Maps

Scientific Research on Tropical Peatland in the DRC Credit: Kevin McElvaney/Greenpeace

Interactive maps

To view the CongoPeat map outputs via the interactive UN Biodiversity Lab portal, alongside over 150 other datasets:

Spatial datasets

To download the spatial datasets to use in a GIS, please see the links below. Please cite the relevant papers if you are using the mapping data.

Crezee, B., Dargie, G.C., Ewango, C.E.N., Mitchard, E.T.A., Emba B., O., Kanyama T., J., Bola, P., Ndjango, J.B.N., Girkin, N.T., Bocko, Y.E., Ifo, S.A., Hubau, W., Seidensticker, D., Batumike, R., Imani, G., Cuni-Sanchez, A., Kiahtipes, C.A., Lebamba, J., Wotzka, H.P., Bean, H., Baker, T.R., Baird, A.J., Boom, A., Morris, P.J., Page, S.E., Lawson, I.T., Lewis, S.L. 2022. Mapping peat thickness and carbon stocks of the central Congo Basin using field data. Nature Geoscience.

Dargie, G.C., Lawson, I.T., Rayden, T.J., Miles, L., Mitchard, E.T.A., Page, S.E., Bocko, Y.E., Ifo, S.A., Lewis, S.L. 2018. Congo Basin peatlands: threats and conservation priorities. Mitigation and Adaptation Strategies for Global Change. 24(4), pp.669–686.

Dargie, G.C., Lewis, S.L., Lawson, I.T., Mitchard, E.T.A., Bocko, Y.E., Ifo, S.A. 2017. Age, extent and carbon storage of the central Congo Basin peatland complex. Nature. 542(7639), pp.86-90.   

The files were created by Greta Dargie and Edward Mitchard. For questions about these data layers please contact Edward Mitchard, email: edward.mitchard@ed.ac.uk

Dargie, G.C., Lewis, S.L., Lawson, I.T., Mitchard, E.T.A., Bocko, Y.E., Ifo, S.A. 2017. Age, extent and carbon storage of the central Congo Basin peatland complex. Nature. 542(7639), pp.86-90.