Digital grid data of Land use of Myanmar. This dataset is created using Satellite image of Myanmar.

Digital data of Land use of RDT Centre of Bhutan. This dataset is prepared by ICIMOD based on ground survey 2008.

Digital data of Land use of Nepal. This dataset is created using Land use Maps of 50000 scale published by Land Resource Mapping Project (LRMP), Dept. of Survey Kathmandu, Nepal in 1984.

Digital dataset of Land use of Lamjung district, Nepal. This dataset is created using Land use map published by Land Resource Mapping Project (LRMP), Department of Survey, Nepal 1986.

Digital dataset of Land use of Dhading district, Nepal. This dataset is created using 1:50,000 scale Land use map of Land published by Land Resource Mapping Project (LRMP), Dept. of Survey, Nepal 1984.

Land cover data of Hindu Kush Himalayan region of Pakistan for 1990. This dataset is created using the LandSat 30 meter spatial resolution satellite image of 1990.

Land cover data of Hindu Kush Himalayan region of Myanmar for 2010. This dataset is created using the LandSat 30 meter spatial resolution satellite image of 2010 and includes land cover information for Chin, Kachin, Rakhine and Shan states of Myanmar.

Land cover data of Greater Chittagong, Bangladesh for 2010. This dataset is created using the LandSat 30 meter spatial resolution satellite image of 2000.

Land cover data of Greater Chittagong, Bangladesh for 1989. This dataset is created using the LandSat 30 meter spatial resolution satellite image of 1989.

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.