Research Article

Extent and Rate of Deforestation and Forest Degradation (1986–2016) in West Bugwe Central Forest Reserve, Uganda

Table 2

Image classification accuracy assessment for the different images. All assessments are in percentage.

Land cover1986 MSS1995 TM2006 ETM+2016 OLIS/TIRS
Producer’s (%)User’s (%)Producer’s (%)User’s (%)Producer’s (%)User’s (%)Producer’s (%)User’s (%)

Forest10070100401005010080
Shrubland66.68088.8801008085.760
Farmland10010083.310090.910087.570
Wetland66.910010010090.91009090
Grassland10010083.310066.6610064.290
Built-up10010066.910010010076.9100
Overall accuracy (%)91.786.788.381.6
Overall kappa0.90.840.860.78