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Tropical Montane Cloud Forest


Cloudforest Home What are Cloud Forests Maps Resources

Cloud Forest Maps

UNEP-WCMC produced in 2004 the first global maps of potential cloud forest distribution at regional levels.

Research by Kings College London and AMBIOTEK has produced a pan-tropical modelled distribution of cloud-affected forests available at www.ambiotek.com/cloudforests/

UNEP WCMC Maps index

1  Americas -

Potential cloud forest distribution

Methodology

2  Americas -

Sites recorded in the UNEP-WCMC cloud forest database

Methodology

3  Americas -

Potential cloud forest distribution and sites recorded in the UNEP-WCMC cloud forest database

  

4  Africa -

Potential cloud forest distribution

Methodology

5  Africa -

Sites recorded in the UNEP-WCMC cloud forest database

Methodology

6  Africa -

Potential cloud forest distribution and sites recorded in the UNEP-WCMC cloud forest database

7  Asia Pacific -

Potential cloud forest distribution

Methodology

8  Asia Pacific -

Sites recorded in the UNEP-WCMC cloud forest database

Methodology

9  Asia Pacific -

Potential cloud forest distribution and sites recorded in the UNEP-WCMC cloud forest database

  

Disclaimer - The material and geographic designations in the maps do not imply the expression of any opinion whatsoever on the part of UNEP-WCMC concerning the legal status of any country, territory, or area, or concerning the delimitation of its frontiers or boundaries. © UNEP-WCMC, 2004.

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