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FIRM II — AEZ and Unit Area of Insurance Delineation, Puntland

GIS and Remote Sensing IBLI AEZ UAI Puntland Drought Analytics Dashboard 2026

Data-driven Agro-Ecological Zones and Units of Area of Insurance for index-based livestock insurance, with a decision-support dashboard for World Vision and partners.

Location: Puntland, Somalia — Nugaal, Bari and Mudug

Status: Completed · May 2026

Ongoing

Local Biodiversity Strategies and Action Plans

Environment Biodiversity Ecosystem Assessment GIS and Remote Sensing 2026

State-level biodiversity strategies and costed action plans, built from field transects, Sentinel-2 habitat mapping and community consultation.

Location: Galmudug, Hirshabelle and South West State, Somalia

Status: Ongoing

Ongoing

Climate Education and Awareness Materials, Somalia

Environment Climate Communication Somali Language Stakeholder Engagement 2026

Somali-language climate, land degradation and biodiversity awareness materials, built on audience and channel mapping across three federal member states.

Location: Three federal member states, Somalia

Status: Ongoing

Ongoing

Climate Vulnerability Baseline and Mapping, Hobyo and Barawe

GIS and Remote Sensing Climate Vulnerability Baseline Survey Remote Sensing 2026

A 720-household baseline survey and drought and flood vulnerability mapping, so community targeting rests on household and satellite evidence together.

Location: Hobyo (Galmudug) and Barawe (South West State), Somalia

Status: Ongoing

Completed

Rangeland Restoration and Conflict Analysis, Central Somalia

Rangelands Rangelands Conflict Sensitivity GIS 2026

Feasibility study and conflict analysis for rangeland restoration in 13 villages, combining satellite land cover, erosion modelling and participatory mapping.

Location: Galmudug and Hirshabelle, Somalia

Status: Completed · 2026

Completed

Somaliland National Disaster Risk Assessment (NDRA)

Environment Disaster Risk NDRA Hazard Analysis Early Warning GIS 2024

GIS and disaster-risk analysis support for Somaliland’s first nationwide National Disaster Risk Assessment, covering drought, floods, locusts, heat, Prosopis and cyclones.

Location: Somaliland — national, regional and community levels

Status: Completed · 2024

FIRM II — AEZ and Unit Area of Insurance Delineation, Puntland

GIS and Remote Sensing IBLI AEZ UAI Puntland Drought Analytics Dashboard 2026

Location: Puntland, Somalia — Nugaal, Bari and Mudug | Status: Completed · May 2026

Overview

For Nuru Solutions, in partnership with World Vision Somalia/SomReP, ILRI, Wadaag Group and SomRIL, SoMAP developed the technical framework for delineating Agro-Ecological Zones (AEZs) and Units of Area of Insurance (UAIs) for the FIRM II index-based livestock insurance initiative in Puntland. The analysis covered approximately 154,361 km² across Nugaal, Bari and Mudug, using 20 years of daily observations (2005–2025) and indicators from 1,783 GPS sampling points. Principal Component Analysis and K-means clustering identified five data-driven ecological zones, with strong cluster validation (mean bootstrap-adjusted Rand index 0.9163; overall positive silhouette rate 92.3%). A decision-support dashboard presented AEZ boundaries, administrative overlays, climate and vegetation trends, and zone-level descriptions for implementation partners.

What we did

Designed a spatial sampling framework and extracted rainfall, temperature, elevation, terrain, soil, NDVI and vegetation-condition indicators.
Applied PCA and K-means clustering to identify five ecological zones across ~154,361 km².
Statistically assessed cluster quality and operational suitability for insurance design.
Produced AEZ/UAI classification distinguishing coastal, highland, central arid, interior arid and marginal arid environments.
Built a decision-support dashboard with AEZ boundaries, climate/vegetation trends and district summaries.

Key outputs

AEZ/UAI delineation framework and five ecological zones for Puntland.
Climate and vegetation analysis, PCA/clustering workflow and statistical validation.
GIS boundaries and maps, technical report and decision-support dashboard.

Climate Vulnerability Baseline and Mapping, Hobyo and Barawe

GIS and Remote Sensing Climate Vulnerability Baseline Survey Remote Sensing 2026

Location: Hobyo (Galmudug) and Barawe (South West State), Somalia | Status: Ongoing

Overview

Hobyo is shaped by drought; Barawe by floods. SoMAP is running a two-track assignment in both districts. The first track is a probability-based baseline survey that measures outcome indicators against a comparison group. The second is a spatial diagnostic that narrows a long list of candidate community clusters to a final, defensible set. Household evidence feeds directly into the vulnerability analysis, so the maps are not built on remote sensing alone.

What we are doing

A stratified, multi-stage survey of 720 households across 36 clusters, with project and comparison arms.
A ten-module questionnaire with separate women's and youth respondents, plus 12 focus group discussions and 10 key informant interviews.
Tablet-based data collection with GPS capture and nightly quality checks.
Sentinel-2 random forest land cover in Google Earth Engine, Sentinel-1 radar flood mapping, 12.5 m ALOS PALSAR terrain analysis, and CHIRPS-based SPI with MODIS vegetation anomalies for drought.
A vulnerability index (exposure, sensitivity and adaptive capacity) with stated weights, tested against alternative weightings.

Planned outputs

Separate drought and flood exposure maps for each district.
Land cover maps with accuracy assessment, plus watershed, terrain and water point layers.
Cluster-level map sets, ArcGIS packages, Google Earth files and ISO 19115 metadata.
Scripted processing, so every layer can be regenerated and the method reused in new districts.

Rangeland Restoration and Conflict Analysis, Central Somalia

Rangelands Rangelands Conflict Sensitivity GIS 2026

Location: Galmudug and Hirshabelle, Somalia | Status: Completed · 2026

Overview

In central Somalia, degraded rangeland and contested grazing land are often the same problem. SoMAP's technical team contributed to a feasibility study and conflict analysis covering 13 villages in Galkacyo, Dhusamareeb and Abudwak districts (Galmudug) and Feerfeer village in Beletweyn District (Hirshabelle). We combined satellite and terrain analysis with interviews, focus groups and participatory mapping, then turned the evidence into siting rules, so that each village received restoration measures suited both to its landscape and to its local relations.

What we did

Classified land cover from 10 m ESA WorldCover and analysed a 2004–2024 NDVI time series to locate long-term vegetation decline.
Modelled soil loss with RUSLE in Google Earth Engine, using CHIRPS rainfall and Sentinel-2 NDVI, to identify erosion hotspots.
Assessed grazing suitability separately for camels, cattle, goats and sheep.
Held 20 key informant interviews and 5 focus group discussions, with participatory mapping of grazing areas, water points and migration routes.
Applied conflict-sensitive siting buffers around clan boundaries, shared water points and livestock corridors, and scored every candidate measure with a multi-criteria framework.

Key outputs

Village-level conflict sensitivity profile: 11 villages low, 2 moderate.
A tailored package for each village: pasture resting, assisted natural regeneration, afforestation, efficient cookstoves, a fodder bank and a livestock watering point.
An annex of 11 thematic maps covering grazing suitability, surface water, drought and flood exposure, land cover and soil loss.

Somaliland National Disaster Risk Assessment (NDRA)

Environment Disaster Risk NDRA Hazard Analysis Early Warning GIS 2024

Location: Somaliland — national, regional and community levels | Status: Completed · 2024

Overview

As Associate Consultant with Mandek Consulting Ltd., SoMAP supported NADFOR (Government of Somaliland) on Making Somaliland Disaster Resilient: National Disaster Risk Assessment (NDRA), implemented with support from the GIZ-funded RDRM programme. The assessment provides a national evidence base for disaster-risk reduction, preparedness, risk-informed development and prioritisation of resilience investments across Somaliland’s six regions. Analysis covered drought, floods, locusts, extreme heat, Prosopis juliflora and cyclones, together with exposure, vulnerability, coping capacity and community-level risk, combining desk analysis, consultations and Participatory Disaster Risk Assessments in 12 villages.

What we did

Contributed to hazard, exposure, vulnerability and coping-capacity analysis for major natural hazards.
Supported interpretation and communication of spatial and environmental evidence for DRM and early warning.
Drew on desk-based analysis, national and regional consultations, and participatory assessments in 12 villages.
Helped develop risk profiles and actionable recommendations for national, regional and local decision-makers.

Key outputs

Inputs to Somaliland’s first nationwide National Disaster Risk Assessment.
Hazard and vulnerability analysis with regional and community risk profiles.
Disaster-risk reduction recommendations and inputs for risk-informed planning and early-warning strengthening.

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FIRM II — AEZ and Unit Area of Insurance Delineation, Puntland

Local Biodiversity Strategies and Action Plans

Climate Education and Awareness Materials, Somalia

Climate Vulnerability Baseline and Mapping, Hobyo and Barawe

Rangeland Restoration and Conflict Analysis, Central Somalia

Somaliland National Disaster Risk Assessment (NDRA)

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FIRM II — AEZ and Unit Area of Insurance Delineation, Puntland

Local Biodiversity Strategies and Action Plans

Climate Education and Awareness Materials, Somalia

Climate Vulnerability Baseline and Mapping, Hobyo and Barawe

Rangeland Restoration and Conflict Analysis, Central Somalia

Somaliland National Disaster Risk Assessment (NDRA)