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Online Vegetation and Plant Distribution Maps: Asia

Lists of online vegetation maps from website titled "Checklist of Online Vegetation and Plant Distribution Maps." These lists of links are no longer being actively maintained and are provided for archival purposes only.

Asia

Asia (see also Eurasia)

Asia

Eastern Asia Temperate Forest and Protected Areas  (Map 10 UNEP-WCMC)
Global Ecological Zones, Asia
Vegetation Index Map of Asia (1986, 1990, 1993)
Western Asia Temperate Forest and Protected Areas

Asia, Central

Asia : Distribution of Dry Forests in Tropical Central Asia
Biodiversity in Central Asia
Mountains and Mountain Forests Middle East and Central Asia  (UNEP-WCMC)

Asia, East

Mountains and Mountain Forests Far East  (UNEP-WCMC)

Asia, South

Mountains and Mountain Forests Continental South and Southeast Asia  (UNEP-WCMC)

Asia, Southeast

Classification, Southeast Asia from AVHRR 1992/1993
Cloud Forest Sites in South-east Asia  (Covers also New Guinea, Australia and surrounding islands, UNEP-WCMC)
Forest Cover Map of Continental Southeast Asia
Forest Cover Map of Insular Southeast Asia
Geographical Distribution of Biomass Carbon in Tropical Southeast Asian Forests: A Database  (Includes: Potential carbon densities in forests; Vegetation type; Ecofloristic zone classification; Actual carbon densities in forests)
Mangrove plant diversity in Southeast and East Asia  (UNEP/GEF SCS)
Mountains and Mountain Forests Continental South and Southeast Asia  (UNEP-WCMC)
Mountains and Mountain Forests Insular Southeast Asia  (UNEP-WCMC)
Optimisation of mosaicking techniques of VGT data for vegetation mapping in South East Asia (11.6 MB) [includes Mekong River Commission 1997 forest cover map (Based on TM Classification)
Remote Sensing Mosaics of Southeast Asia from AVHRR 1992/1993

Afghanistan

Afghanistan: Drought and Vegetation
Afghanistan : Eastern Forest Cover, Land Cover Classification, Deforestation in Eastern Forest Complex
Afghanistan Land Cover 2002
Afghanistan Provinces Forest Change: Badghis, 1977-2002
Afghanistan Provinces Forest Change: Takhar and Kunduz, 1977-2002
Afghanistan Provinces Woodland: Badghis, 1977 and 2002
Afghanistan Provinces Woodland: Nuristan, Kunar, Nagarhar, 1977 and 2002
Afghanistan Provinces Woodland: Takhar and Kunduz, 1977 and 2002
Kabul, Land Cover Changes 1986-2002

Armenia

Forests in the Caucus Region

Borneo

Bornéo Nord, Bornéo Sud  (In: Atlas des populations indigènes des forêts denses humides)
Extent of Deforestation in Borneo 1950-2005, and Projection Towards 2020

Burma

Forest Cover in Burma, 1985

Cambodia

Cambodia Atlas  (Includes layers showing community forestry, seed source sites, terrestrial vegetation and landuse patterns, protected areas and forests, forest cover (various years), forest disturbance; by Royal Danish Embassy, Danish International Development Assistance)

China

Aggregated Vegetation Distribution in China, Russia and Mongolia
Natural Vegetation
Flora of China Checklist [and Distribution Maps]
Natural Vegetation
Potential land cover simulated by BIOME-LUC in China, Mongolia, and Russia
[China] : three nature reserves (Changqing, Foping, Guanyinshan) in the southern slope of the Qinling Mountains.
Vegetation Map of China

- Tibet

Tibet Forest & Vegetation Types

India

India Natural Vegetations
International Map of Vegetation and Environmental Conditions at 1:1,000,000

- Goa

Vegetation Map

- Nilgiri District

India : Vegetation of Nilgiri District
India : Nilgiri district land use (after Pascal et al. 1982, Bellan 1987)

- India, South

Forest Map of South India at 1:250,000 = Carte des forets de l'Inde du Sud au 1/250 000

- Maharashtra

Maharashtra Soil and Vegetation Map

- Western Ghats

Forest Vegetation Maps of Western Ghats
Western Ghats : Biological Richness

Indonesia

Célèbes; Moluques et Seram  (In: Atlas des populations indigènes des forêts denses humides)
Peatland Forests in Indonesia (after Bruenig 1990)
Poverty and Forests in Two Indonesian Islands (Kalimantan and Sulawesi)
Natural Forest Cover Change in Indonesia, 1985-1997 [and related maps]
Natural Forest Cover Change in Indonesia, 1985-1997 [Forests and Logging Concessions]
Vegetation map of Indonesia (1950)

- Irian Jaya

Major Areas of Freshwater Swamp and Mangrove in New Guinea (after Paijmans 1990)
Nouvelle-Guinée Ouest, Nouvelle-Guinée Est = Irian Jaya; Papua New Guinea    (In: Atlas des populations indigènes des forêts denses humides)

- Jambi Province

Vegetation and Protected Forest, Jambi Province

- Krakatoa

Végétation du Krakatoa en 1992

- Sumatra

Sumatran Montane Rainforests (IM0159)
Natural Forest Cover Change in Indonesia, 1985-1997 [and related maps]

Iraq

Iraq : Former Marshes and Water Diversion Projects in Southeastern Iraq, June 1994
Republic of Iraq : Vegetation

Israel

[Generalized Vegetation Map of Israel]

Japan

Japan : National Actual Vegetation Map
A Study on Tempo-spatial Change of Interaction Between the Human Activity and Paleo Environment in Jomon Period, Japan

- Hokkaido

Distribution Maps of Vascular Plants in Hokkaido, Japan

Kazakhstan

Kazakhstan -- Haloxylon Forest near Balkhash Lake
Kazakhstan : Original Vegetation Zones

Korea

The Normalized Difference Vegetation Index for Korea

Malaysia

Malaisie peninsulaire  (In: Atlas des populations indigènes des forêts denses humides)

Mekong River Valley

Mekong River Commission for Sustainable Development  (Includes land use maps)

Mongolia

Aggregated Vegetation Distribution in China, Russia and Mongolia
Potential land cover simulated by BIOME-LUC in China, Mongolia, and Russia

Philippines

Bio-Physical Influences on the Dupinga Watershed and Gabaldon Valley  (In: Poffenberger, M. and McGean, B. (eds.) (1993). Upland Philippine Communities: Guardians of the Final Forest Frontiers)
Dupinga Watershed  (In: Poffenberger, M. and McGean, B. (eds.) (1993). Upland Philippine Communities: Guardians of the Final Forest Frontiers)
Forest Cover in Upper Pulangi: 1987  (In: Poffenberger, M. and McGean, B. (eds.) (1993). Upland Philippine Communities: Guardians of the Final Forest Frontiers)
Historical Forest Maps of Dupinga Watershed  (In: Poffenberger, M. and McGean, B. (eds.) (1993). Upland Philippine Communities: Guardians of the Final Forest Frontiers)
Major Wathersheds and Forest Cover of the Philippines 1987-1988  (In: Poffenberger, M. and McGean, B. (eds.) (1993). Upland Philippine Communities: Guardians of the Final Forest Frontiers)
Philippines  (In: Atlas des populations indigènes des forêts denses humides)
Vegetation Map of the Dupinga Watershed  (In: Poffenberger, M. and McGean, B. (eds.) (1993). Upland Philippine Communities: Guardians of the Final Forest Frontiers)

Sri Lanka

Distribution of the Principal Plant Communities in Sri Lanka Physiognomic Vegetation Map of Sri Lanka (Ceylon)  (Journal of Biogeography, v. 2, no. 3, Sept. 1975)
Sri Lanka Land Cover Map

Thailand

Thailand : [Forests]

Vietnam

Land Utilization and Vegetation

Index

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Pacific

Arctic (Polar Regions)

Guide History

Original title of website: Checklist of Online Vegetation and Plant Distribution Maps

Compiled by Claire Englander (1996-2013).  Founding co-compiler Philip Hoehn (1996-2009).   With thanks to Phyllis Bischof, Ed Colijn, Rheal Coupal, John Creaser, Larry Cruse, Joe Dalton, Hugh Eva, Vic Fazio, Xavier Font Castell, Steve Glenn, Lawrence Hislop, Robert Hoare, Michael Jennings, Stephen Killeffer, Brian Klinkenberg, Raino Lampinen, Andrew Lillie, David MacDevette, Philippe Mayaux, Justin Moat, Jim Moore, Tom Owens, Scott Sundberg, Thomas A. Stone, Urs-Beat Brändli, Rob Waller, Hugh D.Wilson and George Wooten.

Maps are no longer being added to or deleted from these lists - the lists are maintained in this guide for archival purposes only.

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