#SpaceWatchGL Opinion – Mapping the coast to save the past: Satellite data supports cultural heritage in Africa

Over the last few decades, coastlines in Kenya, Tanzania and Senegal have undergone significant shifts, shaped by climate pressures and human development. Important heritage sites that include Swahili mosques, late stone age sites, ancient coastal trading settlements, and colonial-era buildings that once stood firm on solid ground are now threatened by erosion, rising seas, or burial under layers of silt. Some have already disappeared.