[en]+[zh]Study on Forest Landscape Restoration - ITTO

6 Analyzing landscape pattern at region level 195
No. Class Description
( continued)
4 DegradedForest Land Fonner forest land severely damaged by the excessive harvesting of
wood and! or non-wood forest products, poor managem<strong>en</strong>t, repeated
fire, grazing or other disturbances or land-uses that damage soil and
vegetation to a degree that inhibits or severely delays the re-establishm<strong>en</strong>t
of forest after abandonm<strong>en</strong>t.
5 RubberPlantation
Land with rubber trees.
6 Trees around Villages Lands which are planted trees around the villages.
7 Casuarina equisetifo- Casuarina equisetifolia is the main tree species of coast protection forlia
Plantation
est.
8 Other Plantation Referring to eucalyptus planted forest.
9 Other Forest Land Forest land not classified as above types.
10 Resid<strong>en</strong>tial House sites used for daily life (including the indep<strong>en</strong>d<strong>en</strong>t courtyard).
Quarters land
11 Gard<strong>en</strong> Plots Mainly refers to the litchi, mango, betel nuts and other non-timber forest
12 Agricultural Land Cropland, including paddy field and non-paddy cropland.
13 Other Land Land not classified as to other type, such as rivers, reservoirs, lake
and sandy lands.
6.2 Forest landscape pattern
The total area of forest landscape inLingshui Li Autonomous County was 108,
611ha in 2008. There were 6,303 patches and the average patch area (MPS)
was 17.23 ha. The patch shape index (MS!) was 86.82. Landscape diversity
index (SDI) , landscape ev<strong>en</strong>ness index (SE!) and landscape dominance index
(D) were 1. 86, O. 70 and O. 80 respectively (see Table 6. 2).
Table 6.2 Overall Features of Forest landscape Patterns in
Lingshui Li A,utonomous County ( in 2008)
Area NP PO MPS EO
Index MSI SDI SEI 0
( ha) ( n) ( nllOOha) (ha) (mlha)
Value 108611 6303 5.80 17.23 131. 67 86.82 1. 86 O. 7 0.80
Features of forest landscape elem<strong>en</strong>ts in 2008 were shown in Table 6. 3.
The area of Agricultural Land was 26 ,651 ha with 829 patches, which was the
largest landscape elem<strong>en</strong>t type, accounting for 24. 5 % of the area of landscape.
Agricultural Land was mainly distributed in plain areas and bottomland