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29,614 mapped features and 23,095 observations from 14 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 Mauritius.
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
- 443
- Median / mean patch
- 0.252 / 0.94 ha
- Effective mesh size
- 4.7 ha
- Largest patch index
- 3.5% of area
- Patch-size exponent α
- 2.16
Spatial clustering
Moran’s I and Getis-Ord Gi* on a 5 km grid
Mangrove area is not significantly clustered. 4 hot-spot and 3 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
14 datasets from 4 sources — grouped by where they come fromGlobal Mangrove Watch v4.1
Global Mangrove Watch (Aberystwyth University, soloEO, Wetlands International, UNEP-WCMC, JAXA) · 7 datasets · 3,135 features
| Global Mangrove Watch v4.1: mangrove extent 2025, Mauritius Mangroves · v1 |
513 features | |
| Global Mangrove Watch v4.1: mangrove extent 2020, Mauritius Mangroves · v1 |
443 features | |
| Global Mangrove Watch v4.1: mangrove extent 2015, Mauritius Mangroves · v1 |
454 features | |
| Global Mangrove Watch v4.1: mangrove extent 2010, Mauritius Mangroves · v1 |
411 features | |
| Global Mangrove Watch v4.1: mangrove extent 2005, Mauritius Mangroves · v1 |
444 features | |
| Global Mangrove Watch v4.1: mangrove extent 2000, Mauritius Mangroves · v1 |
418 features | |
| Global Mangrove Watch v4.1: mangrove extent 1996, Mauritius Mangroves · v1 |
452 features |
WWF Kenya Sources: GIS Centre of Excellence
WWF Kenya · 5 datasets · 26,460 features
| polygons Protected Areas & Landscapes · v1 |
11 features | |
| Fibre Cable Landing Stations Roads, Rail & Infrastructure · v1 |
126 features | |
| Power Plants (Power output MW) Roads, Rail & Infrastructure · v1 |
642 features | |
| Dams Roads, Rail & Infrastructure · v1 |
2,586 features | |
| Irrigated Areas Water & Catchments · v1 |
23,095 features |
UNEP-WCMC global seagrass and saltmarsh layers
UN Environment Programme World Conservation Monitoring Centre (UNEP-WCMC) and Short FT · 1 datasets · 9 features
| Seagrass (UNEP-WCMC): Mauritius Seagrass · v1 |
9 features |
UNDP project data (IATI Registry)
United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) · 1 datasets · 10 features
| Community and nature projects (UNDP): Mauritius Community Projects · v1 |
10 features |
Data health
The ten lowest-scoring datasets and the local archiveQuality scorecard
Geometry, provenance, flags, duplicates, verification and licence
| Seagrass (UNEP-WCMC): Mauritius | 90 | |
| Community and nature projects (UNDP): Mauritius | 90 | |
| polygons | 95 | |
| Fibre Cable Landing Stations | 95 | |
| Power Plants (Power output MW) | 95 | |
| Dams | 95 | |
| Irrigated Areas | 95 | |
| Global Mangrove Watch v4.1: mangrove extent 2025, Mauritius | 100 | |
| Global Mangrove Watch v4.1: mangrove extent 2020, Mauritius | 100 | |
| Global Mangrove Watch v4.1: mangrove extent 2015, Mauritius | 100 |
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.