Nature and climate intelligence, from the data to the decision
2,544,532 mapped features and 63,398 observations from 91 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 Mozambique.
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
- 24,899
- Median / mean patch
- 0.170 / 12.32 ha
- Effective mesh size
- 1,805.0 ha
- Largest patch index
- 2.8% of area
- Patch-size exponent α
- 1.54
Spatial clustering
Moran’s I and Getis-Ord Gi* on a 5 km grid
Mangrove area is significantly clustered. 69 hot-spot and 23 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
91 datasets from 7 sources — grouped by where they come fromGlobal Mangrove Watch v3.0
Global Mangrove Watch (Aberystwyth University, soloEO, Wetlands International, UNEP-WCMC, JAXA) · 5 datasets · 123,145 features
| Global Mangrove Watch: mangrove extent 2020, Mozambique Mangroves · v1 |
30,731 features | |
| Global Mangrove Watch: mangrove extent 1996, Mozambique Mangroves · v1 |
22,182 features | |
| Global Mangrove Watch: mangrove extent 2007, Mozambique Mangroves · v1 |
22,564 features | |
| Global Mangrove Watch: mangrove extent 2010, Mozambique Mangroves · v1 |
24,422 features | |
| Global Mangrove Watch: mangrove extent 2015, Mozambique Mangroves · v1 |
23,246 features |
Global Mangrove Watch v4.1
Global Mangrove Watch (Aberystwyth University, soloEO, Wetlands International, UNEP-WCMC, JAXA) · 7 datasets · 151,149 features
| Global Mangrove Watch v4.1: mangrove extent 2025, Mozambique Mangroves · v1 |
30,693 features | |
| Global Mangrove Watch v4.1: mangrove extent 2020, Mozambique Mangroves · v1 |
24,899 features | |
| Global Mangrove Watch v4.1: mangrove extent 2015, Mozambique Mangroves · v1 |
21,945 features | |
| Global Mangrove Watch v4.1: mangrove extent 2010, Mozambique Mangroves · v1 |
18,287 features | |
| Global Mangrove Watch v4.1: mangrove extent 2005, Mozambique Mangroves · v1 |
19,141 features | |
| Global Mangrove Watch v4.1: mangrove extent 2000, Mozambique Mangroves · v1 |
18,919 features | |
| Global Mangrove Watch v4.1: mangrove extent 1996, Mozambique Mangroves · v1 |
17,265 features |
WWF Kenya Sources: GIS Centre of Excellence
WWF Kenya · 72 datasets · 264,189 features
| Mozambique +EEZ Water & Catchments · v1 |
1 features | |
| Niassa NR Protected Areas & Landscapes · v1 |
1 features | |
| Ramsar Site Biodiversity · v1 |
1 features | |
| Coastal East Africa Coastal Forests · v1 |
1 features | |
| Coastal East Africa Marine Coastal Forests · v1 |
1 features | |
| polygons Protected Areas & Landscapes · v1 |
1 features | |
| Mozambique +EEZ Water & Catchments · v1 |
1 features | |
| Niassa NR Protected Areas & Landscapes · v1 |
1 features |
Berkeley Voluntary Registry Offsets Database (v2026-08)
Berkeley Carbon Trading Project, University of California, Berkeley · 1 datasets · 14 features
| Carbon projects: Mozambique Carbon Projects · v1 |
14 features |
UNEP-WCMC global seagrass and saltmarsh layers
UN Environment Programme World Conservation Monitoring Centre (UNEP-WCMC) and Short FT · 1 datasets · 179 features
| Seagrass (UNEP-WCMC): Mozambique Seagrass · v1 |
179 features |
UNDP project data (IATI Registry)
United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) · 1 datasets · 13 features
| Community and nature projects (UNDP): Mozambique Community Projects · v1 |
13 features |
WWF Kenya GIS Centre of Excellence — full server mirror
WWF Kenya · 4 datasets · 2,005,843 features
| LULC 2025 BAU Min. Scenario Reference & context · v1 |
181,238 features | |
| LULC 2025 GE Scenario Reference & context · v1 |
329,368 features | |
| LULC 2025 BAU Max. Scenario Reference & context · v1 |
525,756 features | |
| FB-AI-Population Distribution Community Projects · v1 |
969,481 features |
Data health
The ten lowest-scoring datasets and the local archiveQuality scorecard
Geometry, provenance, flags, duplicates, verification and licence
| Carbon projects: Mozambique | 90 | |
| Seagrass (UNEP-WCMC): Mozambique | 90 | |
| Community and nature projects (UNDP): Mozambique | 90 | |
| Mozambique +EEZ | 95 | |
| Niassa NR | 95 | |
| Ramsar Site | 95 | |
| Coastal East Africa | 95 | |
| Coastal East Africa Marine | 95 | |
| polygons | 95 | |
| Mozambique +EEZ | 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.