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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)