Atlas · Sudan / Intelligence Centre
INTELLIGENCE CENTRE · SUDAN

Nature and climate intelligence, from the data to the decision

153,658 mapped features and 37,971 observations from 31 datasets, harmonised to one set of units, with every number traceable to its source.

Mapped mangrove
480 ha
237 polygons · 2020
Change since 1996
+211 ha
+58.5% net, 1996–2025
Datasets
31
153,658 features
Data quality score
96 / 100
55,235 geometries repaired
Provenance coverage
153,658
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
237
Median / mean patch
0.340 / 2.02 ha
Effective mesh size
14.6 ha
Largest patch index
9.6% of area
Patch-size exponent α
1.80
Species & formations

Spatial clustering

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

Moran’s I
0.278
z-score
2.1

Mangrove area is significantly clustered. 5 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
28.3% of the 237 mapped polygons are under 0.1 ha, yet patches of 10 ha or more hold 47.0% of all mangrove area. Management and monitoring effort should focus on the larg...
LowChange
Net gain of mangrove since 1996
Global Mangrove Watch maps 361 ha of mangrove in Sudan in 1996 and 572 ha in 2025: a net gain of 211 ha (58.5%), about 7 ha per year. This is the net balance of total map...
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Latest brief: 4 computed insights: 2 need attention, 1 are worth acting on. Read “Sudan mangrove intelligence brief — 14 October 2026”

Datasets in Atlas

31 datasets from 7 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 · 1,489 features

Global Mangrove Watch v4.1

Global Mangrove Watch (Aberystwyth University, soloEO, Wetlands International, UNEP-WCMC, JAXA) · 7 datasets · 1,424 features

WWF Kenya Sources: GIS Centre of Excellence

WWF Kenya · 14 datasets · 96,344 features

Large airport
Roads, Rail & Infrastructure · v1
23
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
Dams
Roads, Rail & Infrastructure · v1
2,586
features

Berkeley Voluntary Registry Offsets Database (v2026-08)

Berkeley Carbon Trading Project, University of California, Berkeley · 1 datasets · 4 features

Carbon projects: Sudan
Carbon Projects · v1
4
features

UNEP-WCMC global seagrass and saltmarsh layers

UN Environment Programme World Conservation Monitoring Centre (UNEP-WCMC) and Short FT · 2 datasets · 11 features

Seagrass (UNEP-WCMC): Sudan
Seagrass · v1
10
features
Salt marsh (UNEP-WCMC): Sudan
Salt Marsh · v1
1
features

UNDP project data (IATI Registry)

United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) · 1 datasets · 2 features

Community and nature projects (UNDP): Sudan
Community Projects · v1
2
features

WWF Kenya GIS Centre of Excellence — full server mirror

WWF Kenya · 1 datasets · 54,384 features

Roads
Reference & context · v1
54,384
features

Data health

The ten lowest-scoring datasets and the local archive

Quality scorecard

Geometry, provenance, flags, duplicates, verification and licence

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