Proposal · awaiting decision

Mangrove and coastal resilience: community co-produced adaptation

Our proposal to serve as geospatial and technical-assessment partner to CAPws on an ecosystem-based adaptation project for mangroves and coastal communities in the Niger Delta and Gulf of Guinea.

The project would build community-generated and scientific evidence on ecosystem vulnerability and climate risk at three coastal sites. That evidence then underpins capacity building, state adaptation frameworks and a pipeline of investment concepts.

We proposed to pair open satellite data with community knowledge, so that every map can be checked on the ground and every community observation has a location.

What we proposed

  • Mangrove and wetland extent, condition and change since 2000 from Landsat and Sentinel-2 imagery
  • Shoreline change, flood and erosion exposure layers
  • Field verification and participatory mapping with trained community enumerators
  • Climate-risk hotspot and adaptation priority-site maps
  • A project geodatabase, web map and dashboard

More of our work

Social impact

Mapping points of interest in Nembe

Pro-bono community mapping of landmarks, public facilities and points of interest on Nembe Island.

Onyoma Research (pro bono) · Nembe Island, Bayelsa State