Sources
Who publishes the data in Atlas, how we obtain it, what licence applies, and how safely a copy is held. Atlas keeps its own complete archive, so it works independently of the publishers' systems.
WWF Kenya Sources, KMFRI and KFS: Lamu Mangroves Species Formation
WWF Kenya / Kenya Marine and Fisheries Research Institute (KMFRI) / Kenya Forest Service (KFS)
- Type
- ArcGIS REST
- Website
- https://www.kenyamangrove.co.ke/
- Datasets
- 8 in Atlas · 88,511 records
- Attribution
- Data generated by WWF Kenya and KMFRI; copyright/access information identifies WWF-Kenya, KMFRI and KFS.
- Licence
- To be confirmed licence terms are being confirmed with the publisher; held for scientific and internal use, so please ask the publisher before bulk redistribution
WWF Kenya Sources: TBP & LCPM Mangrove Restoration Projects
WWF Kenya (TBP and LCPM projects)
- Type
- ArcGIS REST
- Website
- https://www.wwfkenya.org/
- Datasets
- 5 in Atlas · 37 records
- Attribution
- WWF Kenya, KMFRI, KFS
- Licence
- To be confirmed licence terms are being confirmed with the publisher; held for scientific and internal use, so please ask the publisher before bulk redistribution
WWF Kenya Sources: Coastal Kenya Programme sea-turtle tagging
WWF Kenya (Coastal Kenya Programme)
- Type
- ArcGIS REST
- Website
- https://www.wwfkenya.org/
- Datasets
- 2 in Atlas · 1,421 records
- Attribution
- WWF Kenya, KMFRI, KFS
- Licence
- To be confirmed licence terms are being confirmed with the publisher; held for scientific and internal use, so please ask the publisher before bulk redistribution
WWF Kenya Sources: GIS Centre of Excellence
WWF Kenya
- Type
- ArcGIS REST
- Website
- https://www.wwfkenya.org/
- Datasets
- 793 in Atlas · 862,743 records
- Attribution
- WWF Kenya and the original data owners
- Licence
- To be confirmed licence terms are being confirmed with the publisher; held for scientific and internal use, so please ask the publisher before bulk redistribution
Global Mangrove Watch v3.0
Global Mangrove Watch (Aberystwyth University, soloEO, Wetlands International, UNEP-WCMC, JAXA)
- Type
- Zenodo dataset (GeoTIFF / Shapefile)
- Website
- https://www.globalmangrovewatch.org/
- Datasets
- 150 in Atlas · 827,920 records
- Attribution
- Bunting, P., Rosenqvist, A., Hilarides, L., Lucas, R.M., Thomas, T., Tadono, T., Worthington, T.A., Spalding, M., Murray, N.J., Rebelo, L-M. (2022). Global Mangrove Extent Change 1996-2020: Global Mangrove Watch Version 3.0. Remote Sensing 14(15):3657. Dataset: doi:10.5281/zenodo.6894273
- Licence
- CC BY 4.0
Global Mangrove Watch v4.1
Global Mangrove Watch (Aberystwyth University, soloEO, Wetlands International, UNEP-WCMC, JAXA)
- Type
- Zenodo dataset (GeoTIFF / Shapefile)
- Website
- https://www.globalmangrovewatch.org/
- Datasets
- 224 in Atlas · 1,237,531 records
- Attribution
- Global Mangrove Watch (2026). Global Mangrove Watch: Timeseries of Mangrove Extent, version 4.1.12. Zenodo, doi:10.5281/zenodo.21346456. Method: Bunting et al. (2022) Remote Sensing 14(15):3657 and later GMW v4 updates. CC BY 4.0.
- Licence
- CC BY 4.0
Berkeley Voluntary Registry Offsets Database (v2026-08)
Berkeley Carbon Trading Project, University of California, Berkeley
- Type
- Registry compilation (XLSX)
- Website
- https://gspp.berkeley.edu/berkeley-carbon-trading-project/offsets-database
- Datasets
- 34 in Atlas · 507 records
- Attribution
- Pamela Quartson, Barbara K Haya, Tyler Bernard, Aline Abayo, Xinyun Rong, Ivy S So, Micah Elias (2026). Voluntary Registry Offsets Database v2026-08. Berkeley Carbon Trading Project, University of California, Berkeley.
- Licence
- To be confirmed licence terms are being confirmed with the publisher; held for scientific and internal use, so please ask the publisher before bulk redistribution
UNEP-WCMC global seagrass and saltmarsh layers
UN Environment Programme World Conservation Monitoring Centre (UNEP-WCMC) and Short FT
- Type
- Published dataset (shapefile)
- Website
- https://data.unep-wcmc.org/
- Datasets
- 41 in Atlas · 7,252 records
- Attribution
- UNEP-WCMC, Short FT. Global distribution of seagrasses (v7.1, 2021) and saltmarsh (v6.1, 2021).
- Licence
- To be confirmed licence terms are being confirmed with the publisher; held for scientific and internal use, so please ask the publisher before bulk redistribution
UNDP project data (IATI Registry)
United Nations Development Programme (UNDP)
- Type
- Open project data (IATI XML)
- Website
- https://open.undp.org
- Datasets
- 54 in Atlas · 335 records
- Attribution
- United Nations Development Programme (UNDP). Project data published to the IATI Registry.
- Licence
- To be confirmed licence terms are being confirmed with the publisher; held for scientific and internal use, so please ask the publisher before bulk redistribution
WWF Kenya GIS Centre of Excellence — full server mirror
WWF Kenya
- Type
- ArcGIS REST
- Website
- https://www.wwfkenya.org/
- Datasets
- 21 in Atlas · 5,590,476 records
- Attribution
- WWF Kenya and the original data owners
- Licence
- To be confirmed licence terms are being confirmed with the publisher; held for scientific and internal use, so please ask the publisher before bulk redistribution
Archive snapshots
Each run is saved as an immutable dated copy. A snapshot only becomes current when every layer is complete and verified.| Snapshot | Status | Layers | Features | Files | Size | Requests |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-10-12T20-27-24Z | COMPLETE | 16 | 149,973 | 232 | 25.6 MB | 234 |