Land cover of Nepal 2000

Land cover and its change analysis across the Hindu Kush Himalayan (HKH) region is realized as an urgent need to support diverse issues of environmental conservation. This study presents the first and most complete national land cover database of Nepal prepared using public domain Landsat TM data of 2000 and replicable methodology. The study estimated that 41.64% of Nepal is covered by forests and 27.77% by agriculture. Physiographic regions wise forest fragmentation analysis revealed specific conservation requirements for productive hill and mid mountain regions. Comparative analysis with Landsat TM based global land cover product showed difference of the order of 30-60% among different land cover classes stressing the need for significant improvements for national level adoption. The online web based land cover validation tool is developed for continual improvement of land cover product. The potential use of the data set for national and regional level sustainable land use planning strategies and meeting several global commitments also highlighted.

Date ( Publication ): 2014-10-31

Author

ICIMOD - Mr. Kabir Uddin ( GIS and Remote Sensing Analyst )

Nepal

977-1-5275222

Purpose: Development of baseline information for environmental management.

Status: Completed

Maintenance and update frequency: As needed

Keywords ( Theme )

Land cover
Land use
servircat
icimod-servir

Keywords ( Place )

Nepal

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Use limitation: Free to use with attribution to the source. Suggested citation: ICIMOD. (2014). Land cover of Nepal 2000 [Data set]. ICIMOD. https://doi.org/10.26066/rds.19590

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Geoscientific information

Reference system identifier: WGS 1984

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