Democratic Republic of the Congo Thematic Woody Aggregation Landcover

Description:

The Democratic Republic of the Congo thematic woody aggregation landcover from The Multipurpose Africover Database for the Environmental Resources produced by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO). Scale of the dataset: 1:200,000. This dataset is a reaggregated version of the original national Africover landcover multipurpose database. It contains all natural vegetation with a woody component. The land cover has been produced from visual interpretation of digitally enhanced LANDSAT TM images (Bands 4,3,2) acquired mainly in the year 2000-2001. The land cover classes have been developed using the FAO/UNEP international standard LCCS classification system.

Creator:

Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, Di Gregorio, Antonio, Congo (Democratic Republic). Ministere de l'environnement. Service Permanent d'Inventaire et d'Amenagement Forestier, and Yobwa, Joseph Ipalaka

Publisher:

Harvard Map Collection, Harvard College Library

Provider:

Harvard

Resource Class:

Datasets

Resource Type:

Polygon data

Subject:

Land use, Vegetation mapping, Forests and forestry, Earth Surface, and imageryBaseMapsEarthCover

Temporal Coverage:

2003

Date Issued:

2003-10-01

Spatial Coverage:

Congo

Access Rights:

Public

Format:

Shapefile