Land use and land cover in communities along the Bons Sinais estuary, Mozambique

The Bons Sinais estuary (BSE) is one of the most important estuaries in the central region of the Mozambican coast. The BSE plays an important role as main source of food and income for many people living along the estuary. The present data contain information on the land use and cover of eight communities located along the Bons Sinais estuary, Mozambique, over the time period 2019-2020. The dataset was created by drawing shape files over high-resolution satellite imagens obtained from Bing and Google Satellites.  All images were analysed using QGIS software. A total of 101 shapefiles were created. These files will help local managers and researchers to better understand the human use of the natural resources and landscape, as well as to predict impacts of the community’s growth on natural resources in the BSE.