Reference Land Cover in Great Virunga 2016-2018 (vector) - version 1, Feb. 2019

This metadata refers to the Land Cover vector data generated over Virunga (Africa) for 2016 in the framework of the Copernicus Global Land Hot Spot Mapping (C-GL-HSM) contract under the coordination of JRC. This area of interest is either mapped with the generic 8 classes dichotomus legend (CAF_02_lc_a) or the detailed modular legend (CAF_02_lc_b).

The mapped area of interest (AOI) represents a Key Landscape for Conservation area (KLC). The KLC has a total size of about 4 million ha (40,000 km²) and is situated at the border between the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), Uganda and Rwanda. The main National Park is represented by the Virunga National Park, with a total area of 7768.93 km². Several parks in Rwanda and Uganda are adjacent and connected to Virunga

Reference time: 2016 - 2018