Based on Chinese Resources and Environment Database,the vegetation coverage index for each county and its provincial normalized coefficient of 1995 and 2000 of Hubei province are calculated.Calculation indicates that the provincial normalized coefficient increased 0.15 from 269.70 of 1995 to 269.85 of 2000,showing vegetation coverage degradation.The average of vegetation coverage index decreased 0.1 during five years.Maps of the vegetation coverage index show that the vegetation coverage spatial difference mainly controlled by the natural geographical pattern of Hubei province,though the contr...