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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.
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Mangroves are where Atlas starts. The same platform holds the pressures, places and projects around them for Democratic Republic of the Congo.
The seascape at a glance
Live from Atlas’ own databaseMangrove formations map
Pan and zoom; click a polygon for its area and source
Area by formation
Share of mapped hectares
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
Spatial clustering
Moran’s I and Getis-Ord Gi* on a 5 km grid
Mangrove area is not significantly clustered. 2 hot-spot and 0 cold-spot cells.
Spatial analysisThemes
Where Atlas has data, and where it is still emptyWhat the analysis says
Top recommendations from the intelligence engineAsk the analyst
Plain-English questions, answered with real calculations
Datasets in Atlas
81 datasets from 6 sources — grouped by where they come fromGlobal Mangrove Watch v3.0
Global Mangrove Watch (Aberystwyth University, soloEO, Wetlands International, UNEP-WCMC, JAXA) · 5 datasets · 1,791 features
| Global Mangrove Watch: mangrove extent 2020, Democratic Republic of the Congo Mangroves · v1 |
284 features | |
| Global Mangrove Watch: mangrove extent 1996, Democratic Republic of the Congo Mangroves · v1 |
456 features | |
| Global Mangrove Watch: mangrove extent 2007, Democratic Republic of the Congo Mangroves · v1 |
394 features | |
| Global Mangrove Watch: mangrove extent 2010, Democratic Republic of the Congo Mangroves · v1 |
339 features | |
| Global Mangrove Watch: mangrove extent 2015, Democratic Republic of the Congo Mangroves · v1 |
318 features |
Global Mangrove Watch v4.1
Global Mangrove Watch (Aberystwyth University, soloEO, Wetlands International, UNEP-WCMC, JAXA) · 7 datasets · 11,172 features
| Global Mangrove Watch v4.1: mangrove extent 2025, Democratic Republic of the Congo Mangroves · v1 |
1,575 features | |
| Global Mangrove Watch v4.1: mangrove extent 2020, Democratic Republic of the Congo Mangroves · v1 |
1,520 features | |
| Global Mangrove Watch v4.1: mangrove extent 2015, Democratic Republic of the Congo Mangroves · v1 |
1,280 features | |
| Global Mangrove Watch v4.1: mangrove extent 2010, Democratic Republic of the Congo Mangroves · v1 |
1,346 features | |
| Global Mangrove Watch v4.1: mangrove extent 2005, Democratic Republic of the Congo Mangroves · v1 |
1,337 features | |
| Global Mangrove Watch v4.1: mangrove extent 2000, Democratic Republic of the Congo Mangroves · v1 |
1,794 features | |
| Global Mangrove Watch v4.1: mangrove extent 1996, Democratic Republic of the Congo Mangroves · v1 |
2,320 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
| Community and nature projects (UNDP): Democratic Republic of the Congo Community Projects · v1 |
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 archiveQuality 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
- Sources online?
- Not needed. Atlas serves everything from its own database.