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.