Table 1. Land cover and land use categories used for forest mapping in Myanmar.
| Category | Description |
|---|---|
| Forest Cover | |
| Intact Forest | >80% CC* in evergreen & mixed deciduous forests; >60% CC in dry deciduous forests** |
| Degraded Forest | 10–80% CC in evergreen & mixed deciduous forests; 10–60% CC in dry deciduous forests |
| Water | Rivers, flooded river beds, rice paddies, lakes & reservoirs |
| Non-Forest | <10% CC |
| Plantations | Forest plantation (e.g. rubber, cashew) |
| Oil Palm Plantations | Oil palm plantation (Tanintharyi Region) |
| Mining | Mining (Kachin State and Sagaing Region) |
| Snow/Ice/Clouds | Snow, ice, as well as cloud holes which could not be fixed |
| Forest Conversions | |
| New Non-Forest | Intact forest in 2002 to <10% CC in 2014 |
| New Mining | Intact forest in 2002 to mining in 2014 (Kachin State and Sagaing Region only) |
| New Plantations | Intact forest in 2002 to plantation in 2014 |
| New Oil Palm Plantations | Intact forest in 2002 to oil palm plantation in 2014 (Tanintharyi Region only) |
| New Degraded Forest | Intact forest in 2002 to degraded forest in 2014 |
| New Water | Reservoirs, changes in rivers, and hydro-electric projects |
*CC = Canopy cover;
**restricted to forest found within Landsat tiles at Path: 132–134 and Row: 044–045.