WCMC Closed Moist Tropical Forest of Rwanda (Classification of Forest Types)

New-ID: NBI72

This data set presents a classification of African closed moist
tropical forest for Rwanda.

WCMC Africa Closed Moist Tropical Forest Database

File: RWANVEG.E00 Code:
143001-001

Vector Member
The file is in Arc/Info Export format and should be imported with
the Arc/Info command Import cover In-Filename Out-Filename. NOTE: Due
to an Arc/Info bug, annotation that was included in the export files
(E00) was deleted so as to be able to import the files.

The WCMC Africa Closed Moist Tropical Forest Database is a
compilation of national maps into comparable units by the World
Conservation and Monitoring Centre (WCMC) of Great-Britain. National
maps were used and legend units were grouped into 13 classes,
describing forest types:

10 = Water bodies 130 = Degraded Rain Forest
111 = Mangroves 500 = Dry Forest
112 = Degraded Mangroves 510 = Pine Forest
113 = Inland Swamp Forest
114 = Degraded inland Swamp Forest 900 = Non Forest
121 = Montane Rain Forest 999 = no data
122 = Lowland Rain Forest
123 = Sun Montane Rain Forest In almost all coverages water bodies are
labelled as 0

Contact : UNEP/GRID-Nairobi, P O Box 30552, Nairobi, Kenya

References:

WCMC Biodiversity Map Library. Closed Moist Tropical Forests and
Managed Areas Data, Feb. 1992

Source : several national maps
Publication Date : February 1992
Projection : Mercator, specified where different
Related Datasets : White"'"s vegetation map
Keywords : WCMC, Forests.

The legend in almost all coverages is under ITEM VEGN
AREA = gives the rea of the polygon in the map units
PERIMETER = gives the perimeter of the polygon in map units
xxxVEG# and xxxVEG-ID = internal Arc/Info number
VEGN - The Forest classification as explained above
VEGETATION = Gives the legend name corresponding to the VEGN item (not all
coverages have