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195,557 mapped features and 37,971 observations from 28 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 Senegal.
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
- 10,419
- Median / mean patch
- 0.175 / 14.57 ha
- Effective mesh size
- 2,138.0 ha
- Largest patch index
- 4.5% of area
- Patch-size exponent α
- 1.55
Spatial clustering
Moran’s I and Getis-Ord Gi* on a 5 km grid
Mangrove area is significantly clustered. 34 hot-spot and 24 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
28 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 · 32,488 features
| Global Mangrove Watch: mangrove extent 2020, Senegal Mangroves · v1 |
6,076 features | |
| Global Mangrove Watch: mangrove extent 1996, Senegal Mangroves · v1 |
8,104 features | |
| Global Mangrove Watch: mangrove extent 2007, Senegal Mangroves · v1 |
6,295 features | |
| Global Mangrove Watch: mangrove extent 2010, Senegal Mangroves · v1 |
5,950 features | |
| Global Mangrove Watch: mangrove extent 2015, Senegal Mangroves · v1 |
6,063 features |
Global Mangrove Watch v4.1
Global Mangrove Watch (Aberystwyth University, soloEO, Wetlands International, UNEP-WCMC, JAXA) · 7 datasets · 67,558 features
| Global Mangrove Watch v4.1: mangrove extent 2025, Senegal Mangroves · v1 |
10,341 features | |
| Global Mangrove Watch v4.1: mangrove extent 2020, Senegal Mangroves · v1 |
10,419 features | |
| Global Mangrove Watch v4.1: mangrove extent 2015, Senegal Mangroves · v1 |
10,501 features | |
| Global Mangrove Watch v4.1: mangrove extent 2010, Senegal Mangroves · v1 |
8,647 features | |
| Global Mangrove Watch v4.1: mangrove extent 2005, Senegal Mangroves · v1 |
9,071 features | |
| Global Mangrove Watch v4.1: mangrove extent 2000, Senegal Mangroves · v1 |
9,169 features | |
| Global Mangrove Watch v4.1: mangrove extent 1996, Senegal Mangroves · v1 |
9,410 features |
WWF Kenya Sources: GIS Centre of Excellence
WWF Kenya · 13 datasets · 95,487 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 | |
| Small airport Roads, Rail & Infrastructure · v1 |
1,979 features | |
| Dams Roads, Rail & Infrastructure · v1 |
2,586 features | |
| Districts Boundaries & Reference · v1 |
6,099 features |
Berkeley Voluntary Registry Offsets Database (v2026-08)
Berkeley Carbon Trading Project, University of California, Berkeley · 1 datasets · 4 features
| Carbon projects: Senegal Carbon Projects · v1 |
4 features |
UNEP-WCMC global seagrass and saltmarsh layers
UN Environment Programme World Conservation Monitoring Centre (UNEP-WCMC) and Short FT · 1 datasets · 5 features
| Seagrass (UNEP-WCMC): Senegal Seagrass · v1 |
5 features |
UNDP project data (IATI Registry)
United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) · 1 datasets · 15 features
| Community and nature projects (UNDP): Senegal Community Projects · v1 |
15 features |
Data health
The ten lowest-scoring datasets and the local archiveQuality scorecard
Geometry, provenance, flags, duplicates, verification and licence
| Carbon projects: Senegal | 90 | |
| Seagrass (UNEP-WCMC): Senegal | 90 | |
| Community and nature projects (UNDP): Senegal | 90 | |
| Large airport | 95 | |
| Fibre Cable | 95 | |
| Fibre Cable Landing Stations | 95 | |
| Rivers | 95 | |
| Power Plants (Power output MW) | 95 | |
| Small airport | 95 | |
| Dams | 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.