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South Africa

Republic of South Africa · Southern Africa

Status
Full
Mangrove analysis available
Datasets
26
Public datasets
Features
21,120
Mapped features
Population
58.6 M
Natural Earth estimate

Location

Boundary: Natural Earth (public domain)

What Atlas holds for South Africa

Global Mangrove Watch: mangrove extent 2020, South Africa
Global Mangrove Watch v3.0
622
features
Global Mangrove Watch: mangrove extent 1996, South Africa
Global Mangrove Watch v3.0
961
features
Global Mangrove Watch: mangrove extent 2007, South Africa
Global Mangrove Watch v3.0
736
features
Global Mangrove Watch: mangrove extent 2010, South Africa
Global Mangrove Watch v3.0
641
features
Global Mangrove Watch: mangrove extent 2015, South Africa
Global Mangrove Watch v3.0
646
features
Global Mangrove Watch v4.1: mangrove extent 2025, South Africa
Global Mangrove Watch v4.1
477
features
Global Mangrove Watch v4.1: mangrove extent 2020, South Africa
Global Mangrove Watch v4.1
458
features
Global Mangrove Watch v4.1: mangrove extent 2015, South Africa
Global Mangrove Watch v4.1
440
features
Global Mangrove Watch v4.1: mangrove extent 2010, South Africa
Global Mangrove Watch v4.1
401
features
Global Mangrove Watch v4.1: mangrove extent 2005, South Africa
Global Mangrove Watch v4.1
419
features
Global Mangrove Watch v4.1: mangrove extent 2000, South Africa
Global Mangrove Watch v4.1
423
features
Global Mangrove Watch v4.1: mangrove extent 1996, South Africa
Global Mangrove Watch v4.1
378
features
Fynbos
WWF Kenya Sources: GIS Centre of Excellence
1
features
SADC_TFCAs
WWF Kenya Sources: GIS Centre of Excellence
56
features
Operational Landscape
WWF Kenya Sources: GIS Centre of Excellence
79
features
Africa_WWF_Priority_202104_Operational_Landscapes_Seascape
WWF Kenya Sources: GIS Centre of Excellence
96
features
Power Plants (Power output MW)
WWF Kenya Sources: GIS Centre of Excellence
642
features
Small airport
WWF Kenya Sources: GIS Centre of Excellence
1,979
features
Dams
WWF Kenya Sources: GIS Centre of Excellence
2,586
features
World Database on Protected Areas
WWF Kenya Sources: GIS Centre of Excellence
7,438
features
Irrigated Areas
WWF Kenya Sources: GIS Centre of Excellence
23,095
features
Agro-Ecological Zones
WWF Kenya Sources: GIS Centre of Excellence
25,791
features
Carbon projects: South Africa
Berkeley Voluntary Registry Offsets Database (v2026-08)
28
features
Seagrass (UNEP-WCMC): South Africa
UNEP-WCMC global seagrass and saltmarsh layers
26
features
Salt marsh (UNEP-WCMC): South Africa
UNEP-WCMC global seagrass and saltmarsh layers
77
features
Community and nature projects (UNDP): South Africa
UNDP project data (IATI Registry)
13
features

Carbon projects and communities

179 projects registered in South Africa

Credits issued
25,223,698 t CO₂e (retired 20,475,285)
Mangrove or blue carbon
0
Mapped on Atlas
28
Community involvement
13 projects describe who they work with (from their own descriptions; where the text does not say, Atlas says so)
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