Biodiversity Hotspots
Biodiversity hotspots are a method to identify those regions of the world where attention is needed to address biodiversity loss and to guide investments in conservation. The idea was first developed by Norman Myers in 1988 to identify tropical forest ‘hotspots’ characterized both by exceptional levels of plant endemism and serious habitat loss 1, which he then expanded to a more global scope 2. Conservation International adopted Myers’ hotspots as its institutional blueprint in 1989, and in 1999, the organization undertook an extensive global review which introduced quantitative thresholds fo
About this dataset
- Source
- WWF Kenya Sources: GIS Centre of ExcellenceWWF Kenya
- Source layer
- Biodiversity Hotspots (EPSG:102100 (service native); served as EPSG:4326)
- Module / ecosystem
- BIODIVERSITY
- Licence
- To be confirmed with the publisherLicence not stated by the publisher. Atlas holds an archival copy for scientific and internal use. Do not redistribute in bulk without the publisher's permission. Always cite WWF Kenya and the original data owner named in the layer description.
- Coordinate system
- Stored as EPSG:4326 (WGS 84). Source native: 102100
- Records archived
- 12 (matches the source's own count)
How to cite
Feature classes
| Class | Features |
|---|---|
| biodiversity_hotspots | 12 |
Measurements recorded
Unit harmonisation applied to this dataset
Every number in Atlas is stored in one canonical unit; the original value and unit are always kept
| Source field | Measure | Source unit | Atlas unit | Factor | Treatment |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Shape_Length | area/length | unknown (often degrees) | — | — | excluded unit not stated; geodesic area/length computed from geometry instead |
| Shape_Area | area/length | unknown (often degrees) | — | — | excluded unit not stated; geodesic area/length computed from geometry instead |
| geometry | area / length | EPSG:4326 degrees | ha / m | — | geodesic area (ha), perimeter (m) and length (km) computed on the WGS 84 ellipsoid with PostGIS |
Attributes stored per feature
How many features carry each attribute (first 20,000)
| Attribute | Features |
|---|---|
| attributes | 12 |
| area_ha_geodesic | 12 |
| perimeter_m | 12 |
Checked against the geometry
Source value ÷ the same quantity computed from the stored shape
Archive & integrity
- Snapshot
- n/a
- Format
- GeoJSON (gzip pages, WGS 84 as served)
- Archive checksum
- a385ac8e2ebb1dd5c494fbcc86e903d7eca9e01ef8836912ca17ccf57d572418
Verification against the raw archive
Import history
| Run | Status | Started | Records | Repaired geometries |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #766 | completed | 2026-10-13 06:03:35.672664+00 | 12 | 0 |