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Coastal East Africa

Places that are particularly rich in biodiversity. Places with unique animals and plants. WWF works in 35 priority marine and terrestrial places aiming to protect the world's most biodiverse places.

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Features
1
coastal_east_africa
Observations
1
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
Coastal East Africa (EPSG:102100 (service native); served as EPSG:4326)
Module / ecosystem
COASTAL FORESTS
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
1 (matches the source's own count)

How to cite

WWF Kenya, KMFRI, KFS (2026). Coastal East Africa. Archived copy held by Atlas Blue Carbon Intelligence (snapshot n/a; SHA-256 6871fa173d776849…). Accessed via https://atlas.twende.green/datasets/wf-aef-ii-wwf-priority-places-1-coastal-east-africa-974b3e.

Feature classes

ClassFeatures
coastal_east_africa1

Measurements recorded

Type · variableUnitnRange
area · area_sqkmha186,538,156.32 – 86,538,156.32

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_sqkmareakm2ha100converted
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
attributes1
area_ha_geodesic1
perimeter_m1

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
6871fa173d776849c44861fd077b9c8625bc1edb00668dedb401ff29b934fefa
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
#434completed2026-10-13 06:00:16.881692+0010
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