LULC Type

Definition

Closed forest

Woody vegetation with a minimum mapping unit of 1 hectare and a canopy cover greater than 60% at a height of 5 m.

Closed forest is mostly found in gazetted forest reserves and national Park with a small portion in off reserve sacred groves.

Open forest

Open forest areas are those that have a canopy cover within 15% to 60%. The low canopy cover may be due to excessive timber logging, mining and other environmental factor like bush fires.

Cocoa

Farmlands cultivated with cocoa. It includes cocoa farms without trees (mono cocoa) and those with trees (cocoa agroforestry).

Other Vegetation

Include annual food crop farm, fallowland and other tree crops like oil palm, citrus and rubber.

Settlement/Bare surface

These include areas with no vegetation such as human settlements, barren lands and mined-out areas.