A total of 15 sites (with 106 sub-sites) were surveyed during the survey period. About 50% of the sub-sites (in terms of number) were mapped correctly as Lowland Forest. The other sub-sites were identified with varying degrees of accuracy and were re-classified as either Mixed Shrubland, Plantation or Plantation/Mixed Forest, Shrubby Grassland, Baeckia Shrubland, Cultivation, Bare rock or Soil or Other (Table 6.1b). The majority of the mis-mapping is due to mis-identification of plantations and mixed shrubland as lowland forest. This can probably be attributed to the similarity in the spectral properties of these vegetation habitats to lowland forest. A change in land use, eg under construction or developed as urban areas, might have occurred after the time when satellite imagery and aerial photos were taken and this is the most likely reason for the "Other" area to be mis-mapped as Lowland Forest.