Vegetation and climate change in Eastern Africa

- A high resolution digital vegetation map for land use planning, natural resource management and conservation of biodiversity in Eastern Africa (VECEA)  

How to open the map  The link will download a kmz file which should be automatically opened in Google Earth. If you don't have Google earth, please download it first (you can download it from earth.google.com).   After opening, click on the 'information' icon in the 'layer panel' or the 'readme.doc' in the 'docs' folder for further instructions. Please note that this an early version of the map and an update of the map is expected.

 

Citing the dataset

If you utilize or want to refer to the vegetation map, we ask that you cite it as follows:

 

van Breugel P, Kindt R, Lillesø JPB, Bingham M, Demissew S, Dudley C, Friis I, Gachathi F, Kalema J, Mbago F, Moshi HN, Mulumba, J, Namaganda M, Ruffo CK, Védaste M, Jamnadass R and Graudal L (2011) POTENTIAL NATURAL VEGETATION MAP OF EASTERN AFRICA: Interactive vegetation map for Ethiopia, Kenya, Malawi, Rwanda, Tanzania, Uganda and Zambia. Forest and Landscape (Denmark) and World Agroforestry Centre (ICRAF).

 

URL: http://www.sl.life.ku.dk/English/outreach_publications/computerbased_tools/vegetation_climate_change_eastern_africa.aspx

 

For further information, or comments, please contact Paulo van Breugel () or Jens-Peter Barnekow Lillesø ().

 

Open the VECEA Potential Natural Vegetaion map - the kmz file 

 

Documentation

A 7 volume series documents the potential natural vegetation map developed by the VECEA project. Free download:

7 volume series: Potential Natural Vegetation of Eastern Africa