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Global mangrove forests (HGMF_2020)

Global mangrove forests (HGMF_2020) is an open dataset published by Harvard Dataverse, under CC0 1.0. It describes mangrove forests. Coverage: global, 2020.

CC0 1.0Published 2022Free download

About this dataset

Here we analyzed ~124,000 Sentinel-2 satellite images in 2020 and generated the first global mangrove forest map at 10-m resolution, namely high spatial resolution global mangrove forest dataset (HGMF_2020).

The authors' description, from the dataset's DataCite record (10.7910/dvn/pkan93, CC0).

What it describes

Habitat
Mangrove forests
Variables
Distribution

Get the data

Open https://doi.org/10.7910/DVN/PKAN93 on Harvard Dataverse and download the three zipped shapefiles (no login needed for open-access CC0 files).

How to cite it

Jia, M. (2022). Global mangrove forests. Harvard Dataverse, V1. https://doi.org/10.7910/DVN/PKAN93. Article: Jia, M., Wang, Z., Mao, D., Ren, C., Song, K., Zhao, C., Wang, C., Xiao, X., & Wang, Y. (2023). Mapping global distribution of mangrove forests at 10-m resolution. Science Bulletin, 68, 1306-1316. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scib.2023.05.004