The next stage in the process will be to obtain the views of as many people working in as many different fields as possible, to see whether the proposed scheme suits their needs and how it should be modified. With a few modifications, such a scheme could easily be appended to an existing land cover classification scheme, such as the FAO system, greatly increasing the usefulness and accessability of the results of the landcover classification.
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Adams, J. A Suggestion for an Improved Vegetation Scheme for Local and Global Mapping and Monitoring. Environmental Management 23, 1–13 (1999). https://doi.org/10.1007/s002679900164
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