Vegetation and climate change in Eastern Africa

A potential natural vegetation (PNV) map for eastern Africa

 

The PNV map of eastern and southern Africa covers the countries Ethiopia, Kenya, Uganda, Rwanda, Tanzania, and Zambia.

 

It is the product of the project Vegetation and climate change in Eastern Africa (VECEA).

 

The VECEA project is a collaboration between various partners in east Africa and Europe. The project was funded by a grant from the Rockefeller Foundation.

 

The potential vegetation map is available as a Google Earth layer. You can open the layer by clicking the image to the right. (If you don't have Google earth, please download it first - you can download it from earth.google.com).

  

URL to the vegetation map 

http://vegetationmap4africa.org/vegetation-map.aspx

 

Website for the Potential natural vegetation of eastern Africa

We have dedicated a website  for further development of tools and utilities based on the map.  

 

Species selection tool

A species selection tool based on the VECEA map shows the useful tree species for Eastern Africa.

 

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

 

Contact

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