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114,918 mapped features and 38,220 observations from 47 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 South Africa.
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
- 458
- Median / mean patch
- 0.157 / 4.37 ha
- Effective mesh size
- 280.6 ha
- Largest patch index
- 32.9% of area
- Patch-size exponent α
- 1.60
Spatial clustering
Moran’s I and Getis-Ord Gi* on a 5 km grid
Mangrove area is not significantly clustered. 6 hot-spot and 0 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
47 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 · 3,606 features
| Global Mangrove Watch: mangrove extent 2020, South Africa Mangroves · v1 |
622 features | |
| Global Mangrove Watch: mangrove extent 1996, South Africa Mangroves · v1 |
961 features | |
| Global Mangrove Watch: mangrove extent 2007, South Africa Mangroves · v1 |
736 features | |
| Global Mangrove Watch: mangrove extent 2010, South Africa Mangroves · v1 |
641 features | |
| Global Mangrove Watch: mangrove extent 2015, South Africa Mangroves · v1 |
646 features |
Global Mangrove Watch v4.1
Global Mangrove Watch (Aberystwyth University, soloEO, Wetlands International, UNEP-WCMC, JAXA) · 7 datasets · 2,996 features
| Global Mangrove Watch v4.1: mangrove extent 2025, South Africa Mangroves · v1 |
477 features | |
| Global Mangrove Watch v4.1: mangrove extent 2020, South Africa Mangroves · v1 |
458 features | |
| Global Mangrove Watch v4.1: mangrove extent 2015, South Africa Mangroves · v1 |
440 features | |
| Global Mangrove Watch v4.1: mangrove extent 2010, South Africa Mangroves · v1 |
401 features | |
| Global Mangrove Watch v4.1: mangrove extent 2005, South Africa Mangroves · v1 |
419 features | |
| Global Mangrove Watch v4.1: mangrove extent 2000, South Africa Mangroves · v1 |
423 features | |
| Global Mangrove Watch v4.1: mangrove extent 1996, South Africa Mangroves · v1 |
378 features |
WWF Kenya Sources: GIS Centre of Excellence
WWF Kenya · 31 datasets · 108,172 features
| Fynbos Protected Areas & Landscapes · v1 |
1 features | |
| Heliport Roads, Rail & Infrastructure · v1 |
4 features | |
| Africa_Water_Towers Water & Catchments · v1 |
7 features | |
| polygons Protected Areas & Landscapes · v1 |
11 features | |
| Biodiversity Hotspots Biodiversity · v1 |
12 features | |
| Air Flight Routes Roads, Rail & Infrastructure · v1 |
18 features | |
| Air_Flight_Routes Roads, Rail & Infrastructure · v1 |
18 features | |
| Main Towns Community Projects · v1 |
22 features |
Berkeley Voluntary Registry Offsets Database (v2026-08)
Berkeley Carbon Trading Project, University of California, Berkeley · 1 datasets · 28 features
| Carbon projects: South Africa Carbon Projects · v1 |
28 features |
UNEP-WCMC global seagrass and saltmarsh layers
UN Environment Programme World Conservation Monitoring Centre (UNEP-WCMC) and Short FT · 2 datasets · 103 features
| Seagrass (UNEP-WCMC): South Africa Seagrass · v1 |
26 features | |
| Salt marsh (UNEP-WCMC): South Africa Salt Marsh · v1 |
77 features |
UNDP project data (IATI Registry)
United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) · 1 datasets · 13 features
| Community and nature projects (UNDP): South Africa Community Projects · v1 |
13 features |
Data health
The ten lowest-scoring datasets and the local archiveQuality scorecard
Geometry, provenance, flags, duplicates, verification and licence
| Carbon projects: South Africa | 90 | |
| Seagrass (UNEP-WCMC): South Africa | 90 | |
| Salt marsh (UNEP-WCMC): South Africa | 90 | |
| Community and nature projects (UNDP): South Africa | 90 | |
| Fynbos | 95 | |
| Heliport | 95 | |
| Africa_Water_Towers | 95 | |
| polygons | 95 | |
| Biodiversity Hotspots | 95 | |
| Air Flight Routes | 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.