Updates to the Land Use Management (LUM) Geodatabase

A new deliverable provides an update to the land-use management (LUM) Geodatabase.

The key features of this update include:

• Modifications to the cropland management classes (i) to improve the arable and permanent irrigated cropland management class with better information on irrigation, and (ii) to refine the extensive arable cropland management class using the latest maps on temporary grassland, which indicate more extensive practices;
• Division of the four managed pasture and four managed grassland classes into two sub-classes each: one without mowing and one with mowing, thereby providing additional grassland management information;
• Addition of more accurate and up-to-date information on wetlands, which have been comprehensively mapped as part of the new European Wetland Map.