# ANNEX 5

## LPI Forest Classification System

In combining the data sources into one global coverage with five different categories of forest type, the classifications used in the original data sources had to be harmonised into the following five forest and two non-forest categories:

    LPITYPE LPIDESC

    MAN      Mangrove
    TMF      Tropical Montane Forest
    TBMF     Temperate Broadleaved and Mixed Forest
    TDF      Tropical Dry Forest
    NF       Needleleaf Forest
    WAT      Water
    NON      Non-forest Landcover