Atlas · Democratic Republic of the Congo / Intelligence Centre
INTELLIGENCE CENTRE · DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF THE CONGO

Nature and climate intelligence, from the data to the decision

1,223,598 mapped features and 43,448 observations from 81 datasets, harmonised to one set of units, with every number traceable to its source.

Mapped mangrove
19,618 ha
1,520 polygons · 2020
Change since 1996
−344 ha
−1.7% net, 1996–2025
Datasets
81
1,223,598 features
Data quality score
96 / 100
55,235 geometries repaired
Provenance coverage
1,223,598
Records traceable to source

The seascape at a glance

Live from Atlas’ own database

Mangrove formations map

Pan and zoom; click a polygon for its area and source

Area by formation

Share of mapped hectares

Mangrove · 100.0%

Landscape science

Computed, reproducible measures (see Methodologies)

Fragmentation

How broken up is the canopy?

Patches
1,520
Median / mean patch
0.089 / 12.91 ha
Effective mesh size
4,875.5 ha
Largest patch index
42.3% of area
Patch-size exponent α
1.61
Species & formations

Spatial clustering

Moran’s I and Getis-Ord Gi* on a 5 km grid

Moran’s I
0.116
z-score
1.4

Mangrove area is not significantly clustered. 2 hot-spot and 0 cold-spot cells.

Spatial analysis

Mangrove area by year

Global Mangrove Watch, hectares

Themes

Where Atlas has data, and where it is still empty

What the analysis says

Top recommendations from the intelligence engine
HighData_gap
6 of 9 themes have no data yet
Atlas holds no records for: Seagrass, Salt Marsh, Blue Carbon, Land Use & Land Cover, Farming & Livelihoods, Surveys & Field Data. Seagrass and salt marsh would come from...
HighGovernance
Licence terms to be confirmed for 67 datasets
Licence terms are being confirmed with the publisher. Atlas holds the data for scientific and internal use and shows the original attribution, but cannot grant bulk redis...
MediumFragmentation
Most polygons are very small, but most area sits in large stands
51.2% of the 1,520 mapped polygons are under 0.1 ha, yet patches of 10 ha or more hold 96.8% of all mangrove area. Management and monitoring effort should focus on the la...
MediumChange
Net loss of mangrove since 1996
Global Mangrove Watch maps 19,698 ha of mangrove in Democratic Republic of the Congo in 1996 and 19,354 ha in 2025: a net loss of 344 ha (-1.7%), about 12 ha per year. Th...
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Datasets in Atlas

81 datasets from 6 sources — grouped by where they come from

Global Mangrove Watch v3.0

Global Mangrove Watch (Aberystwyth University, soloEO, Wetlands International, UNEP-WCMC, JAXA) · 5 datasets · 1,791 features

WWF Kenya Sources: GIS Centre of Excellence

WWF Kenya · 63 datasets · 194,650 features

Congo Basin
Water & Catchments · v1
1
features
Salonga
Protected Areas & Landscapes · v1
1
features
Moderate Pressure
Protected Areas & Landscapes · v1
1
features
High Pressure
Protected Areas & Landscapes · v1
1
features
Bassin_Rutshuru
Water & Catchments · v1
1
features
PNVi
Protected Areas & Landscapes · v1
1
features
High Biodiversity Areas
Biodiversity · v1
3
features
RDC_Grande_Rivieres
Water & Catchments · v1
5
features

Berkeley Voluntary Registry Offsets Database (v2026-08)

Berkeley Carbon Trading Project, University of California, Berkeley · 1 datasets · 5 features

Carbon projects: Democratic Republic of the Congo
Carbon Projects · v1
5
features

UNDP project data (IATI Registry)

United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) · 1 datasets · 38 features

WWF Kenya GIS Centre of Excellence — full server mirror

WWF Kenya · 4 datasets · 1,015,942 features

Roads
Reference & context · v1
54,384
features
Observation_ICCN
Reference & context · v1
101,621
features
Settlement
Community Projects · v1
275,904
features
Road Network
Reference & context · v1
584,033
features

Data health

The ten lowest-scoring datasets and the local archive

Quality scorecard

Geometry, provenance, flags, duplicates, verification and licence

Carbon projects: Democratic Republic of the Congo
90
Community and nature projects (UNDP): Democratic Republic of the Congo
90
Congo Basin
95
Salonga
95
Moderate Pressure
95
High Pressure
95
Bassin_Rutshuru
95
PNVi
95
High Biodiversity Areas
95
RDC_Grande_Rivieres
95

Local archive

Atlas runs from its own copy

Last import
14 Oct 2026, 15:38
Snapshots kept
1
Units
ha · m · % · UTC · WGS 84
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