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58,931 mapped features and 38,022 observations from 23 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 Comoros.
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
- 53
- Median / mean patch
- 0.961 / 2.38 ha
- Effective mesh size
- 7.8 ha
- Largest patch index
- 17.0% of area
- Patch-size exponent α
- 1.82
Spatial clustering
Moran’s I and Getis-Ord Gi* on a 5 km grid
Mangrove area is not significantly clustered. 1 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
23 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 · 83 features
| Global Mangrove Watch: mangrove extent 2020, Comoros Mangroves · v1 |
16 features | |
| Global Mangrove Watch: mangrove extent 1996, Comoros Mangroves · v1 |
18 features | |
| Global Mangrove Watch: mangrove extent 2007, Comoros Mangroves · v1 |
16 features | |
| Global Mangrove Watch: mangrove extent 2010, Comoros Mangroves · v1 |
17 features | |
| Global Mangrove Watch: mangrove extent 2015, Comoros Mangroves · v1 |
16 features |
Global Mangrove Watch v4.1
Global Mangrove Watch (Aberystwyth University, soloEO, Wetlands International, UNEP-WCMC, JAXA) · 7 datasets · 347 features
| Global Mangrove Watch v4.1: mangrove extent 2025, Comoros Mangroves · v1 |
57 features | |
| Global Mangrove Watch v4.1: mangrove extent 2020, Comoros Mangroves · v1 |
53 features | |
| Global Mangrove Watch v4.1: mangrove extent 2015, Comoros Mangroves · v1 |
49 features | |
| Global Mangrove Watch v4.1: mangrove extent 2010, Comoros Mangroves · v1 |
53 features | |
| Global Mangrove Watch v4.1: mangrove extent 2005, Comoros Mangroves · v1 |
47 features | |
| Global Mangrove Watch v4.1: mangrove extent 2000, Comoros Mangroves · v1 |
46 features | |
| Global Mangrove Watch v4.1: mangrove extent 1996, Comoros Mangroves · v1 |
42 features |
WWF Kenya Sources: GIS Centre of Excellence
WWF Kenya · 8 datasets · 58,492 features
| NMC Roads, Rail & Infrastructure · v1 |
1 features | |
| polygons Protected Areas & Landscapes · v1 |
11 features | |
| Exclusive Economic Zones (EEZ) Water & Catchments · v1 |
51 features | |
| Fibre Cable Landing Stations Roads, Rail & Infrastructure · v1 |
126 features | |
| Small airport Roads, Rail & Infrastructure · v1 |
1,979 features | |
| World Database on Protected Areas Biodiversity · v1 |
7,438 features | |
| Irrigated Areas Water & Catchments · v1 |
23,095 features | |
| Agro-Ecological Zones Boundaries & Reference · v1 |
25,791 features |
Berkeley Voluntary Registry Offsets Database (v2026-08)
Berkeley Carbon Trading Project, University of California, Berkeley · 1 datasets · 1 features
| Carbon projects: Comoros Carbon Projects · v1 |
1 features |
UNEP-WCMC global seagrass and saltmarsh layers
UN Environment Programme World Conservation Monitoring Centre (UNEP-WCMC) and Short FT · 1 datasets · 1 features
| Seagrass (UNEP-WCMC): Comoros Seagrass · v1 |
1 features |
UNDP project data (IATI Registry)
United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) · 1 datasets · 7 features
| Community and nature projects (UNDP): Comoros Community Projects · v1 |
7 features |
Data health
The ten lowest-scoring datasets and the local archiveQuality scorecard
Geometry, provenance, flags, duplicates, verification and licence
| Carbon projects: Comoros | 90 | |
| Seagrass (UNEP-WCMC): Comoros | 90 | |
| Community and nature projects (UNDP): Comoros | 90 | |
| NMC | 95 | |
| polygons | 95 | |
| Exclusive Economic Zones (EEZ) | 95 | |
| Fibre Cable Landing Stations | 95 | |
| Small airport | 95 | |
| World Database on Protected Areas | 95 | |
| Irrigated Areas | 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.