVI.
LESOTHO:
EROS Data Center/GLCCD (1997) Africa land cover characteristics database: Africa seasonal land cover regions. Derived from 1992-1993 monthly AVHRR images, analysed for NDVI.
LIBERIA:
UNEP, GRID, Olesen and TREES (1994) UNEP West African Forest
Data: 1994, derived from 1 km resolution NOAA AVHRR data from
the 1990's.
EROS Data Center/GLCCD (1997) Africa land cover characteristics database: Africa seasonal land cover regions. Derived from 1992-1993 monthly AVHRR images, analysed for NDVI.
LIBYA:
EROS Data Center/GLCCD (1997) Africa land cover characteristics database: Africa seasonal land cover regions. Derived from 1992-1993 monthly AVHRR images, analysed for NDVI.
MADAGASCAR:
Faramalala Miadana Harisca - I.C.I.V (nd) Carte des Formations
Vegetales de Madagascar. Scale 1:1,000,000.
Green and Sussman (1990) Deforestation History of the Eastern Rain Forests of Madagascar from satellite images, Science 248: 212-215.
MOROCCO:
European Space Agency (1992) Remote Sensing Forest map
of Europe, scale 1: 6,000,000, 1989-1992 NOAA-AVHRR data and
1987-1990 Landsat-MSS imagery.
EROS Data Center/GLCCD (1997) Africa land cover characteristics database: Africa seasonal land cover regions. Derived from 1992-1993 monthly AVHRR images, analysed for NDVI.
MOZAMBIQUE:
Direccao Nacional de Geografia e Cadastro (1995) Mapa Florestal:
Sheet 1: Provincias de cabo, delgado, Niassa, Zambesia e Nampula.
Sheet2: Provincias de Tete, Monica e Sofala. Sheet 3: Provincias
de Maputo, Gaza e inhambane. Scale 1:1,000,000.
NIGER:
EROS Data Center/GLCCD (1997) Africa land cover characteristics database: Africa seasonal land cover regions. Derived from 1992-1993 monthly AVHRR images, analysed for NDVI.
NIGERIA:
UNEP, GRID, Olesen and TREES (1994) UNEP West African Forest
Data: 1994, derived from 1 km resolution NOAA AVHRR data from
the 1990's.
EROS Data Center/GLCCD (1997) Africa land cover characteristics database: Africa seasonal land cover regions. Derived from 1992-1993 monthly AVHRR images, analysed for NDVI.
RWANDA:
Service de Cartographie, Kigali (nd) Republique Rwandaise,
Carte Administrative et Routiere. Scale 1: 250,000.
La Cooperation de la Republique Francaise (1981) Atlas du Rwanda Plate XL La Vegetation..
EROS Data Center/GLCCD (1997) Africa land cover characteristics database: Africa seasonal land cover regions. Derived from 1992-1993 monthly AVHRR images, analysed for NDVI.
SAO TOME AND PRINCIPE:
Bureau pour la Developpment de la Production Agricole (1985)
Sketch map.
EROS Data Center/GLCCD (1997) Africa land cover characteristics database: Africa seasonal land cover regions. Derived from 1992-1993 monthly AVHRR images, analysed for NDVI.
SENEGAL:
USAID and US Geological Survey, National Mapping Division,
EROS Data Center (1985) Range and Forest Resources of Senegal.
Scale 1:1,000,000.
SIERRA LEONE:
UNEP, GRID, Olesen and TREES (1994) UNEP West African Forest
Data: 1994, derived from 1 km resolution NOAA AVHRR data from
the 1990's.
EROS Data Center/GLCCD (1997) Africa land cover characteristics database: Africa seasonal land cover regions. Derived from 1992-1993 monthly AVHRR images, analysed for NDVI.
SOMALIA:
EROS Data Center/GLCCD (1997) Africa land cover characteristics database: Africa seasonal land cover regions. Derived from 1992-1993 monthly AVHRR images, analysed for NDVI.
SOUTH AFRICA:
Department of Water Affairs and Forestry and Forestek (1993)
based on LANDSAT TM data.
EROS Data Center/GLCCD (1997) Africa land cover characteristics database: Africa seasonal land cover regions. Derived from 1992-1993 monthly AVHRR images, analysed for NDVI.
SUDAN:
EROS Data Center/GLCCD (1997) Africa land cover characteristics database: Africa seasonal land cover regions. Derived from 1992-1993 monthly AVHRR images, analysed for NDVI.
SWAZILAND:
EROS Data Center/GLCCD (1997) Africa land cover characteristics database: Africa seasonal land cover regions. Derived from 1992-1993 monthly AVHRR images, analysed for NDVI.
TANZANIA:
Rodgers et al. (1985) Forest Cover in Tanzania.
Scale 1:2,000,000, based on 1972-7 aerial photographs and 1985
LANDSAT imagery.
NORAD (1989) Mangrove Forest Inventory based on aerial photography taken in 1988/9.
Ministry of Lands (1990) Sheet index map: the Mangrove Forest Reserves of Tanzania. Scale 1:1,000,000.
EROS Data Center/GLCCD (1997) Africa land cover characteristics database: Africa seasonal land cover regions. Derived from 1992-1993 monthly AVHRR images, analysed for NDVI.
TOGO:
UNEP, GRID, Olesen and TREES (1994) UNEP West African Forest
Data: 1994, derived from 1 km resolution NOAA AVHRR data from
the 1990's.
EROS Data Center/GLCCD (1997) Africa land cover characteristics database: Africa seasonal land cover regions. Derived from 1992-1993 monthly AVHRR images, analysed for NDVI.
TUNISIA:
European Space Agency (1992) Remote Sensing Forest map
of Europe, scale 1: 6,000,000, 1989-1992 NOAA-AVHRR data and
1987-1990 Landsat-MSS imagery.
EROS Data Center/GLCCD (1997) Africa land cover characteristics database: Africa seasonal land cover regions. Derived from 1992-1993 monthly AVHRR images, analysed for NDVI.
UGANDA:
National Biomass Study, Forest Department (1996) Land cover,
boundaries, stratification and Protected areas. Scale 1: 500,000,
based on LANDSAT/SPOT imagery.
ZAIRE:
UNEP, GRID, Olesen and TREES (1994) UNEP West African Forest
Data: 1994, derived from 1 km resolution NOAA AVHRR data from
the 1990's.
EROS Data Center/GLCCD (1997) Africa land cover characteristics database: Africa seasonal land cover regions. Derived from 1992-1993 monthly AVHRR images, analysed for NDVI.
ZAMBIA:
EROS Data Center/GLCCD (1997) Africa land cover characteristics database: Africa seasonal land cover regions. Derived from 1992-1993 monthly AVHRR images, analysed for NDVI.
ZIMBABWE:
EROS Data Center/GLCCD (1997) Africa land cover characteristics database: Africa seasonal land cover regions. Derived from 1992-1993 monthly AVHRR images, analysed for NDVI.
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