This document provides a short description of the methodology used to create a harmonized natural vegetation map for eastern Africa. The map was derived from the potential natural vegetation map for eastern Africa developed by the VECEA (Vegetation and Climate change in East Africa) project. This map offers the hitherto most detailed description of the potential natural vegetation of this region, but it suffers from some inconsistencies in how vegetation types are classified across the different countries.The version presented in this manuscript provides a more harmonized classification of vegetation types across the region. The objective was to facilitate the modelling of vegetation types, e.g., for use in assessments of effects of climate change on future vegetation distribution patterns, and to provide a better base for analyses that require the classification of unique types, e.g., in conservation gap analysis.
Publication year
2015
Authors
van Breugel P; Kindt, R.; Lillesø J-P B; Graudal, L.
Language
English
Keywords
vegetation, climate change, conservation
