Multipurpose Africover Databases on Environmental Resources (MADE)

The Multipurpose Africover Database for the Environmental Resources is a digital georeferenced database on land cover and a geographic referential for the whole of Africa including: - geodetical homogeneous referential - toponomy - roads - hydrography It is produced at a 1:200,000 scale (1:100,000 for small countries and specific areas). Reinforcing national and sub-regional capacities for the establishment update and use of the geographic referential and land cover maps and spatial data bases is the core strategy of the Africover project: this has been the methodology adopted to ensure an operational approach and the sustainability of the initiative.