Deal #1851

Land cover and land use assessments (LCLU), are carried out prior to the operations start to identify and map the LULC that exist in the project area. For GRL plantations the following LULC were identified: grasslands (incl. disturbed wooded grasslands), shrub savanna, miombo woodlands (incl. closed forests, rocky outcrops, riparian woodland), wetlands, water bodies and Riparian Zones (along water courses). Except for Idete plantations which has more forested areas, the predominant land cover in other plantation areas is grasslands & shrublands. The area in Kiyowela: Looking at satellite imagery from 2012, this deal might have previously been in operation on large-scale.