ce535cef-842e-4875-ad80-26760900cec0 English ISO/IEC 8859-1 (also known as Latin 1) dataset dataset NERC EDS Environmental Information Data Centre Lancaster Environment Centre, Library Avenue, Bailrigg Lancaster LA1 4AP UK info@eidc.ac.uk https://eidc.ac.uk/ EIDC website The Environmental Information Data Centre (EIDC) is the UK's national data centre for terrestrial and freshwater sciences. information pointOfContact 2025-11-13T16:27:24 UK GEMINI 2.3 WGS 84 Very high resolution derived land cover/use classifications for the Corridor Ankeniheny-Zahamena (CAZ), Madagascar 2017-03-10 publication https://catalogue.ceh.ac.uk/id/ce535cef-842e-4875-ad80-26760900cec0 10.5285/ce535cef-842e-4875-ad80-26760900cec0 doi: Horning, N., Hewson, J. (2017). Very high resolution derived land cover/use classifications for the Corridor Ankeniheny-Zahamena (CAZ), Madagascar. NERC Environmental Information Data Centre 10.5285/ce535cef-842e-4875-ad80-26760900cec0 The products capture current land use/cover for four areas of interest in Corridor Ankeniheny Zahamena (CAZ) generated based on very high resolution imagery (SPOT 6). Field-based training and validation data were used and supervised classifications created using Random Forest classifier. Full details about this dataset can be found at https://doi.org/10.5285/ce535cef-842e-4875-ad80-26760900cec0 Hewson, J. Betty and Gordon Moore Center for Science, Conservation International jhewson@conservation.org pointOfContact Horning, N. American Museum of Natural History horning@amnh.org author Hewson, J. Betty and Gordon Moore Center for Science, Conservation International jhewson@conservation.org author NERC Environmental Information Data Centre info@eidc.ac.uk publisher NERC EDS Environmental Information Data Centre info@eidc.ac.uk custodian notPlanned Madagascar Ankeniheny Zahamena forest corridor GeoNames 2006-01-01 creation Land cover Land use otherRestrictions no limitations otherRestrictions This resource is made available under the terms of the Open Government Licence otherRestrictions If you reuse this data, you should cite: Horning, N., Hewson, J. (2017). Very high resolution derived land cover/use classifications for the Corridor Ankeniheny-Zahamena (CAZ), Madagascar. NERC Environmental Information Data Centre https://doi.org/10.5285/ce535cef-842e-4875-ad80-26760900cec0 grid 1.5 English utf8 environment planningCadastre 2013-01-01 2013-12-31 48.202 49.152 -18.989 -17.434 TIFF NERC EDS Environmental Information Data Centre info@eidc.ac.uk distributor https://data-package.ceh.ac.uk/data/ce535cef-842e-4875-ad80-26760900cec0 Download the data Download a copy of this data download https://data-package.ceh.ac.uk/sd/ce535cef-842e-4875-ad80-26760900cec0.zip Supporting information Supporting information available to assist in re-use of this dataset information dataset dataset Commission Regulation (EU) No 1089/2010 of 23 November 2010 implementing Directive 2007/2/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards interoperability of spatial data sets and services 2010-12-08 The study extent aims to capture the drivers of deforestation in the Corridor Ankeniheny-Zahamena (CAZ). Multiple variables were incorporated into the sampling design, including elevation, slope, bioclimate zone, length of dry season, soil type, deforestation history (by epoch and elevation), and access. Based on the above criteria, four Zones of Interest (ZOIs) were identified and modified in an iterative approach involving preliminary reconnaissance work, information on access provided by partners, and initial analyses of spatial data layers. Current land use/cover classifications were generated for each ZOI based on very high resolution imagery from SPOT 6. Field data collected by Work Package (WP) 2 and 4--which are impacts on hydrological benefits of alternative Payments for Ecosystem Services (PES) approaches and impacts on carbon storage/sequestration of alternative PES approaches--were used as training data. Supervised classifications were created using Random Forest classifier.