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A gateway to data and information on Africa's social, economic, territorial and environmental development, developed by the Joint Research Centre of the European Commission.

This platform features Joint Research Centre (JRC) data, tools, partnerships, and stories developed in-house or with African and international partners. It provides a single entry-point to the wealth of European Commission knowledge on Africa and aims to support the European Union (EU) objective of deepening the partnership with Africa.
Regional Centres of Excellence for the Green Transistion Program

This platform serves as the Knowledge and Information hub for the Regional Centers of Excellence program. It underpins its Transversal component helping foster knowledge exchange and strengthen the science-policy interface, covering the priority topics linked to the Green Transition:

Energy
Climate and Disaster Resilience
Oceans
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Protected areas in Africa play a critical role in biodiversity conservation, supporting livelihoods, and mitigating climate change. This tool offers a comprehensive analysis of the dynami...
Protected areas have long played a crucial role in protecting natural landscapes and wildlife, and many consider them to be one of the most effective tools in protecting biodiversity. The Internationa...
The GHS Settlement Model layers (GHS-SMOD) GHS-SMOD_GLOBE_R2023A delineate and classify settlement typologies via a logic of cell clusters population size, population and built-up area densities as de...
The GHS Settlement Model layers (GHS-SMOD) GHS-SMOD_GLOBE_R2023A delineate and classify settlement typologies via a logic of cell clusters population size, population and built-up area densities as de...
The GHS Settlement Model layers (GHS-SMOD) GHS-SMOD_GLOBE_R2023A delineate and classify settlement typologies via a logic of cell clusters population size, population and built-up area densities as de...
This GHS-POP spatial raster product (GHS-POP_GLOBE_R2023) depicts the distribution of human population, expressed as the number of people per cell. Residential population estimates at 5 years interval...
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