dataset · Global
Digital Earth Africa Global Mangrove Watch
The Global Mangrove Watch (GMW) dataset is a result of the collaboration between Aberystwyth University (U.K.), solo Earth Observation (soloEO; Japan), Wetlands International the World Conservation Monitoring Centre (UNEP-WCMC) and the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA). The primary objective of producing this dataset is to provide countries lacking a national mangrove monitoring system with first cut mangrove extent and change maps, to help safeguard against further mangrove forest loss
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Licence: DE Africa makes this data available under the Creative Commons Attribute 4.0 license https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/.
Evidence quality: 27
Listed in aws-odr public catalogue API on 2026-10-16; relevance/value screened (haiku).
Metadata checked: 2026-10-14T13:20:00.000Z
Evidence
- arn:aws:s3:::deafrica-input-datasets/gmw, arn:aws:s3:::deafrica-services-inventory, arn:aws:sns:af-south-1:543785577597:deafrica-input-datasets-topic
- https://registry.opendata.aws/deafrica-mangrove/
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