MAPME Biodiversity Reports

Threat Assessment and Conservation Analysis for Protected Areas

MAPME Biodiversity Reports

Open-source geospatial analysis for conservation impact management

Welcome

This website hosts threat assessment reports and conservation analyses for protected areas worldwide. The analyses leverage open geospatial data and the mapme.biodiversity R package to generate reproducible insights on ecosystem health and conservation pressures.

Available Reports

🇧🇴 Bolivia Threat Assessment

Period: 2000-2024
Focus: Forest Cover Loss & Burned Areas

Analysis of threat levels in Bolivian protected areas, examining:

Primary forest cover loss trends
Burned area dynamics (MODIS MCD64A1)
Comparison between supported and non-supported areas

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🇱🇦 Laos Forest Cover Evaluation

Period: 2000-2024
Focus: Forest Cover Loss & Conservation Outcomes

Evaluation of forest cover development in Lao protected areas, examining:

Forest cover loss trends (2000-2024)
Comparative analysis between project and non-project areas
Temporal dynamics during project phases

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India Forest Cover (Tripura)

Period: 2001-2024 Focus: Forest Cover Loss & Conservation Zoning

Assessment of forest cover loss in Tripura project villages, examining:

Forest loss dynamics across three periods
Comparison between project and non-project villages
Implications for conservation zoning and land-use planning

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Data Sources

Our analyses rely on globally consistent, openly available datasets:

Dataset	Source	Resolution
Forest Cover	Global Forest Watch (Hansen et al., 2013)	30m
Burned Areas	MODIS MCD64A1	500m
Protected Areas	WDPA/IUCN	Vector

Methodology

The reports in this repository use the mapme.biodiversity R package, which provides:

Standardized access to global environmental datasets
Efficient zonal statistics computation
Reproducible indicator calculations
Support for parallel processing

Learn more about the package at: mapme-initiative.github.io/mapme.biodiversity

About This Project

This project is part of the MAPME Initiative (Maps for Planning, Monitoring and Evaluation in Development Cooperation), supporting KfW and partners with data based products to improve impact management of their projects. For more information see https://www.mapme-initiative.org/.

Reproducibility

All code and data processing scripts are available in this repository. The analyses can be reproduced using the provided R scripts and openly available data sources.

Last updated: January 2026

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