Land Cover Change in Great Limpopo 2015-2024 (vector) - version 1, Feb. 2026

This metadata refers to the Land Cover Change vector data generated over Great Limpopo (Africa) for in the framework of the High Resolution Hot Spot Monitoring Phase 2 contract under the coordination of JRC. This area of interest is either mapped with the detailed modular legend. The mapped area of interest (AOI) represents a Key Landscape for Conservation and Development area (KLCD). The Great Limpopo trans frontier park involves three different parks: Kruger National Park (South Africa), Limpopo National Park (Mozambique) and Gonarezhou National Park (Zimbabwe). The memorandum of understanding for the creation of conservation area was signed on November 2000. The floodplains of the Limpopo River are fertile and heavily populated. The southern hemisphere sees its rainy season, where precipitation exceeds 60 mm, roughly from October to March, and its dry one from around April to September. The area around the park is dense of villages and the agriculture is the primary activity. Reference time: 2015 - 2024