EEA geospatial data catalogue
Reference Land Cover Change in Kundelungu-Upemba 2000-2016 (vector) - version 1, Nov. 2019
This metadata refers to the Land Cover Change vector data generated over Kundelungu-Upemba (Africa) in the framework of the Copernicus Global Land Hot Spot Mapping (C-GL-HSM) contract under the coordination of JRC. This area of interest is either mapped with the generic 8 classes dichotomus legend (CAF_11_lcc_a) or the detailed modular legend (CAF_11_lcc_b) .
The mapped area of interest (AOI) represents a key landscape for conservation area (KLC).
The KLC has a total size of 4,731,810 ha (47,318.1 km²) and is comprised by the Kundelungu Upemba National Parks complex. The Upemba National Park in the northern part of the KLC has a reported area of 1,367,365 ha (13,673.65 km²) while the Kundelungu National Park in the southern sector of the KLC has an area of 823,636 ha (8236.36 km²).
Reference time: 2000 - 2016
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Identification info
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Date (Creation)
- 2019-11-14
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Date (Publication)
- 2019-11-14
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Date (Revision)
- 2019-11-14
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Edition
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01.00
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Citation identifier
- jrc_v_4326_30_m_c-gl-hsm-kundelungu-upemba_p_2000-2016_v01_r00
Identifier
- Point of contact
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Organisation Individual Electronic mail address Website Role European Commission
OwnerCopernicus Land Monitoring Service
CustodianEuropean Commission's Joint Research Centre
PublisherCopernicus Land Monitoring Service helpdesk
Point of contact
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Spatial representation type
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Vector
Spatial resolution
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Spatial resolution
- 30 m
Spatial resolution
Equivalent scale
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Denominator
- 30000
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Topic category
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Geoscientific information
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Environment
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Imagery base maps earth cover
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Extent
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Temporal extent
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Time period
- 2000-01-01 2016-12-31
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Maintenance and update frequency
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Not planned
- GEMET - INSPIRE themes, version 1.0
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Land cover
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Human health and safety
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- Continents, countries, sea regions of the world.
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Democratic Republic of the Congo
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Africa
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- GEMET
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landscape
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land use
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land cover
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landscape alteration
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land
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- EEA topics
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Environmental health impacts
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Land use
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- Temporal resolution
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Not planned
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Resource constraints
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Access constraints
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Other restrictions
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Other constraints
- no limitations to public access
Resource constraints
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Use constraints
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Other restrictions
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Other constraints
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The Copernicus component is governed by Regulation (EU) No 2021/696 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 28 April 2021 establishing the Union Space Programme and the European Union Agency for the Space Programme and repealing Regulations (EU) No 912/2010, (EU) No 1285/2013 and (EU) No 377/2014 and Decision No 541/2014/EU. Within the Copernicus component, a portfolio of land monitoring activities has been delegated by the European Union to the European Environment Agency (EEA) and the DG Joint Research Centre of the European Commission.
The Copernicus land monitoring products and services are made available on a principle of full, open and free access, as established by the Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) No 1159/2013 of 12 July 2013.
Free, full and open access to the products and services of the Copernicus Land Monitoring Service is made on the conditions that:
1. When distributing or communicating Copernicus Land Monitoring Service products and services (data, software scripts, web services, user and methodological documentation and similar) to the public, users shall inform the public of the source of these products and services.
2. Where the Copernicus Land Monitoring Service products and services have been adapted or modified by the user, the user shall clearly state this.
3. Users shall make sure not to convey the impression to the public that the user's activities are officially endorsed by the European Union.
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Language
- English
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Character encoding
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UTF8
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Additional Information
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The Upemba National Park is one of the oldest parks in Africa, established in 1939. In 2017 in order to improve the management of both parks the Kundelungu Upemba National Parks complex was established. The two parks are characterised by a wide diversity of habitats, including a full transitional gradient from highland steppe through miombo woodland to both wooded and grassland savannah and areas distinguished by rivers, waterfalls (the Lofoi Falls are one of the largest in Africa), wetlands and gallery forests.
This in the past almost “forgotten park” suffered substantially from illegal poaching and bushmeat hunting. Nevertheless, many species remain and the park is a refuge for the last savannah elephants in the region as well as the last zebras in Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). Other notable species include the endemic Upemba lechwe, roan antelope, black sable, buffalo, leopard, giant ground hornbill and many other bird species ( https://africanconservation.org/).
The World Database on Protected Areas (WDPA 2019) has been used in the Copernicus Global Land Hot Spot mapping (C-GL-HSM) contract under the coordination of JRC to obtain statistics on land cover changes inside and outside the protected areas.
To see how much of the Key Landscapes for Conservation area is a Protected Area, consult the WMS service found at the Service section of this metadata.
Distribution Information
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Distribution format
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SHP
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OnLine resource
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Kundelungu-Upemba – Dichotomous and Modular Reference Land Cover Change
CAF_11_lcc_a and CAF_11_lcc_b files
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OnLine resource
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all_lcc_a_pol
Kundelungu-Upemba – Dichotomous Reference Land Cover Change
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OnLine resource
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HotSpot Land Cover Change Explorer
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OnLine resource
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all_lcc_b_pol
Kundelungu-Upemba – Modular Reference Land Cover Change
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OnLine resource
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Validation file for download
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OnLine resource
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Report file for download
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OnLine resource
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protected_areas
World Protected Areas 2019 (vector) - version 1
Data quality info
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Hierarchy level
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Dataset
Report
Result
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Title
- 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
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Date (Publication)
- 2010-12-08
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Explanation
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See the referenced specification
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Pass
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Resource lineage
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Statement
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e-GEOS Production Site produced this product by satellite analyses in the context of the Copernicus Global land Hot Spot Mapping (C-GL-HSM) framework.
Data and products are based on medium to high and very high resolution satellite images (from approximately 1 to 30m spatial resolution) with a change assessment frequency between 1 to 20 years. The Image data sources used for mapping are Landsat 7 and 8. The validation process made use of Spot-6 and Sentinel-2 images as reference data.
Images temporal range: 1997-2003
It is the time frame that has been accepted to collect the satellite images useful to produces the vector data.
The Reference year is included in this time frame and correspond to mean year considering all the image’s year used. It is the year on which the majority of the used images are.
The classification scheme follows the Land Cover Classification System (LCCS) developed by the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO).
Since LCCS is a hierarchical system, the modular legend can be aggregated to the dichotomus legend.
The FAO LCCS handbook which describes each class in detail, can be downloaded here: http://www.fao.org/3/a-i5232e.pdf
This LCCS Land Cover map includes the following land cover classes (associated raster code in [ ]):
A11 - Cultivated and Managed Terrestrial Area(s) [3]
A12 - Natural And Semi-Natural Primarily Terrestrial Vegetation [4]
A23 - Cultivated Aquatic or Regularly Flooded Area(s) [6]
A24 - Natural And Semi-Natural Aquatic or Regularly Flooded Vegetation [7]
B15 - Artificial Surfaces and Associated Area(s) [0]
B16 - Bare Area(s) [11]
B27 - Artificial Waterbodies, Snow and Ice [13]
B28 - Natural Waterbodies, Snow and Ice [14]
The produced and independently validated Land Cover and Land Cover Change maps and statistics are available to global users.
The report and the validation file can be downloaded from the link section.
Basic image processing: Cloud/Shadow masking, Data Selction (based on occlusion and sesonality considerations), Atmospheric correction (TOA) of satellite data, Coregistration.
Automatic classification: Feature extraction from Dense Multitemporal Time Series (D MTS), statistics generation, automatic classificaiton (ROI based or decision tree) and labeling according to the required output LCCS legend schema.
Visual inspection and refiment: check and refinement of the LCCS product generated through the automatic procedure in order to corrected classification errors and to refine borders where necessary.
Internal validation: independent validation of the LCCS product based on external reference data (where available) and on other datasets for intercomparison. The scope of the internal validation is to make a qualitative and quantitavie check of the declared Thematic and Positional accuracies.
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Hierarchy level
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Dataset
Reference System Information
Reference System Information
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Code
- EPSG:4326
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Maintenance and update frequency
Metadata
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Metadata identifier
- 0158d9e9-3cd4-4205-b955-18e89f479f35
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Language
- English
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Character encoding
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UTF8
- Contact
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Organisation Individual Electronic mail address Website Role Copernicus Land Monitoring Service
Point of contact
Type of resource
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Resource type
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Dataset
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Metadata linkage
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https://sdi.eea.europa.eu/catalogue/srv/api/records/0158d9e9-3cd4-4205-b955-18e89f479f35
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Date info (Creation)
- 2023-01-10T12:12:12.593Z
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Date info (Revision)
- 2025-10-09T10:34:09.049452Z
Metadata standard
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Title
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ISO 19115/19139
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Edition
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1.0
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