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Source Catalogue & Roadmap

Everything Atlas holds, everything identified in WWF Kenya Sources, and the global and African sources we plan to add — with how far back each one goes and what has to be converted to Atlas' units.

Archived in Atlas
1
Complete local copy
Queued
4
Identified in WWF Kenya Sources
Planned
17
Global & regional sources
WWF Kenya Sources reviewed
484
18,298,703 features · 1104 layers

How far back can we go?

Earliest year available from each source (approximate; verify at ingest)

Sources

SourceWhat it providesCoverageGoes back toHow we get itLicenceNative unitsPriorityStatus
WWF Kenya Sources: GIS Centre of Excellence
WWF Kenya with KMFRI, KFS, TBP/LCPM, Coastal Kenya Programme
Lamu mangrove species formation 2019 (60,004 polygons), sand & mudflats, field survey plots, restoration sites & plots, sea-turtle tracking, LAPSSET footprint, villages.Kenya coast (Lamu, Kilifi/Mida Creek, Kwale), Tanzania (other folders)2017 – 2025 (layers differ)Publicly available layers; held in full in the Atlas archiveTo be confirmed with the publisherUTM 37S / WGS84; m², ha, degrees (fixed on import) Donearchived
WWF Kenya Sources: further data collections
WWF Kenya Sources
Mangrove biomass & canopy-height rasters (Tanzania), Rufiji delta mangroves, Tanzania coastal forests, IKI restoration sites (Kwale, 73 polygons + 66 planted), Kwale blue economy (1,667 mangrove polygons, coral reef, fish landing sites), land-cover time series 1992–2018, county boundaries and more.Kenya, Tanzania, wider Africa1992 – 2025Publicly available layers; archiving in progress (sensitive layers are restricted)To be confirmed with the publishermixed (harmonised on import) Highqueued
Global Mangrove Watch (GMW) v3
Aberystwyth University, solo Earth Observation, Wetlands International, UNEP-WCMC, JAXA
Mangrove extent maps, gain/loss and change statistics.Global (25 m)1996 and 2007–2010, 2015–2020 (check for newer releases)Bulk download (GeoTIFF / vector) from the GMW / UNEP-WCMC data portalsOpen (CC BY expected) - verifym² / km² / ha → ha Highplanned
Global Distribution of Seagrasses (UNEP-WCMC & Short et al.)
UNEP-WCMC, Short F.T.
Seagrass polygons and points.GlobalCompiled records 1934 – 2020UNEP-WCMC Ocean Data Viewer downloadOpen with attribution - verifyha / km² Highplanned
Global Distribution of Saltmarsh (UNEP-WCMC)
UNEP-WCMC, Mcowen et al.
Saltmarsh polygons and points.GlobalCompiled to c. 2017UNEP-WCMC downloadOpen with attribution - verifyha / km² Highplanned
Global Distribution of Mangroves (USGS, c. 2000)
USGS / UNEP-WCMC
Historic mangrove baseline polygons.Globalc. 2000UNEP-WCMC downloadVerifyha Mediumplanned
Mangrove canopy height & aboveground biomass
ORNL DAAC (Simard et al.); WWF Kenya for Tanzania
Canopy height and biomass rasters (30 m).Global; Tanzania copy on WWF Kenya SourcesCirca 2000ORNL DAAC download; WWF Kenya Sources exportOpen - verifym; Mg/ha → tC/ha (× ~0.47 carbon fraction, method recorded) Highqueued
Soil organic carbon (mangrove soil carbon map; SoilGrids)
Sanderman et al.; ISRIC
Soil carbon stock estimates.Global (30 m mangrove; 250 m SoilGrids)Model-based, c. 2000–2020Harvard Dataverse; ISRIC WebDAV / APIOpen - verifyMg C/ha → tC/ha Highplanned
Verra Registry (VCS) and Gold Standard registry
Verra; Gold Standard
Carbon project lists, credits issued and retired, project documents.GlobalProjects from the mid-2000sPublic registry search / CSV exportRegistry terms - verifytCO2e Highplanned
GBIF — species occurrences
Global Biodiversity Information Facility
Species occurrence records (incl. iNaturalist research-grade).GlobalCenturies of records, dense from the 1950sFree REST API / bulk download with DOICC0 / CC BY / CC BY-NC per recordcoordinates, dates Highplanned
OBIS — marine species occurrences
Ocean Biodiversity Information System
Marine species records.Global oceanHistoric to presentFree API / bulk exportCC0 / CC BY per datasetcoordinates, dates Mediumplanned
IUCN Red List
IUCN
Threat status of mangrove species and marine turtles.GlobalAssessments by yearAPI (token required)Restricted terms (non-commercial) - verifycategories Mediumplanned
Protected Planet / World Database on Protected Areas
UNEP-WCMC & IUCN
Protected area boundaries.GlobalMonthly releasesDownload after accepting termsRedistribution restricted - view-only overlaykm² → ha Mediumplanned
Marine Regions (EEZ & marine boundaries)
VLIZ
Exclusive economic zones and marine boundaries.GlobalVersionedDownload / WFSCC BY - verifykm² → ha Lowplanned
geoBoundaries (administrative boundaries)
William & Mary geoLab
Country, county and district boundaries.GlobalCurrent and historicalFree API / downloadCC BY 4.0 - verify (GADM is non-commercial: avoid)degrees Mediumplanned
ESA CCI / Copernicus C3S land cover
ESA / Copernicus Climate Change Service
Annual global land cover (mangrove, wetland, forest classes).Global (300 m)1992 – recentCopernicus Climate Data Store; WWF Kenya Sources holds 1992/2000/2010/2015/2018 mapsOpen with attributionclasses; m² → ha Highqueued
Hansen Global Forest Change
University of Maryland / Google
Tree-cover loss and gain by year.Global (30 m)2000 – 2023 (annual updates)Earth Engine / tiled downloadCC BY 4.0ha Mediumqueued
Sentinel-2 / Landsat time series (via Digital Earth Africa or Planetary Computer)
ESA / USGS / Digital Earth Africa
NDVI and other indices for mangrove health and change.Global (10–30 m)Sentinel-2 from 2015; Landsat from 1984Open STAC APIs / Digital Earth AfricaOpenindex 0-1 Highplanned
JRC Global Surface Water
European Commission JRC
Water occurrence and change (tidal flats, flooding).Global (30 m)1984 – 2021Earth Engine / downloadOpen with attributionpercent 0–100 Lowplanned
FAO Global Forest Resources Assessment (country mangrove statistics)
FAO
National mangrove area statistics.Countries1980 – 2020 (5-year steps)FRA platform downloadVerify (FAO open data terms)1,000 ha → ha Mediumplanned
Kenya agencies: KMFRI, Kenya Forest Service, NEMA, County governments
Government of Kenya
Authoritative mangrove inventories, management plans, county boundaries.KenyaVariesPartnership / data-sharing agreement (not an open API)Agreement-basedvaries Highplanned
Western Indian Ocean: WIOMSA / Nairobi Convention / RCMRD
WIOMSA; UNEP Nairobi Convention; RCMRD
Regional mangrove and seagrass datasets, East Africa land cover.Kenya, Tanzania, Mozambique, Madagascar, Somalia …VariesPortals and partnershipsVerify per datasetvaries Mediumplanned
Licences and access routes are working notes. Atlas always re-checks the publisher's current terms before each ingest and records the result with the dataset.

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