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Every layer Atlas holds is filed under a theme, so you can go straight to roads and rail, protected areas, water, wildlife, people and more, as well as mangroves. Counts are for the country you are working in.
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19
With data in this country
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372
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1,361,743
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Water & Catchments
Rivers, lakes, wetlands, catchments, basins and hydrology.
64 datasets · 93,174 features
- Rivers1 · 48,033
- Irrigated Areas · 23,095
- urt_basin · 7,740
- NamedPermanentRiverSystem_Kenya · 2,338
- NamedPermanentRiverSystem_Kenya · 2,338
Roads, Rail & Infrastructure
Roads, railways, corridors (LAPSSET, SGR), ports, power, pipelines, fences and development projects.
55 datasets · 57,889 features
- Roads1 · 20,417
- Standard Gauge Railway - SGR · 17,778
- Electricity Transmission Network · 9,759
- Railway · 3,840
- Dams · 2,586
Protected Areas & Landscapes
National parks, reserves, conservancies, ranches, community conservation areas and priority landscapes.
52 datasets · 13,812 features
- Populated_places · 8,149
- PAs_092020 · 1,159
- RDC_Routes · 804
- GeneralMappingKit_WWFKe · 494
- Clearings · 486
Biodiversity
Biodiversity datasets, observations and indicators.
36 datasets · 294,924 features
- Elephant Track · 276,722
- World Database on Protected Areas · 7,438
- Protected Area · 2,548
- Sea turtle satellite-tag fixes (May 2017 - Oct 2018) · 1,414
- TurtleTags_May2017_to_Oct2018 · 1,414
Mangroves
Mangrove datasets, maps, observations and indicators.
35 datasets · 295,214 features
- Lamu Mangroves Species Formation 2019 · 60,004
- MangroveSpeciesFormation_2019 · 60,004
- MangroveSpeciesFormation_2019 · 60,004
- Lamu sand and mudflats · 28,296
- Sand_Mudflats · 28,296
Boundaries & Reference
Country, region and project boundaries, zones, grids and other reference layers.
30 datasets · 52,577 features
- Agro-Ecological Zones · 25,791
- Divisions · 17,649
- Districts · 6,099
- AREECA FLR · 1,434
- Administration (Level 2) · 495
Surveys & Field Data
Questionnaires, plots, field validation, monitoring sheets and forms.
27 datasets · 3,482 features
- National_RHA_Kit · 456
- geopoint · 409
- LAPSSET_Questionnaire_Kubasu · 385
- IKI_KAPsurvey · 319
- WIOMSA_Livelihoods_Assesment_Kit · 315
Restoration Sites
Restoration sites, activities and monitoring.
19 datasets · 441 features
- Restoration Sites · 73
- PlantedSites · 66
- PlantedSites · 66
- restoration_area_ · 52
- Rangeland_Management_and_Restoration_Tool · 49
Community Projects
Community environmental and blue carbon initiatives.
14 datasets · 27,552 features
- Population Points (RS AI) 2018) · 26,336
- towns and settlements · 611
- Village · 180
- Survey_on_WWF___Kenya_Circular_Economy_Initiatives · 108
- GroupRanches_KajiadoCounty_SOKNOT · 67
People & Settlements
Population, villages, towns, schools, households and livelihoods.
10 datasets · 327 features
- Proposed_Local_Centre · 99
- Land Tenure · 91
- Lamu villages · 52
- Gotu_Placemarks · 24
- Island · 20
Wildlife & Habitats
Species records, tracking, habitats, bird areas and human-wildlife conflict.
9 datasets · 93 features
- Tourist Facilities Siana · 34
- Fish landing sites · 20
- Fishing Zones · 15
- Hilltops · 9
- Proposed Fisheries Zone · 5
Coastal Forests
Coastal forest datasets, maps, observations and indicators.
6 datasets · 1,950 features
- Forest · 856
- Forest 2 · 856
- Eastern Arc Forest · 209
- Eastern Arc Forest (Blocks) · 13
- Eastern Arc Forest (Blocks) 2 · 13
Farming & Livelihoods
Farms, crops, rangelands, grazing, fisheries and natural-resource use.
4 datasets · 78 features
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Mining, Oil & Licences
Exploration and exploitation permits, drilling blocks and extractive licences.
4 datasets · 30 features
- landuse_mining_USGS_2009_SOKNOT_SOKNOT · 19
- Mara Siana Corridor Block · 9
- Oil Refinery · 1
- Oil_Tanker__LAPSSET · 1
Reference & Context
Layers not yet assigned to a theme.
3 datasets · 486,325 features
- Observation_ICCN · 101,621
- Fences · 148,597
- SGR Alignment · 236,107
Salt Marsh
Salt marsh datasets, maps, observations and indicators.
1 dataset · 2 features
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Carbon Projects
Carbon projects, activities and project intelligence.
1 dataset · 62 features
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Land Use & Land Cover
Land-cover maps, land-use scenarios, tenure, vegetation and forest-cover layers.
1 dataset · 33,435 features
- lulc_2015_naforma · 33,435