Series: Potential Natural Vegetation of Eastern Africa

An 11 volume series documents the potential natural vegetation map developed by the VECEA project.

Volume 1

In Volume 1, we present the potential natural vegetation map that we developed for seven countries in eastern Africa. In Volume 1, we also introduce the concept of potential natural vegetation and give an overview of different application domains of the VECEA map.

Volumes 2 to 5

Volumes 2 to 5 describe potential natural vegetation types, also in­cluding lists of the “useful tree species” that are expected to natural­ly occur in each vegetation type – and therefore also expected to be adapted to the environmental conditions where the vegetation types are depicted to occur on the map.

Volume 6

Volume 6 gives details about the process that we followed in mak­ing the VECEA map.

Volume 7

Volume 7 shows the results of modelling the distribution of poten­tial natural vegetation types for six potential future climates.

Volume 8

Volume 8 provides a national atlas for Kenya.

Volume 9

Volume 9. Atlas and Tree Species Composition for Rwanda.

Volume 10

Volume 10. Atlas and Tree Species Composition for Tanzania.

Volume 11

Volume 11. Atlas and Tree Species Composition for Uganda

Volume 1
Potential Natural Vegetation of Eastern Africa (Ethiopia, Kenya, Malawi, Rwanda, Tanzania, Uganda and Zambia). Volume 1: The Atlas
Lillesø, J. B., van Breugel, P., Kindt, R., Bingham, M., Demissew, S., Dudley, C., Friis, I., Gachathi, F., Kalema, J., Mbago, F., Minani, V., Moshi, H., Mulumba, J., Namaganda, M., Ndangalasi, H., Ruffo, C., Jamnadass, R. & Graudal, L. O. V. 2011 61 ed. Forest & Landscape, University of Copenhagen. 155 p. (Forest & Landscape Working Papers; 61).
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Volume 2
Potential Natural Vegetation of Eastern Africa (Ethiopia, Kenya, Malawi, Rwanda, Tanzania, Uganda and Zambia). VOLUME 2: Description and Tree Species Composition for Forest Potential Natural Vegetation types
Kindt, R., van Breugel, P., Lillesø, J. B., Bingham, M., Demissew, S., Dudley, C., Friis, I., Gachathi, F., Kalema, J., Mbago, F., Minani, V., Moshi, H., Mulumba, J., Namaganda, M., Ndangalasi, H., Ruffo, C., Jamnadass, R. & Graudal, L. O. V. 2011 62 ed. Forest & Landscape, University of Copenhagen. 232 p. (Forest & Landscape Working Papers; 62).

Forest 1 (pdf)

Forest 2 (pdf)

Forest 3 (pdf)

Forest 4 (pdf)
Volume 3
Potential Natural Vegetation of Eastern Africa (Ethiopia, Kenya, Malawi, Rwanda, Tanzania, Uganda and Zambia). VOLUME 3: Description and Tree Species Composition for Woodland and Wooded Grassland Potential Natural Vegetation Types
Kindt, R., van Breugel, P., Lillesø, J. B., Bingham, M., Demissew, S., Dudley, C., Friis, I., Gachathi, F., Kalema, J., Mbago, F., Minani, V., Moshi, H., Mulumba, J., Namaganda, M., Ndangalasi, H., Ruffo, C., Jamnadass, R. & Graudal, L. O. V. 2011 63 ed. Forest & Landscape, University of Copenhagen. 176 p. (Forest & Landscape Working Paper; 63).

Woodlands 1 (pdf)

Woodlands 2 (pdf)

Woodlands 3 (pdf)
Volume 4
Potential Natural Vegetation of Eastern Africa (Ethiopia, Kenya, Malawi, Rwanda, Tanzania, Uganda and Zambia). VOLUME 4: Description and Tree Species Composition for Bushland and Thicket Potential Natural Vegetation Types
Kindt, R., van Breugel, P., Lillesø, J. B., Bingham, M., Demissew, S., Dudley, C., Friis, I., Gachathi, F., Kalema, J., Mbago, F., Minani, V., Moshi, H., Mulumba, J., Namaganda, M., Ndangalasi, H., Ruffo, C., Jamnadass, R. & Graudal, L. O. V. 2011 64 ed. Forest & Landscape, University of Copenhagen. 110 p. (Forest & Landscape Working Papers; 64).
Bushland (pdf)
Volume 5
Potential Natural Vegetation of Eastern Africa (Ethiopia, Kenya, Malawi, Rwanda, Tanzania, Uganda and Zambia). VOLUME 5: Description and Tree Species Composition for Other Potential Natural Vegetation Types (Vegetation Types other than Forests, Woodlands, Wooded Grasslands, Bushlands and Thickets)
Kindt, R., Lillesø, J. B., van Breugel, P., Bingham, M., Demissew, S., Dudley, C., Friis, I., Gachathi, F., Kalema, J., Mbago, F., Minani, V., Moshi, H., Mulumba, J., Namaganda, M., Ndangalasi, H., Ruffo, C., Jamnadass, R. & Graudal, L. O. V. 2011 65 ed. Forest & Landscape, University of Copenhagen. 131 p. (Forest & Landscape Working Papers; 65).
Other Potential Natural Vegetation Types (pdf)
Volume 6
Potential Natural Vegetation of Eastern Africa (Ethiopia, Kenya, Malawi, Rwanda, Tanzania, Uganda and Zambia). VOLUME 6: An Overview of The Methods and Material Used to Develop The Map
van Breugel, P., Kindt, R., Lillesø, J. B., Bingham, M., Demissew, S., Dudley, C., Friis, I., Gachathi, F., Kalema, J., Mbago, F., Minani, V., Moshi, H., Mulumba, J., Namaganda, M., Ndangalasi, H., Ruffo, C., Védaste, M., Jamnadass, R. & Graudal, L. O. V. 2011 68 ed. Forest & Landscape, University of Copenhagen. 139 p. (Forest & Landscape Working Papers; 68).
Overview of Methods and Material (pdf)
Volume 7
Potential Natural Vegetation of Eastern Africa (Ethiopia, Kenya, Malawi, Rwanda, Tanzania, Uganda and Zambia). VOLUME 7: Projected Distributions of Potential Natural Vegetation Types and Two Important Agroforestry Species (Prunus Africana and Warburgia Ugandensis) for Six Possible Future Climates
van Breugel, P., Kindt, R., Lillesø, J. B., Bingham, M., Demissew, S., Dudley, C., Friis, I., Gachathi, F., Kalema, J., Mbago, F., Minani, V., Moshi, H., Mulumba, J., Namaganda, M., Ndangalasi, H., Ruffo, C., Jamnadass, R. & Graudal, L. O. V. 2011 69 ed. Forest & Landscape, University of Copenhagen. 63 p. (Forest & Landscape Working Papers; 69).
Projected Distribution (pdf)
Volume 8
Potential Natural Vegetation of Eastern Africa (Ethiopia, Kenya, Malawi, Rwanda, Tanzania, Uganda and Zambia) VOLUME 8: Atlas and Tree Species Composition for Kenya
R. Kindt, P. van Breugel, J-P.B. Lillesø, F. Gachathi, W. Omondi, R. Jamnadass and L. Graudal 2014. Department of Geosciences and Natural Resource Management,  University of Copenhagen. 194 pp. (IGN Report / Department of Geosciences and Natural Resource Management; 2014)
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Volume 9
Potential natural vegetation of eastern Africa.: Volume 9. Atlas and Tree Species Composition for Rwanda.
R. Kindt, P. van Breugel, J-P.B. Lillesø, V. Minani, C.K. Ruffo, J. Gapusi, R. Jamnadass and L. Graudal (IGN Report / Department of Geosciences and Natural Resource Management; 2014)
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Volume 10
Potential natural vegetation of eastern Africa (Ethiopia, Kenya, Malawi, Rwanda, Tanzania, Uganda and Zambia): Volume 10. Atlas and Tree Species Composition for Tanzania.
J-P.B. Lillesø, P. van Breugel, R. Kindt, F. Mbago, H.N. Moshi, H.J. Ndangalasi, L.O.N. Uronu, R. Jamnadass and L. Graudal (IGN Report / Department of Geosciences and Natural Resource Management; 2014)
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Volume 11
Potential natural vegetation of eastern Africa (Ethiopia, Kenya, Malawi, Rwanda, Tanzania, Uganda and Zambia): Volume 11. Atlas and Tree Species Composition for Uganda
P. van Breugel, R. Kindt, J-P.B. Lillesø, J. Kalema, J. Mulumba, M. Namaganda, M. Malinga, J.F.O. Esegu, R. Jamnadass and L. Graudal (IGN Report / Department of Geosciences and Natural Resource Management; 2014)
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