Reference Land Cover in WAPOK 2017-2019 (vector) - version 1, April 2020

This metadata refers to the Land Cover vector data generated over WAPOK (Africa) for 2017 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 (WAF_04_lc_a) or the detailed modular legend (WAF_04_lc_b). The mapped area of interest (AOI) represents a Key Landscape for Conservation area (KLC). This transboundary KLC has a total size of almost 5.8 million ha (58,000 km²) and is situated between the countries of Ghana, Togo, Benin, Burkina Faso, and Niger. It includes several areas under protection grouped under the W-Arly-Pendjari Complex (WAPOK). The Oti-Kéran National Park and Oti-Mandouri fauna reserve in Togo are not directly part of the WAPOK Complex, however an existing plan is to integrate the Oti-Kéran / Oti-Mandouri Complex (OKM) with the WAPOK Complex in the context of ecosystems transboundary management. Reference time: 2017 - 2019