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. |