WCMC Closed Moist Tropical Forest, Benin (Classification of Forest Types)

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

The Africa Closed Moist Tropical Forest, Benin Dataset

Files: BENVEG.E00 code: 108001-001

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. REMARK:
The export files include annotation. however it is not possible to
import the files with it. We had to edit in the export file (E00) just
before the annotation the TXT command had to be changed in TX8. The
annotations are then lost but the file can import without problems.
The Africa Closed Moist Tropical Forest dataset is a compilation of
national maps into comparable units by the World Conservation and
Monitoring Centre (WCMC) in Great-Britain. The maps were taken for
each country for Africa from national maps and legend units were
grouped to come upto 13 classes, describing forest types.
Contact: UNEP/GRID-Nairobi, P O Box 30522 Nairobi, Kenya

In total 13 classes are compiled
10 = Water bodies 130 = Degradated Rain Forest
111 = Mangroves 500 = Dry Forest
112 = Degradated Mangroves 510 = Pine Forest
113 = Inland Swamp Forest
114 = Degradated inland Samp Forest 900 = Non Forest
121 = Montane Rain Forest 999 = No Data
122 = Lowland Rain Forest
123 = Sun Montande Rian Forest
In almost all coverages water bodies are labelled as 0

References:
WCMC Biodiversity Map Library - Closed Moist Tropical Forests and
Managed Areas Data - February 1992 Paivinen and Ron Witt. The
Methodology Devt. Project for Tropical Forest Cover Assessment in West
Africa.

Source: Several National maps
Publication Date: vary
Projection: Mercator, mentioned when different
Related Datasets: White vegetation map
Keywords : WCMC, forests, national parks, hunting zones

The Legend is in all coverages 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
Tropical Moist Forest coverages have this)