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INTELLIGENCE CENTRE · CAMEROON

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.

Mapped mangrove
212,245 ha
5,630 polygons · 2020
Change since 1996
−15,913 ha
−7.1% net, 1996–2025
Datasets
92
374,330 features
Data quality score
96 / 100
55,235 geometries repaired
Provenance coverage
374,330
Records traceable to source

The seascape at a glance

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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
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
Species & formations

Spatial clustering

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

Moran’s I
0.143
z-score
3.5

Mangrove area is significantly clustered. 20 hot-spot and 2 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
8 of 9 themes have no data yet
Atlas holds no records for: Seagrass, Salt Marsh, Blue Carbon, Land Use & Land Cover, Wildlife & Habitats, Fire & Climate, Farming & Livelihoods, Surveys & Field Data. Se...
HighGovernance
Licence terms to be confirmed for 78 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...
HighChange
Net loss of mangrove since 1996
Global Mangrove Watch maps 223,671 ha of mangrove in Cameroon in 1996 and 207,758 ha in 2025: a net loss of 15,913 ha (-7.1%), about 549 ha per year. This is the net bala...
MediumFragmentation
Most polygons are very small, but most area sits in large stands
51.5% of the 5,630 mapped polygons are under 0.1 ha, yet patches of 10 ha or more hold 98.9% of all mangrove area. Management and monitoring effort should focus on the la...
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Latest brief: 4 computed insights: 3 need attention, 1 are worth acting on. Read “Cameroon mangrove intelligence brief — 14 October 2026”

Datasets in Atlas

92 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 · 31,884 features

Global Mangrove Watch v4.1

Global Mangrove Watch (Aberystwyth University, soloEO, Wetlands International, UNEP-WCMC, JAXA) · 7 datasets · 35,922 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 archive

Quality 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
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