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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
| Source | What it provides | Coverage | Goes back to | How we get it | Licence | Native units | Priority | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 archive | To be confirmed with the publisher | UTM 37S / WGS84; m², ha, degrees (fixed on import) | Done | archived |
| 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 Africa | 1992 – 2025 | Publicly available layers; archiving in progress (sensitive layers are restricted) | To be confirmed with the publisher | mixed (harmonised on import) | High | queued |
| 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 portals | Open (CC BY expected) - verify | m² / km² / ha → ha | High | planned |
| Global Distribution of Seagrasses (UNEP-WCMC & Short et al.) UNEP-WCMC, Short F.T. | Seagrass polygons and points. | Global | Compiled records 1934 – 2020 | UNEP-WCMC Ocean Data Viewer download | Open with attribution - verify | ha / km² | High | planned |
| Global Distribution of Saltmarsh (UNEP-WCMC) UNEP-WCMC, Mcowen et al. | Saltmarsh polygons and points. | Global | Compiled to c. 2017 | UNEP-WCMC download | Open with attribution - verify | ha / km² | High | planned |
| Global Distribution of Mangroves (USGS, c. 2000) USGS / UNEP-WCMC | Historic mangrove baseline polygons. | Global | c. 2000 | UNEP-WCMC download | Verify | ha | Medium | planned |
| 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 Sources | Circa 2000 | ORNL DAAC download; WWF Kenya Sources export | Open - verify | m; Mg/ha → tC/ha (× ~0.47 carbon fraction, method recorded) | High | queued |
| 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. 2000–2020 | Harvard Dataverse; ISRIC WebDAV / API | Open - verify | Mg C/ha → tC/ha | High | planned |
| Verra Registry (VCS) and Gold Standard registry Verra; Gold Standard | Carbon project lists, credits issued and retired, project documents. | Global | Projects from the mid-2000s | Public registry search / CSV export | Registry terms - verify | tCO2e | High | planned |
| GBIF — species occurrences Global Biodiversity Information Facility | Species occurrence records (incl. iNaturalist research-grade). | Global | Centuries of records, dense from the 1950s | Free REST API / bulk download with DOI | CC0 / CC BY / CC BY-NC per record | coordinates, dates | High | planned |
| OBIS — marine species occurrences Ocean Biodiversity Information System | Marine species records. | Global ocean | Historic to present | Free API / bulk export | CC0 / CC BY per dataset | coordinates, dates | Medium | planned |
| IUCN Red List IUCN | Threat status of mangrove species and marine turtles. | Global | Assessments by year | API (token required) | Restricted terms (non-commercial) - verify | categories | Medium | planned |
| Protected Planet / World Database on Protected Areas UNEP-WCMC & IUCN | Protected area boundaries. | Global | Monthly releases | Download after accepting terms | Redistribution restricted - view-only overlay | km² → ha | Medium | planned |
| Marine Regions (EEZ & marine boundaries) VLIZ | Exclusive economic zones and marine boundaries. | Global | Versioned | Download / WFS | CC BY - verify | km² → ha | Low | planned |
| geoBoundaries (administrative boundaries) William & Mary geoLab | Country, county and district boundaries. | Global | Current and historical | Free API / download | CC BY 4.0 - verify (GADM is non-commercial: avoid) | degrees | Medium | planned |
| ESA CCI / Copernicus C3S land cover ESA / Copernicus Climate Change Service | Annual global land cover (mangrove, wetland, forest classes). | Global (300 m) | 1992 – recent | Copernicus Climate Data Store; WWF Kenya Sources holds 1992/2000/2010/2015/2018 maps | Open with attribution | classes; m² → ha | High | queued |
| 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 download | CC BY 4.0 | ha | Medium | queued |
| 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 1984 | Open STAC APIs / Digital Earth Africa | Open | index 0-1 | High | planned |
| JRC Global Surface Water European Commission JRC | Water occurrence and change (tidal flats, flooding). | Global (30 m) | 1984 – 2021 | Earth Engine / download | Open with attribution | percent 0–100 | Low | planned |
| FAO Global Forest Resources Assessment (country mangrove statistics) FAO | National mangrove area statistics. | Countries | 1980 – 2020 (5-year steps) | FRA platform download | Verify (FAO open data terms) | 1,000 ha → ha | Medium | planned |
| Kenya agencies: KMFRI, Kenya Forest Service, NEMA, County governments Government of Kenya | Authoritative mangrove inventories, management plans, county boundaries. | Kenya | Varies | Partnership / data-sharing agreement (not an open API) | Agreement-based | varies | High | planned |
| 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 … | Varies | Portals and partnerships | Verify per dataset | varies | Medium | planned |
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.