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62,754 mapped features and 38,022 observations from 20 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 São Tomé and Principe.
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
- 14
- Median / mean patch
- 0.402 / 4.60 ha
- Effective mesh size
- 37.9 ha
- Largest patch index
- 76.0% of area
- Patch-size exponent α
- 1.58
Spatial clustering
Moran’s I and Getis-Ord Gi* on a 5 km grid
Themes
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
20 datasets from 5 sources — grouped by where they come fromGlobal Mangrove Watch v3.0
Global Mangrove Watch (Aberystwyth University, soloEO, Wetlands International, UNEP-WCMC, JAXA) · 5 datasets · 75 features
| Global Mangrove Watch: mangrove extent 2020, São Tomé and Principe Mangroves · v1 |
15 features | |
| Global Mangrove Watch: mangrove extent 1996, São Tomé and Principe Mangroves · v1 |
15 features | |
| Global Mangrove Watch: mangrove extent 2007, São Tomé and Principe Mangroves · v1 |
15 features | |
| Global Mangrove Watch: mangrove extent 2010, São Tomé and Principe Mangroves · v1 |
15 features | |
| Global Mangrove Watch: mangrove extent 2015, São Tomé and Principe Mangroves · v1 |
15 features |
Global Mangrove Watch v4.1
Global Mangrove Watch (Aberystwyth University, soloEO, Wetlands International, UNEP-WCMC, JAXA) · 7 datasets · 77 features
| Global Mangrove Watch v4.1: mangrove extent 2025, São Tomé and Principe Mangroves · v1 |
11 features | |
| Global Mangrove Watch v4.1: mangrove extent 2020, São Tomé and Principe Mangroves · v1 |
14 features | |
| Global Mangrove Watch v4.1: mangrove extent 2015, São Tomé and Principe Mangroves · v1 |
12 features | |
| Global Mangrove Watch v4.1: mangrove extent 2010, São Tomé and Principe Mangroves · v1 |
10 features | |
| Global Mangrove Watch v4.1: mangrove extent 2005, São Tomé and Principe Mangroves · v1 |
10 features | |
| Global Mangrove Watch v4.1: mangrove extent 2000, São Tomé and Principe Mangroves · v1 |
10 features | |
| Global Mangrove Watch v4.1: mangrove extent 1996, São Tomé and Principe Mangroves · v1 |
10 features |
WWF Kenya Sources: GIS Centre of Excellence
WWF Kenya · 6 datasets · 62,600 features
| Exclusive Economic Zones (EEZ) Water & Catchments · v1 |
51 features | |
| Fibre Cable Landing Stations Roads, Rail & Infrastructure · v1 |
126 features | |
| Districts Boundaries & Reference · v1 |
6,099 features | |
| World Database on Protected Areas Biodiversity · v1 |
7,438 features | |
| Irrigated Areas Water & Catchments · v1 |
23,095 features | |
| Agro-Ecological Zones Boundaries & Reference · v1 |
25,791 features |
UNEP-WCMC global seagrass and saltmarsh layers
UN Environment Programme World Conservation Monitoring Centre (UNEP-WCMC) and Short FT · 1 datasets · 1 features
| Seagrass (UNEP-WCMC): São Tomé and Principe Seagrass · v1 |
1 features |
UNDP project data (IATI Registry)
United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) · 1 datasets · 1 features
| Community and nature projects (UNDP): São Tomé and Principe Community Projects · v1 |
1 features |
Data health
The ten lowest-scoring datasets and the local archiveQuality scorecard
Geometry, provenance, flags, duplicates, verification and licence
| Seagrass (UNEP-WCMC): São Tomé and Principe | 90 | |
| Community and nature projects (UNDP): São Tomé and Principe | 90 | |
| Exclusive Economic Zones (EEZ) | 95 | |
| Fibre Cable Landing Stations | 95 | |
| Districts | 95 | |
| World Database on Protected Areas | 95 | |
| Irrigated Areas | 95 | |
| Agro-Ecological Zones | 95 | |
| Global Mangrove Watch: mangrove extent 2020, São Tomé and Principe | 100 | |
| Global Mangrove Watch: mangrove extent 1996, São Tomé and Principe | 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.