Fig 4. LPB-RAP module LULCC_RAP allocation procedure.

The diagram shows the RAP allocation procedure within the landscape previously simulated in LULCC_mplc per consecutive time step. The algorithm procedure is additionally steered by the user in the form of the user-defined targeted net forest increment in percent and the defined additional other ecosystem pixels map, besides user-defined and user-selected degradation classes to be simulated with RAP-LUT25. Targeted net forest and other ecosystems input maps derived from the initial simulation year depict the target status which should be restored (e.g., incorporating a 3% increase for net forest extents). To incorporate the potential climate change impact element, the calculation is conducted for each time step according to the current drawn potential natural vegetation map. Note that this approach does not simulate afforestation for non-forest biome pixels.