Reports and data

Mapping and Estimating Vegetation Coverage in Iraqi Kurdistan Region using Remote Sensing and GIS

Author: Applied Remote Sensing & GIS Center, University of Zakho; Ministry of Agriculture and Water Resources, Kurdistan Regional Government

Maps and estimates vegetation cover across the Kurdistan Region using satellite imagery and geographic information systems. Combining work undertaken in Duhok in 2014 with work in Erbil, Sulaymaniyah, Halabja and Garmian in 2015, it presents vegetation distribution by administrative area and elevation. The report supports forest, rangeland and land-management planning.