World Atlas of Mangroves (version 3.1). A collaborative project of ITTO, ISME, FAO, UNEP-WCMC, UNESCO-MAB, UNU-INWEH and TNC. London (UK): Earthscan, London. 319 pp

This dataset shows the global distribution of mangroves, and was produced as joint initiatives of the International Tropical Timber Organization (ITTO), International Society for Mangrove Ecosystems (ISME), Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), UN Environment World Conservation Monitoring Centre (UNEP-WCMC), United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization’s Man and the Biosphere Programme (UNESCO-MAB), United Nations University Institute for Water, Environment and Health (UNU-INWEH) and The Nature Conservancy (TNC). Major funding was provided by ITTO through a Japanese Government project grant; the project was implemented by ISME.

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Date (Revision)
2021-03-01
Date (Publication)
2010-01-01
Identifier
c5281177-c9e6-4226-acef-c28c90c7a0c3
Purpose
This dataset was used in the World Atlas of Mangroves (Spalding et al. 2010); some statistics in the publication are not derived from the dataset (see annex 3, p. 288 for details of the data used).
Distributor
  UN Environment Programme World Conservation Monitoring Centre
Author
  Spalding M
Author
  Kainuma M
Author
  Collins L
Publisher
  UN Environment Programme World Conservation Monitoring Centre
Thèmes Sextant
  • /Biological Environment/Habitats
GEMET - INSPIRE themes, version 1.0
  • Habitats and biotopes
Mission Atlantic - Resources
  • Data
Mission Atlantic - Case Studies
  • Canary Current system
  • Atlantic Ocean
Mission Atlantic - BODC Parameters
  • /Environment/Habitat
Mission Atlantic - Data type (DMP)
  • Spatial data products
Mission Atlantic - Work Package
  • WP1 Atlantic Ocean IEA
Use limitation
UNEP-WCMC General Data License
Other constraints
For commercial use, please contact business-support@unep-wcmc.org and isme@mangrove.or.jp. Please also refer to the license file (“WCMC-011-AtlasMangrove2010-License.pdf”) distributed with the dataset. Please send any modification and revision of the dataset to the ISME Secretariat (Faculty of Agriculture, University of the Ryukyus, Senbaru 1, Nishihara, Okinawa 903-0129 Japan; isme@mangrove.or.jp ).
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Metadata language
English
Character set
utf8 UTF8
Topic category
  • Oceans
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1999-01-01
End date
2003-01-01 Before
Unique resource identifier
EPSG:4326
Distribution format
  • ESRI Shapefile ( 1.0 )

OnLine resource
World Atlas of Mangroves ( DOI )
OnLine resource
Downlaod data ( WWW:DOWNLOAD )
OnLine resource
World Atlas of Mangroves By Mark Spalding, Mami Kainuma, Lorna Collins ( WWW:LINK-1.0-http--publication-URL )
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Dataset
Statement
The dataset was created mostly from satellite imagery processed at UNEP-WCMC or FAO. For a number of countries, existing (WCMC-012 (1997)) or newly available (vector) data were incorporated. The methodology is detailed in chapter 3 of Spalding et al. (2010), which is distributed with the dataset ("WCMC-011-AtlasMangrove2010-Methodology.pdf")
File identifier
c5281177-c9e6-4226-acef-c28c90c7a0c3 XML
Metadata language
English
Character set
UTF8
Hierarchy level
Dataset
Date stamp
2025-05-16T00:03:40.043461Z
Metadata standard name
ISO 19115-3 - SEXTANT
Metadata standard version
1.0
Point of contact
  Ifremer - Sextant
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https://sextant.ifremer.fr/eng
 
 

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GEMET - INSPIRE themes, version 1.0
Habitats and biotopes
Mission Atlantic - BODC Parameters
/Environment/Habitat
Mission Atlantic - Case Studies
Atlantic Ocean Canary Current system
Mission Atlantic - Data type (DMP)
Spatial data products
Mission Atlantic - Resources
Data
Mission Atlantic - Work Package
WP1 Atlantic Ocean IEA
Thèmes Sextant
/Biological Environment/Habitats

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