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Land cover of Nepal 2010

Updated Date: 9/8/2020 2:41:38 PM

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 2010 and replicable methodology. The study estimated that 41.9% of Nepal is covered by forests and 27.32% by agriculture. 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.

Land cover of Nepal 2010
Schema iso19139
Purpose Development of baseline information for environmental management.
Descriptive Keyword Land cover, Land use, servircat, icimod-servir (theme) Nepal (place)
Metadata Record Info
Language eng
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Hierarchy Level dataset
Date 2020-09-08T14:41:38
Standard Name ISO 19115:2003/19139
Contact
Name Mr. Sameer Bajracharya Email Sameer.Bajracharya@icimod.org
Organization Name ICIMOD, SERVIR Himalaya Voice 977-1-5275222
Position name Research Associate GIS Address Khumaltar Kathmandu Khumaltar, Lalitpur 3226 Nepal
Role author
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Title Land cover of Nepal 2010
Date 2013-04-12
Date Type publication
Abstract 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 2010 and replicable methodology. The study estimated that 41.9% of Nepal is covered by forests and 27.32% by agriculture. 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.
Purpose Development of baseline information for environmental management.
Status completed
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Topic Category environment
Spatial Representation Type
Spatial Resolution 30
Cited Responsible Parties
Name Mr. Kabir Uddin Email Kabir.Uddin@icimod.org
Organization Name ICIMOD Voice 977-1-5275222
Position name GIS and Remote Sensing Analyst Address Khumaltar Kathmandu Khumaltar, Lalitpur 3226 Nepal
Role author
Geographic Extent
Geographic Extent East 88.19456 Geographic Extent West 80.0522
Geographic Extent North 30.42472 Geographic Extent South 26.36836
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Use Limitation Free to use with attribution to the source. Suggested citation: ICIMOD. (2013). Land cover of Nepal 2010 [Data set]. ICIMOD. https://doi.org/10.26066/rds.9224
Use Limitation Users are permitted to copy, use, adapt, and redistribute SERVIR data without limitations. SERVIR encourages users to keep any adapted or redistributed versions of this data freely available for public use.
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Reference System Information
Code WGS 1984
Data Quality Info
Hierarchy level dataset
Distributor Info
Email metadata@icimod.org Organization Name ICIMOD
Voice 977-1-5275222 Position name Senior Cartographer/GIS Analyst
Address Khumaltar Kathmandu Khumaltar, Lalitpur 3226 Nepal Role distributor
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