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INTELLIGENCE CENTRE · SOMALIA

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70,345 mapped features and 23,095 observations from 23 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 Somalia.

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Mapped mangrove
3,778 ha
564 polygons · 2020
Change since 1996
+126 ha
+3.5% net, 1996–2025
Datasets
23
70,345 features
Data quality score
97 / 100
55,235 geometries repaired
Provenance coverage
70,345
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
564
Median / mean patch
0.357 / 6.70 ha
Effective mesh size
111.3 ha
Largest patch index
11.1% of area
Patch-size exponent α
1.53
Species & formations

Spatial clustering

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

Moran’s I
-0.006
z-score
0.1

Mangrove area is not significantly clustered. 0 hot-spot and 1 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
13 of 9 themes have no data yet
Atlas holds no records for: Seagrass, Salt Marsh, Coastal Forests, Blue Carbon, Restoration Sites, Carbon Projects, Land Use & Land Cover, People & Settlements, Wildlife...
HighGovernance
Licence terms to be confirmed for 10 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
25.0% of the 564 mapped polygons are under 0.1 ha, yet patches of 10 ha or more hold 85.8% of all mangrove area. Management and monitoring effort should focus on the larg...
LowChange
Net gain of mangrove since 1996
Global Mangrove Watch maps 3,619 ha of mangrove in Somalia in 1996 and 3,745 ha in 2025: a net gain of 126 ha (3.5%), about 4 ha per year. This is the net balance of tota...
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Latest brief: 4 computed insights: 2 need attention, 1 are worth acting on. Read “Somalia mangrove intelligence brief — 14 October 2026”

Datasets in Atlas

23 datasets from 4 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 · 5,328 features

Global Mangrove Watch v4.1

Global Mangrove Watch (Aberystwyth University, soloEO, Wetlands International, UNEP-WCMC, JAXA) · 7 datasets · 3,999 features

WWF Kenya Sources: GIS Centre of Excellence

WWF Kenya · 10 datasets · 61,014 features

polygons
Protected Areas & Landscapes · v1
11
features
Fibre Cable Landing Stations
Roads, Rail & Infrastructure · v1
126
features
Rivers
Water & Catchments · v1
228
features
AfricaPriority_River
Water & Catchments · v1
857
features
TurtleTags_May2017_to_Oct2018
Biodiversity · v1
1,414
features
TurtleTags_May2017_to_Oct2018
Biodiversity · v1
1,414
features
Small airport
Roads, Rail & Infrastructure · v1
1,979
features
Districts
Boundaries & Reference · v1
6,099
features

UNDP project data (IATI Registry)

United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) · 1 datasets · 4 features

Community and nature projects (UNDP): Somalia
Community Projects · v1
4
features

Data health

The ten lowest-scoring datasets and the local archive

Quality scorecard

Geometry, provenance, flags, duplicates, verification and licence

Community and nature projects (UNDP): Somalia
90
polygons
95
Fibre Cable Landing Stations
95
Rivers
95
AfricaPriority_River
95
TurtleTags_May2017_to_Oct2018
95
TurtleTags_May2017_to_Oct2018
95
Small airport
95
Districts
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
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