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High Biodiversity Areas

Spatial data for the five highest biodiversity wilderness areas as defined by Conservation International. These five areas are: Amazonia, Congo Forests, Miombo-Mopane Woodlands and Savannas, North American Deserts and New Guinea.

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CSV GeoJSON
Features
3
high_biodiversity_areas
Observations
3
Linked measurements
Quality score
95 / 100
Completeness · provenance · checks
Version
v1
Imported 2026-10-13

About this dataset

Source
WWF Kenya Sources: GIS Centre of Excellence
WWF Kenya
Source layer
High Biodiversity Areas (EPSG:102100 (service native); served as EPSG:4326)
Module / ecosystem
BIODIVERSITY
Licence
To be confirmed with the publisher
Licence 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
3 (matches the source's own count)

How to cite

WWF Kenya, KMFRI, KFS (2026). High Biodiversity Areas. Archived copy held by Atlas Blue Carbon Intelligence (snapshot n/a; SHA-256 15081f987a5262fc…). Accessed via https://atlas.twende.green/datasets/wf-aef-ii-key-ecological-habitats-3-high-biodiversity-areas-232abc.

Feature classes

ClassFeatures
high_biodiversity_areas3

Measurements recorded

Type · variableUnitnRange
area · AREA__KM2_ha3122,188,700.00 – 266,804,600.00

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 fieldMeasureSource unitAtlas unitFactorTreatment
Shape_Lengtharea/lengthunknown (often degrees)——excluded unit not stated; geodesic area/length computed from geometry instead
Shape_Areaarea/lengthunknown (often degrees)——excluded unit not stated; geodesic area/length computed from geometry instead
AREA__KM2_areakm2ha100converted
geometryarea / lengthEPSG:4326 degreesha / 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)

AttributeFeatures
attributes3
area_ha_geodesic3
perimeter_m3

Checked against the geometry

Source value ÷ the same quantity computed from the stored shape

No unit checks apply

Archive & integrity

Snapshot
n/a
Format
GeoJSON (gzip pages, WGS 84 as served)
Archive checksum
15081f987a5262fc0695f167c417647e7533c71baa1adb3f0ad8c390d56853e1
Atlas serves this dataset from its own archived copy. Nothing is requested from the publisher when you view or download it.

Verification against the raw archive

Record counts match the source
Imported record count equals the source's own count; per-record cross-check recorded in the import run.

Import history

RunStatusStartedRecordsRepaired geometries
#579completed2026-10-13 06:01:22.976011+0032
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