Assessment of the biological values of different land cover types in ...

Appendix 6. Definition of key land use types used in the survey
Agroforest – land which is having mixed crops (subsistence crops (such as maize, oranges etc)
and/or cash crops such as cardamom, cinnamon etc) plus timber tree species.
Bushland – an area of predominantly indigenous herbs, shrubs and saplings, less than 2 m in height.
Eucalyptus – commercial plantation of Eucalyptus trees.
Fallow – land which was previously cultivated and is currently left unattended/without crops for up to 3
years.
Forest – land which has been dominated by indigenous trees and the land should be set aside
purposely for certain activities such as protection or production purposes.
Human settlement – an area predominantly covered in houses, roads, shops including the cleared
area around them.
Mixed farming – land which is occupied by two or more crops such as maize, cocoyam and
sugarcane.
Monoculture (Single crop field) – land which is dominated by one type of crop such as cassava,
sugarcane, cocoyams etc
Old fallow – as above but for more than 4 years.
Plantation – land dominated by planted timber tree species such as teaks, Eucalyptus, Pines etc
Tea estates – land which is mostly dominated by tea fields with scattered forest/tree patches.
Tea field – monoculture of tea plants.
Where two land cover types are listed it indicates that the plot includes a proportion of both land
covers.
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