The IUCN IMMA layer identifies specific habitat areas crucial for one or more marine mammal species, which may be suitable for conservation through delineation and management. IMMAs represent regions ...
The number of African rhinos is increasing despite poaching. By the end of 2022, it is estimated that there were 23,290 rhinos in Africa, a 5.2% increase compared to 2021. However, at lea...
In this StoryMap, we aim to raise awareness about gorilla conservation and their distribution across countries. Despite a long history of conservation efforts, the two species and their r...
Protected areas in Africa play a critical role in biodiversity conservation, supporting livelihoods, and mitigating climate change. This tool offers a comprehensive analysis of the dynami...
The EC JRC global map of forest cover provides a spatially explicit representation of forest presence and absence for the year 2020 at 10m spatial resolution.The year 2020 corresponds to the cut-off d...
This dataset shows the global distribution of coral reefs in tropical and
subtropical regions. It is the most comprehensive global dataset of
warm-water coral reefs to date, acting as a foundation bas...
Habitat fragmentation occurs when natural habitat is broken up by non-natural land uses. For this layer, land fragmentation is expressed as the Natural Land Cover Pattern Index (NLPI), which classifie...
Carbon storage in biomass (biological material) is a key link in the global carbon cycle, and consequently for climate change mitigation. Forests in particular are an important carbon sink that help r...
