Nature and climate intelligence, from the data to the decision
374,330 mapped features and 295,035 observations from 92 datasets, harmonised to one set of units, with every number traceable to its source.
Explore Atlas by theme
Mangroves are where Atlas starts. The same platform holds the pressures, places and projects around them for Cameroon.
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
- 5,630
- Median / mean patch
- 0.089 / 37.70 ha
- Effective mesh size
- 7,761.8 ha
- Largest patch index
- 13.2% of area
- Patch-size exponent α
- 1.47
Spatial clustering
Moran’s I and Getis-Ord Gi* on a 5 km grid
Mangrove area is significantly clustered. 20 hot-spot and 2 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
92 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 · 31,884 features
| Global Mangrove Watch: mangrove extent 2020, Cameroon Mangroves · v1 |
6,149 features | |
| Global Mangrove Watch: mangrove extent 1996, Cameroon Mangroves · v1 |
7,132 features | |
| Global Mangrove Watch: mangrove extent 2007, Cameroon Mangroves · v1 |
6,462 features | |
| Global Mangrove Watch: mangrove extent 2010, Cameroon Mangroves · v1 |
6,371 features | |
| Global Mangrove Watch: mangrove extent 2015, Cameroon Mangroves · v1 |
5,770 features |
Global Mangrove Watch v4.1
Global Mangrove Watch (Aberystwyth University, soloEO, Wetlands International, UNEP-WCMC, JAXA) · 7 datasets · 35,922 features
| Global Mangrove Watch v4.1: mangrove extent 2025, Cameroon Mangroves · v1 |
6,954 features | |
| Global Mangrove Watch v4.1: mangrove extent 2020, Cameroon Mangroves · v1 |
5,630 features | |
| Global Mangrove Watch v4.1: mangrove extent 2015, Cameroon Mangroves · v1 |
4,458 features | |
| Global Mangrove Watch v4.1: mangrove extent 2010, Cameroon Mangroves · v1 |
4,798 features | |
| Global Mangrove Watch v4.1: mangrove extent 2005, Cameroon Mangroves · v1 |
5,003 features | |
| Global Mangrove Watch v4.1: mangrove extent 2000, Cameroon Mangroves · v1 |
5,455 features | |
| Global Mangrove Watch v4.1: mangrove extent 1996, Cameroon Mangroves · v1 |
3,624 features |
WWF Kenya Sources: GIS Centre of Excellence
WWF Kenya · 76 datasets · 124,369 features
| Ferry Terminus Protected Areas & Landscapes · v1 |
1 features | |
| Dammed Lake Water & Catchments · v1 |
1 features | |
| Potential Chollet Reservoir Water & Catchments · v1 |
1 features | |
| Cameroon Segment Protected Areas & Landscapes · v1 |
1 features | |
| Dammed Lake Water & Catchments · v1 |
1 features | |
| Proposed Dammed Lake Water & Catchments · v1 |
1 features | |
| Dammed_Lake Water & Catchments · v1 |
1 features | |
| Waterfalls Water & Catchments · v1 |
2 features |
Berkeley Voluntary Registry Offsets Database (v2026-08)
Berkeley Carbon Trading Project, University of California, Berkeley · 1 datasets · 6 features
| Carbon projects: Cameroon Carbon Projects · v1 |
6 features |
UNDP project data (IATI Registry)
United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) · 1 datasets · 7 features
| Community and nature projects (UNDP): Cameroon Community Projects · v1 |
7 features |
WWF Kenya GIS Centre of Excellence — full server mirror
WWF Kenya · 2 datasets · 182,142 features
| Roads Reference & context · v1 |
54,384 features | |
| Forest Roads Coastal Forests · v1 |
127,758 features |
Data health
The ten lowest-scoring datasets and the local archiveQuality scorecard
Geometry, provenance, flags, duplicates, verification and licence
| Carbon projects: Cameroon | 90 | |
| Community and nature projects (UNDP): Cameroon | 90 | |
| Ferry Terminus | 95 | |
| Dammed Lake | 95 | |
| Potential Chollet Reservoir | 95 | |
| Cameroon Segment | 95 | |
| Dammed Lake | 95 | |
| Proposed Dammed Lake | 95 | |
| Dammed_Lake | 95 | |
| Waterfalls | 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.