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Nature and climate intelligence, from the data to the decision

97,910 mapped features and 38,022 observations from 31 datasets, harmonised to one set of units, with every number traceable to its source.

Mapped mangrove
205 ha
83 polygons · 2020
Change since 1996
+60 ha
+36.3% net, 1996–2025
Datasets
31
97,910 features
Data quality score
96 / 100
55,235 geometries repaired
Provenance coverage
97,910
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
83
Median / mean patch
0.319 / 2.47 ha
Effective mesh size
16.3 ha
Largest patch index
17.0% of area
Patch-size exponent α
1.67
Species & formations

Spatial clustering

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

Moran’s I
0.384
z-score
1.5

Mangrove area is not significantly clustered. 0 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
11 of 9 themes have no data yet
Atlas holds no records for: Coastal Forests, Blue Carbon, Restoration Sites, Protected Areas & Landscapes, Land Use & Land Cover, People & Settlements, Wildlife & Habitat...
HighGovernance
Licence terms to be confirmed for 15 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
20.5% of the 83 mapped polygons are under 0.1 ha, yet patches of 10 ha or more hold 61.4% of all mangrove area. Management and monitoring effort should focus on the large...
LowChange
Net gain of mangrove since 1996
Global Mangrove Watch maps 166 ha of mangrove in Egypt in 1996 and 226 ha in 2025: a net gain of 60 ha (36.3%), about 2 ha per year. This is the net balance of total mapp...
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Latest brief: 4 computed insights: 2 need attention, 1 are worth acting on. Read “Egypt mangrove intelligence brief — 14 October 2026”

Datasets in Atlas

31 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 · 963 features

Global Mangrove Watch v4.1

Global Mangrove Watch (Aberystwyth University, soloEO, Wetlands International, UNEP-WCMC, JAXA) · 7 datasets · 439 features

WWF Kenya Sources: GIS Centre of Excellence

WWF Kenya · 15 datasets · 96,395 features

Large airport
Roads, Rail & Infrastructure · v1
23
features
Exclusive Economic Zones (EEZ)
Water & Catchments · v1
51
features
Fibre Cable
Roads, Rail & Infrastructure · v1
72
features
Fibre Cable Landing Stations
Roads, Rail & Infrastructure · v1
126
features
Rivers
Water & Catchments · v1
228
features
Power Plants (Power output MW)
Roads, Rail & Infrastructure · v1
642
features
AfricaPriority_River
Water & Catchments · v1
857
features
Small airport
Roads, Rail & Infrastructure · v1
1,979
features

Berkeley Voluntary Registry Offsets Database (v2026-08)

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

Carbon projects: Egypt
Carbon Projects · v1
1
features

UNEP-WCMC global seagrass and saltmarsh layers

UN Environment Programme World Conservation Monitoring Centre (UNEP-WCMC) and Short FT · 2 datasets · 101 features

Seagrass (UNEP-WCMC): Egypt
Seagrass · v1
94
features
Salt marsh (UNEP-WCMC): Egypt
Salt Marsh · v1
7
features

UNDP project data (IATI Registry)

United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) · 1 datasets · 11 features

Community and nature projects (UNDP): Egypt
Community Projects · v1
11
features

Data health

The ten lowest-scoring datasets and the local archive

Quality scorecard

Geometry, provenance, flags, duplicates, verification and licence

Carbon projects: Egypt
90
Seagrass (UNEP-WCMC): Egypt
90
Salt marsh (UNEP-WCMC): Egypt
90
Community and nature projects (UNDP): Egypt
90
Large airport
95
Exclusive Economic Zones (EEZ)
95
Fibre Cable
95
Fibre Cable Landing Stations
95
Rivers
95
Power Plants (Power output MW)
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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