vegetationmap4africa

Select tree speciesin a web browser

By: Roeland Kindt, World Agroforestry Centre (ICRAF), 2015

Open the map from the species selection tool or the webmaps page

Select tree species in a web browser

Open the map from the species selection tool or the webmaps page

Select tree species in a web browser

Select tree species in a web browser

Open the map from the species selection tool or the webmaps page

Select tree species in a web browser

Get familiar with the options to view the vegetationmap4africa (1) such as full screen viewing (2)1

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Go to the full screen version of the map (optional)

Select tree species in a web browser

Zoom to your area of interest (1)

Select tree species in a web browser

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Select tree species in a web browser

Double clicking within your area of interest (1) results in a pop-up window with hyperlink to a factsheet (2)

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Select tree species in a web browser

Consult the factsheet for the potential natural vegetation type at your area of interest

Select tree species in a web browser

The vegetation fact sheet contains information on dominant, characteristic and other species present

Select tree species in a web browser

Clicking on any of the species names takes you to the Agroforestry Species Switchboard. Click on the hyperlinks to obtain information on the selected species in linked database (1).

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Select tree species in a web browser

One of the databases linked to the Agroforestry Species Switchboard is the PROTA4U

Select tree species in a web browser

Select subsets of species that provide specific products or environmental services

Select tree species in a web browser

An interactive Excel document (that also can be opened in OpenOffice) allows for multi criteria selection

Select tree species in a web browser

An interactive Excel document (that also can be opened in OpenOffice) allows for multi criteria selection

Select tree species in a web browser

Enable editing to select subsets of suitable species (1)

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Select tree species in a web browser

Select a subset of species that provide timber, furniture or construction wood (1).Select cells with ‘x’ or ‘p’ (‘p’ indicates that not all references documented the product or service) (2).

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Application of the timber filter (1) selects a subset of 81 tree species (2)

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Select tree species in a web browser

Select a subset of species that provide edible fruits, nuts or seeds(1).Select cells with ‘x’ or ‘p’ (‘p’ indicates that not all references documented the product or service) (2).

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Select tree species in a web browser

Sort the subset of species according to the PROTA star rating for Timber Use (optional)

Select tree species in a web browser

Select a final subset of species with PROTA star rating 3 for Timber Use and star rating 2 for Fruit Use (optional)