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Checklist of Online Vegetation and Plant Distribution Maps

By Philip Hoehn

Contributed to by Claire Englander and John Ridener

• Claire Englander, University of California Library, Berkeley     cengland at library berkeley edu
• John Ridener, University of California Library, Berkeley   jridener at library berkeley edu

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  World

  World

  Assessing the Risk of Loss of Biodiversity in the Tropics
  Assessment of the Status of the World's Remaining Closed Forests
  Bailey Ecoregions Map  (Net Primary Productivity Project)
  Bazilevich Global Primary Productivity : Phytomass, Net Primary Production, and Mortmass
  Biodiversity Loss: State and Scenarios 2006 and 2050
  Biogeographical Regions of the World Africo-Tropical Realm (Udvardy, 1975)
  Continous Distribution of the Cyatheaceos (Tree) in the Tropics and Adjacent Areas According to Kramer (1968)
  Deforestation Hotspots in Humid Tropics (1997)
  Deforestation Rates in Humid Tropics (1987-1997)
  Distribution of Coral, Mangrove and Seagrass Diversity
  Domaines in Tropical Forest Biomes
  Drylands : Aridity Zones of the World  (for 10 maps of World's drylands)
  EarthTrends - Maps (World Resources Institute)
  Fedorova, Varlyguin and Volkova World Vegetation Map
  Frontier Forests : 8000 Years Ago and Today
  Geographical Distribution of Amplified Fragment Length Polymorphism (AFLP) Variations among Populations of O. longistaminata [map a.] Using Genetic Diversity Cluters [map b.] Using Nei's Genetic Diversity Indices
  Geographical Distribution of Indigenous Vegetation / by A.K. Johnston & Arthur Henfrey ; Map of Schouws Phyto-geographic Regions with the Distribution of Plants Especially Influencing the Physiognomy of the Vegetation of the Globe. 1854
  Geologic Data and Climate Model Predictions of Latest Cretaceous Vegetation
  A GIS-based Map Vegetation Map of the World at the Last Glacial Maximum (25,000 to 15,000 BP)
  Global Atlas of Palaeovegetation Since the Last Glacial Maximum  (Includes maps of Europe, Eurasia, Africa, Australasia, North America and South America / Quaternary Environments Network)
  Global Distribution of Mangroves : source: UNEP-WCMC 2006
  Global Distribution of Current Forests
  Global Distribution of Original and Remaining Forests
  Global Ecological Map of the World
  Global Land Cover Characterization
  Global Land Environments Since the Last Interglacial
  Global Vegetation Map
  Global 200: the 238 Priority Ecogegions of the Planet
  GlobCover Land Cover
  Holdridge Life Zones Collected at IIASA
  Interactive Global Forest Watch Maps
  Major Biomes of the World
  Malagasy/Indo-australo-malesian Phytogeographic Connections
  Map of Global Disturbed Areas
  Map Showing Change in Global Forest Cover from 1990 to 2025 (Predicted)
  Matthews Global Vegetation Database
  Matthews Natural Wetlands Database : Wetlands Type
  Matthews Seasonal Integrated Albedo for 32 Vegetation Types
  Mid-Holocene and Last Glacial Maximum Vegetation Map : BIOME 6000
  Mushroom Observer
  Natural Vegetation of the World
  NOAA/GVI Eight-year (1983-90) Mean Maximum for World Desertification Atlas
  Paleovegetation Maps : Vegetation Maps for the Present (Prior to the Anthropogenic Disturbance) and the Last Glacial Maximum
  Status of Terrestrial Ecoregions--Threats and Vulnerabilities
  Olson Major World Ecosystem Complexes
  Terrestrial Biogeographic Realms of the World; Biogeographical Provinces of the Nearctic Biogeographical, Palearctic Biogeographical, Africotropical Biogeographical, IndoMalayan Biogeographical, Oceanian Biogeographical, Australian Biogeographical, Neotropical Realm
  Terrestrial Ecoregions of the Planet
  Terrestrial Ecoregions of the World   (National Geographic, WWF)
  Terrestrial Global 200 Ecoregions with Outstanding Biodiversity Features and Representative Value
  Umrisse der Pflanzengeographie, 1838   (In: Dr. Heinrich Berghaus Physikalischer Atlas, 1849)
  Die Vegetations-gebiete der Erde   (In: Richard Andree's allgemeiner Handatlas in sechsundachtzig Karten mit erläuterndem Text, 1881)
  World : Agricultural Mosaics and Grasslands
  World Approximate Global Distribution of Savannahs
  World Atlas of Biodiversity
  World : Biodiversity and World Map
  World Distribution of Coral Reefs and Mangroves
  World Distribution of Tropical Rain Forest (after Trewartha 1961)
  World : Dry Tropical Forests  (FAO)
  World : Percent Vegetation Cover  (Defries, et al., 1999, 2000)
  World : Terrestrial Biomes, Terrestrial and Freshwater Biogeographic Realms, and Marine Biogeographic Realms  (sensu Dasmann, 1974; Udvardy, 1975)
  World -- Vegetation & Ocean Currents  (In: Times Survey Atlas of the World, 1922)
  World Vegetation Map
  World Vegetation Map from NOAA/GVI Data
  World Wilderness Areas : Countries with the Most Wilderness   (Sierra Club, World Bank, UNEP/GRID)
  World Wildlife Fund Eco-regions for the Neotropics
  World's Forests 2000
  World's Remaining Closed Rorests  (also by continent)

  Eurasia

  Climate in Northern Eurasia 6000 Years Ago Reconstructed from Pollen Data
  Changes in the Woody Biomass Carbon Pool of Northern Temperate and Boreal Forests between the Late 1990s and the Early 1980s and Pool Size During Late 1990s
  Comparison of Present and Past Northern Limits for Tree Survival or Climatic Limits of the Boreal Forest
  Eurasia during the Last 150,000 Years
  Northern Hemisphere Plant Disjunctions ... Principle Areas where Tertiary Relict Floras Occur, and Tertiary Land Bridges between Eurasia and N America
  Priority Ecoregions in Eurasia

  - Caucasus

  Forests in the Caucasus Ecoregion

  Latin America

  Coastal Marine Ecoregions ; Coastal Biogeographic Provinces : [Latin America]
  Cloud Forest Sites in Latin America
  [Cloud Forests : Humid Tropics] (The Cloud Forest Zone (silvo nebula) on the Western Andean Slope -- The Altitudinal Vegetation Belts from Mexico to Colombia -- A Schematic Profile of Vegetation on the Eastern Andean Slopes, from Lo Paz to the Yungos -- Cloud Forest Distribution in the Humid Tropics and Adjacent Areas)
  Freshwater Ecoregions of Latin America and the Caribbean
  Human Impact on Biodiversity : Latin America
  Land Use in Tropical Latin America, 2000
  Latin America & the Caribbean Land Cover and Contours
  Land Use in Tropical Latin America, 2000

  Middle East

  Mountains and Mountain Forests Middle East and Central Asia  (UNEP-WCMC)
  Vegetation Map of the Middle East  (Legibility problems)
  Western Asia Temperate Forest and Protected Areas

  Southern Hemisphere

  Southern Hemisphere Maps and Present-Day Nothofagus Distribution Transoceanic Distribution of Nothofagus Subspecies Lophozonia and Fuscospora and South American Species N. nitida (Subgenus Nothofagus). Map adapted from Swenson et al. [43]. ASE, Australia; NCA, New Caledonia; NGU, New Guinea; NZE, New Zealand; SAM, South America; TAS, Tasmania; Relationship of Australia, New Zealand, and South America 65 Myr and 35 Myr before Present;

  Africa

  Actual Biomass Density in Tropical Africa
  Africa : Dry Plant Formations
  Africa : Natural Vegetation
  Africa : Open Forests South of the Equator
  Africa Phyto-geographic Domains
  Africa Vegetation
  Africa Vegetation
  Africa Vegetation
  Africa Vegetation Map
  Africa : [Vegetation Type, Land Cover]
  African Lowland Rain Forest   (In Vegetation Patterns and Environmental Gradients in Benin / Aristide Cossi Adomou, p. 2)
  Cloud Forest Sites in Africa  (UNEP-WCMC)
  The Conservation Atlas of Tropical Forests
  Current Vegetation Map of Africa
  Degradation Ratio in Tropical African Forests
  Digitized Vegetation Map of Africa
  Distribution Map of Coffea Showing Location of Clades and Groups
  EarthTrends - Maps (World Resources Institute)
  Forest and Protected Area Distribution within Ecological Zones, Africa
  GAC Continental Landcover Classification of Africa from AVHRR GAC Images, 1982-1987
  Global Ecological Zones Africa
  The Grass Cover of Africa
  The Holocene Landscape and Vegetation History of Northern and Western Africa
  JERS-1 Map of Tropical Forest of Africa
  Mountains and Mountain Forests Africa
  Natural Vegetation in Africa (US CIA)  
  Paleovegetation Map of Amazonia and Africa for the Last Glacial Maximum
  Prevailing Vegetation  (Inset on: Africa -- Political.   In: Times Survey Atlas of the World, 1922)
  Tropical Africa: Land Use, Biomass and Carbon Estimates for 1980
  Vegetation Map of Africa = Carte de Végétation de l'Afrique  (3 sheets/feuilles: Southern Africa -- North-Western Africa -- North-Eastern Africa)
  Vegetation Map of Africa During the Climatic Optimum Warm/Humid Period
  Vegetation Map of Africa During the Extreme Cold/Dry Last Glacial Period
  Vegetation Map of Africa South of the Tropic of Cancer = Carte de la Végétation de l'Afrique au Sud du Tropique du Cancer
  Vegetation Map of South America and Africa for the LGM
  Vegetation of Subsahara Africa
  Vegetationskarte von Afrika
  White Vegetation Dataset, 1983
  White's 1983 Vegetation Map of Africa : a Contrasting Approach or Vegetation of Africa (White 1983)

  Africa, Central

  Afrique Central Ouest, Afrique Central Est  (In: Atlas des populations indigènes des forêts denses humides)
  CARPE Mapper   (Central African Regional Program for the Environment)
  Central Africa Ecoregions and Protected Areas
  Forest types of Central Africa
  Land Cover Changes between 1968 and 1993 in South Cameroon
  Landsat-derived Land Cover Map of the Sangha Tri-National Park Region
  New Vegetation Map of Central Africa, Derived from SPOT-VEGETATION Imagery of 1998
  Potential Biomass Density in Central Africa
  Vegetation Cover in Zaire, Burundi, and Rwanda (Old Belgian Congo), by Devred
  Vegetation Map of Central Africa
  Vegetation Map of Central Africa Derived from AVHRR LAC and GAC Imagery
  Vegetation Map of Central Africa from AVHRR 1992/1993
  Vegetation Map of West & Central Africa

  Africa, East

  Afrika Kartenwerk. E7. Vegetationsformations und Vegetationsformationskomplexe (Kenya, Uganda, Tanzania)
  East Africa Vegetation
  Vegetation Map of the Flora Zambesiaca Area

  Africa, North

  African Side of Mediterranean Basin

  Africa, Southern

  National Vegetation Map of Southern Africa Project   (Maps covering South Africa, Lesotho, Swaziland; South African National Biodiversity Institute)
  SAFARI 2000 NBI Vegetation Map of the Savannahs of Southern Africa
  Southern Africa : Biodiversity Data Used in the Assessment of TBPAs
  Southern Africa : Normalised Difference Vegetation
  Southern Africa Temperate Forest and Protected Areas
  Vegetation Map of the Flora Zambesiaca Area
  Vegetation of South Africa, Lesotho and Swaziland

  Africa, West

  Distribution of Tropical Humid Forests in West Africa
  Vegetation Map of West & Central Africa
  Vegetation Map of West Africa Derived from the GRFM JERS SAR Mosaic at 1 km Spatial Resolution. TREES Forest Map of West Africa derived from NOAA/AVHRR Images  (legend: dark green: primary rain forest - light green: secondary and degraded forest – yellow: non forest areas)
  Vegetation Map of West Africa Showing the Rain Forest Zone and Benin Indicating the Semi-deciduous Forest Sites Where Data Were Collected  (In Vegetation Patterns and Environmental Gradients in Benin / Aristide Cossi Adomou, fig. 4.1)
  West Africa : NOAA Derived Forest Map: Closed Forest, Mangrove, Mixed Agriculture, Forest Fallow, Non-forest

  Algeria

  Afrika Kartenwerk. N7. Vegetationsgeographie. Nordafrika (Tunesien, Algerien)
  Carte de la végétation de L'Algérie: Ghardaia, Guelt-Es-Stel-Djelfa

  Angola

  Angola : Vegetation Cover
  Carta de vegetação do Planalto Ocidental da Cela
  Carta fitogeográfica de Angola

  Benin

  Atlas of Natural and Agronomic Resources of Niger and Benin
  Benin: Distribution of Pentadesma Butyracea
  Comoe National Park and Kouffe Mountains Gallery Forest Sites in Cote d'Ivoire and Benin, West Africa
  The Four Proposed Floristic Areas of Benin Based on Major Plant Community Patterns  (In Vegetation Patterns and Environmental Gradients in Benin / Aristide Cossi Adomou, fig. 2.3)
  Map of Benin Showing the Three Major Vegetation Zones According to WhiteL (1983) and the Locations of Protected Areas  (In Vegetation Patterns and Environmental Gradients in Benin / Aristide Cossi Adomou, fig. 1.3)
  Penessoulou Forest Reserve in Benin
  République du Benin. Carte de Végétation.
  Vegetation Zones in Niger and Benin : Past and Present Zonation

  Botswana

  Botswana : Climatic and Human Induced Changes in Vegetation
  Land Systems of Eastern Bechuanaland
  Republic of Botswana Vegetation, Northern State Lands
  Vegetation of Botswana
  Vegetation Map of the Republic of Botswana

  Burkina Faso

  Atlas de la Haute-Volta. Arbres et Arbustus. Carte de Répartition et de Présence de 65 Espèces

  Burundi

  Africover  (Food and Agriculture Organisation of the United Nations -- layers include: forests, land cover, rangeland)

  Cameroon

  Africa Vegetation Maps : Congo, Democratic Republic of Congo (formerly Zaire), Gabon, Cameroon
  Afrika Kartenwerk. W7. Vegetationsgeographie. Westafrika (Nigeria, Kamerun)
  The Bamenda Area. Vegetation Map
  Cameroun. Mbonge-Boa. Forest Resources
  Carte phytogéographique du Cameroun
  Comparison of Radar Based Vegetation Classification Map (left) with the Ecological Map of Cameroon Based on Visual Interpretation of 1970s Landsat Images
  Ecological Map of the Vegetation Cover of Cameroon
  South Cameroon : Land Cover Image Derived from a 1993 NOAA AVHRR Image; Land Cover Image Derived from a 1995 SPOT-HRV Mosaic; Land Cover Changes Between 1968 and 1993 in South Cameroon

  Central African Republic

  Carte phytogéographique de la République Centrafricaine

  Chad

  Bassin du Lac Tchad Végétation = Lake Chad Basin Vegetation
  Esquisse de la Couverture Végétale du Tchad en Relation avec les Sols, au Sud du 16e Parallèle
  Légende de la Carte de la Géologie Simplifiée et Végétation au 1/5 M = Legend of the map of Simplified Geology and Vegetation 1/5 M (Comission du Bassin du Lac Tchad = Lake Chad Basin Comission) Synthèse Hydrologique du Bassin du Lac Tchad

  Congo (Brazzaville)

  Africa Vegetation Maps : Congo, Democratic Republic of Congo (formerly Zaire), Gabon, Cameroon

  Congo (Zaïre)

  Africa Vegetation Maps : Congo, Democratic Republic of Congo (formerly Zaire), Gabon, Cameroon
  [Congo Basin Forest Zone] : Belgian Satellite Vegetation Map 1996
  Congo. Phyto-géographie
  Forest Cover in Zaïre, also Showing Forest Protected Areas
  Forests and World Heritage Sites
  New Land Cover Map of the Democratic Republic of the Congo
  A New Land Cover Map of the Democratic Republic of the Congo Derived from SPOT Vegetation Data
  Phytogeography of Congo from Des Coings, 1969
  République Democratique du Congo
  République Democratique du Congo, Land Cover Map, January 2006
  Vegetation, Democratic Republic of Congo
  Vegetation Map, Democratic Republic of the Congo [2007?]
  Vegetation Map of the Congo Basin
  Vegetation of Democratic Republic of Congo from Devred, 1958
  World Heritage Sites, Democratic Republic of the Congo

  Côte d'Ivoire

  Carte de la végétation de la Côte d'Ivoire  (4 feuilles)
  Comoe National Park and Kouffe Mountains Gallery Forest Sites in Cote d'Ivoire and Benin, West Africa

  Egypt

  Africover  (Food and Agriculture Organisation of the United Nations -- layers include: land cover, rangeland)

  Eritrea

  Africover  (Food and Agriculture Organisation of the United Nations) -- layers include: land cover, rangeland)

  Ethiopia

  Vegetation Map of Ethiopia (1976)

  Gabon

  Africa Vegetation Maps : Congo, Democratic Republic of Congo (formerly Zaire), Gabon, Cameroon
  Phytogeography of Gabon from Caballe, 1978

  Ghana

  Accra Plains Vegetation
  Ghana Vegetation Zones
  The Gold Coast Grassland Associations (Provisional)
  The Gold Coast with Togoland under U.K. Administration Vegetation Zones
  Navrongo-Bawku Area Vegetation and Land Use
  Ochi-Nakwa Basin Vegetation and Land Use
  Volta Basin, West Africa [Ghana] : MODIS VCF Tree Density Map.

  Guinea

  Carte de L'Utilisation des Terres et de la Couverture Végétale, Guinée - Massif du Fouta-Djallon = Land Use and Vegetation Cover Map, Guinea - Fouta-Djallon Massif
  Guinea Forest Map
  Republic of Guinea Ecological Zones

  Kenya

  Africover  (Food and Agriculture Organisation of the United Nations -- layers include: forests, land cover, rangeland)
  Garsen Vegetation and Present Land Use Map
  Landsat ETM+ Land Cover Classification Result of 2001 for the Subset of Kakamega Forest, Displayed Together with the Official Forest Boundary as Gazetted in 1933
  Map Sheet 130, Appendix 4 to Report no. R4 "Soils of the Kisii Area" : ... Present Land Use, Vegetation ...
  Mandera District ... Wajir District ... Vegetation
  Marsabit District ... Vegetation
  Mount Kenya Vegetation Map
  Narok District Vegetation
  Reconnaissance Vegetation Map of the Amboseli-Kibwezi Area
  Reconnaissance Vegetation Map of the Mtito Andei Area
  Reconnaissance Vegetation Map of the Voi Area
  Samburu District
  Soil map and Vegetation Map of Kiboko Range Research
  Soils of the Kapenguria Area ... Present Land Use, Vegetation ...
  Vegetation and Land Cover for Kakamega and the Nandi Forests - Vegetation Map 1966/69; Forest cover 1967; FD Forest Map 1972; KIFCON Map 1991
  Vegetation and Land Use Map of the Kilifi Area
  Wema

  Liberia

  Vegetation Landuse of the Mano River Union Project Area in Liberia

  Libya

  Geobotanical Map, Ra's Umm Al Gharânîq

  Madagascar

  Carte Internationale du Tapis Végétal et des Conditions Écologiques, Baie d'Ampasindava République Malgache
  Carte Internationale du Tapis Végétal et des Conditions Écologiques, Mangoky - Cap Ste Marie, République Malgache
  Esquisse de la Végétation du Sud-Ouest de Madagascar
  Formations Végétales et Domaine Forestier National de Madagascar
  Madagascar - Forest cover map (1998-1999)
  Madagascar : a New Approach to Vegetation Classification and Mapping
  Madagascar Protected Areas
  Madagascar Remaining Primary Vegetation
  Madagascar Remaining Primary Vegetation Classified by the Underlying Geology
  Madagascar Vegetation Map
  Madagascar's Littoral Forests
  Malagasy/Indo-australo-malesian Phytogeographic Connections

  Malawi

  Malawi Vegetation/Biotic Communities

  Mauritania

  Carte de types de recouvrements des Forêts dans le Sud-Ouest de la Mauritanie = Forest Cover Type Map of Southwestern Mauritania

  Morocco

  Forêts, Atlas du Maroc

  Mozambique

  Vegetation Map of Muaredzi

  Namibia

  Namibia : Main Biomes and Vegetation Types
  Physiographical Regions of Namibia ... ; Distribution of the Three Savanna Types According to Geographical Region and Area of Mopane in Namibia

  Niger

  Atlas of Natural and Agronomic Resources of Niger and Benin
  Carte Internationale du Tapis Végétal et des Conditions Ecologiques: Djado
  Vegetation Zones in Niger and Benin : Past and Present Zonation

  Nigeria

  Afrika. Kartenwerk. W7. Vegetationsgeographie. Westafrika (Nigeria, Kamerun)
  North East Nigeria Grassland Communities
  Soil Survey Niger Floodplain, Jebba-Lokoja. Vegetation Map Pilot Area
  Vegetation and Land Use Analysis [Nigeria]
  Vegetation Map of Nigeria

  Rwanda

  Africover  (Food and Agriculture Organisation of the United Nations -- layers include: forests, land cover, rangeland)

  Sahara

  Sahara : Spring Desert Vegetation

  Saint Helena

  St. Helena. Vegetation

  Sierra Leone

  Sierra Leone Vegetation

  Somalia

  Africover  (Food and Agriculture Organisation of the United Nations -- layers include: forests, land cover, rangeland)

  South Africa

  Bioclimatic Map of the Mediterranean Zone: South Africa
  Biomes of South Africa
  Biomes of South Africa; Veld types of South Africa
  Conservation Areas of South Africa
  Distribution of Wetlands in South Africa
  Floristic Hot Spots
  Invasive Alien Plants in South Africa
  [Kalahari Desert]
  National Land Cover of South Africa
  South Africa Provincial Vegetation Maps
  South Africa Vegetation Map
  Soutpansberg Arid Mountain Bushveld Savanna Biome
  Vegetation Map of the Tugela Basin
  Vegetation of South Africa
  Vegetation of South Africa, Lesotho and Swaziland

  Sudan

  Jebel Marra Project Area, Darfur Province, Republic of Sudan Reconnaissance Vegetation Map

  Tanzania

  Africover  (Food and Agriculture Organisation of the United Nations -- layers include: forests, land cover, rangeland)
  Lower Mgeta Area Vegetation and Land Use
  Map of the Serengeti National Park and the Surrounding Area
  Physiography and Natural Vegetation of the Mbozi Area

  Togo

  The Gold Coast with Togoland under U.K. Administration Vegetation Zones

  Tunisia

  Afrika Kartenwerk. N7. Vegetationsgeographie. Nordafrika (Tunesien, Algerien)
  Carte Internationale du Tapis Végétal: Tunis-Sfax

  Uganda

  Africover  (Food and Agriculture Organisation of the United Nations -- layers include: forests, land cover, rangeland)
  Base Map for Climate Change Adaptation Planning, Uganda, Dry Season February 2006, Wet Season June 2005
  Kibale National Park, Uganda : Vegetation
  Uganda and Kibale National Park

  Victoria, Lake Region

  [Lake Victoria Region Forests]

  Zambezi Basin

  Biomes of the Zambezi Basin; Zambezi Basin Vegetation Types

  Polar Regions

  Circumpolar Arctic Vegetation
  Arctic Vegetation Zones
  Ecoregions Prioritised for Conservation in the Arctic (WWF Global 200)
  Existing and Proposed Protected Areas : [Arctic]
  King George Island, South Shetland Islands
  Lynch Island (SPA no. 14) Vegetation Map
  Major Wilderness Areas in the Arctic
  National Level of Protection of the Arctic
  National Level of Protection of the Arctic
  Protected Areas and Wilderness in the Arctic
  Protected Areas of the Arctic
  Treeline in the Arctic
  Vegetation Maps of Canadian Arctic North of Tree Line
  Vegetation Zones in the Arctic

  Svalbard

  Arctic Svalbard Archipelago : Sphagnum (Bryophyta) in the Hornsund Area, Spitzbergen - S. riparium and S. quarrosum (Bryophyta)  (The first documented record of Sphagnum riparium (Bryophyta): Sphagnaceae from Spitsbergen)
  Total Record of Vascular Plant Species in Svalbard

Asia (see also Eurasia)

Asia

Eastern Asia Temperate Forest and Protected Areas  (Map 10 UNEP-WCMC)

Global Ecological Zones, Asia

Vegetation Index Map of Asia (1986, 1990, 1993)

Western Asia Temperate Forest and Protected Areas

Asia, Central

Asia : Distribution of Dry Forests in Tropical Central Asia

Biodiversity in Central Asia

Mountains and Mountain Forests Middle East and Central Asia  (UNEP-WCMC)

Asia, East

Mountains and Mountain Forests Far East  (UNEP-WCMC)

Asia, South

Mountains and Mountain Forests Continental South and Southeast Asia  (UNEP-WCMC)

Asia, Southeast

Classification, Southeast Asia from AVHRR 1992/1993

Cloud Forest Sites in South-east Asia  (Covers also New Guinea, Australia and surrounding islands, UNEP-WCMC)

Forest Cover Map of Continental Southeast Asia

Forest Cover Map of Insular Southeast Asia

Geographical Distribution of Biomass Carbon in Tropical Southeast Asian Forests: A Database  (Includes: Potential carbon densities in forests; Vegetation type; Ecofloristic zone classification; Actual carbon densities in forests)

Mountains and Mountain Forests Continental South and Southeast Asia  (UNEP-WCMC)

Mountains and Mountain Forests Insular Southeast Asia  (UNEP-WCMC)

Remote Sensing Mosaics of Southeast Asia from AVHRR 1992/1993

Afghanistan

Afghanistan: Drought and Vegetation

Afghanistan : Eastern Forest Cover, Land Cover Classification, Deforestation in Eastern Forest Complex

Afghanistan Land Cover 2002

Afghanistan Provinces Forest Change: Badghis, 1977-2002

Afghanistan Provinces Forest Change: Takhar and Kunduz, 1977-2002

Afghanistan Provinces Woodland: Badghis, 1977 and 2002

Afghanistan Provinces Woodland: Nuristan, Kunar, Nagarhar, 1977 and 2002

Afghanistan Provinces Woodland: Takhar and Kunduz, 1977 and 2002

Kabul, Land Cover Changes 1986-2002

Borneo

Bornéo Nord, Bornéo Sud  (In: Atlas des populations indigènes des forêts denses humides)

Extent of Deforestation in Borneo 1950-2005, and Projection Towards 2020

Burma

Forest Cover in Burma, 1985

Cambodia

Cambodia Atlas  (Includes layers showing community forestry, seed source sites, terrestrial vegetation and landuse patterns, protected areas and forests, forest cover (various years), forest disturbance; by Royal Danish Embassy, Danish International Development Assistance)

China

Aggregated Vegetation Distribution in China, Russia and Mongolia

Natural Vegetation

Flora of China Checklist [and Distribution Maps]

Natural Vegetation

Potential land cover simulated by BIOME-LUC in China, Mongolia, and Russia

Vegetation Map of China

- Tibet

Tibet Forest & Vegetation Types

India

India Natural Vegetations

International Map of Vegetation and Environmental Conditions at 1:1,000,000

- Goa

Vegetation Map

- Nilgiri District

India : Vegetation of Nilgiri District

India : Nilgiri district land use (after Pascal et al. 1982, Bellan 1987)

- India, South

Forest Map of South India at 1:250,000 = Carte des forets de l'Inde du Sud au 1/250 000

- Maharashtra

Maharashtra Soil and Vegetation Map

- Western Ghats

Forest Vegetation Maps of Western Ghats

Western Ghats : Biological Richness

Indonesia

Célèbes; Moluques et Seram  (In: Atlas des populations indigènes des forêts denses humides)

Peatland Forests in Indonesia (after Bruenig 1990)

Poverty and Forests in Two Indonesian Islands (Kalimantan and Sulawesi)

Natural Forest Cover Change in Indonesia, 1985-1997 [and related maps]

Natural Forest Cover Change in Indonesia, 1985-1997 [Forests and Logging Concessions]

Vegetation map of Indonesia (1950)

- Irian Jaya

Major Areas of Freshwater Swamp and Mangrove in New Guinea (after Paijmans 1990)

Nouvelle-Guinée Ouest, Nouvelle-Guinée Est = Irian Jaya; Papua New Guinea    (In: Atlas des populations indigènes des forêts denses humides)

- Jambi Province

Vegetation and Protected Forest, Jambi Province

- Krakatoa

Végétation du Krakatoa en 1992

- Raja Ampat Islands

Vegetation of the Raja Ampat Islands, Papua, Indonesia   (Contents: Batanta and Salawati Islands -- Waigeo Island -- Miscol Island -- Kofiau Island)

- Sumatra

Sumatran Montane Rainforests (IM0159)

Natural Forest Cover Change in Indonesia, 1985-1997 [and related maps]

Iraq

Iraq : Former Marshes and Water Diversion Projects in Southeastern Iraq, June 1994

Republic of Iraq : Vegetation

Israel

[Generalized Vegetation Map of Israel]

Japan

Japan : National Actual Vegetation Map

- Hokkaido

Distribution Maps of Vascular Plants in Hokkaido, Japan

Kazakhstan

Kazakhstan -- Haloxylon Forest near Balkhash Lake

Kazakhstan : Original Vegetation Zones

Korea

The Normalized Difference Vegetation Index for Korea

Malaysia

Malaisie peninsulaire  (In: Atlas des populations indigènes des forêts denses humides)

Mekong River Valley

Mekong River Commission for Sustainable Development  (Includes land use maps)

Mongolia

Aggregated Vegetation Distribution in China, Russia and Mongolia

Potential land cover simulated by BIOME-LUC in China, Mongolia, and Russia

Philippines

Philippines  (In: Atlas des populations indigènes des forêts denses humides)

Sri Lanka

Distribution of the Principal Plant Communities in Sri Lanka Physiognomic Vegetation Map of Sri Lanka (Ceylon)  (Journal of Biogeography, v. 2, no. 3, Sept. 1975)

Sri Lanka Land Cover Map

Thailand

Thailand : [Forests]

Vietnam

Land Utilization and Vegetation

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