Mangrove forests are one storeyed and closed, 10 to 25 m high. The undergrowth is restricted to ferns (Acrostichum sp.) Two types are distinguished: the parwa forest, along the coast with Avicennia nitida, and the mangrove forest, along the major rivers, with Rhizorphora mangle and patches of low trees of Laguncularia racemosa. In the major river mouths a mixed type of mangrove occurs with associated species such as Carapa guianensis and Pterocarpus officinalis.
FAO, UNEP. 1981. Los Recursos Forestales de la America Tropical. Proyecto de Evaluación de los Recursos Forestales Tropicales (en el marco de SINUVIMA). FAO, UNEP, Rome, 349 pp.
Year |
Area |
Source |
Trend |
Methodology/Comments |
1978 |
109 700 |
Spalding, M.D., Blasco, F. and Field, C.D., eds. 1997. World Mangrove Atlas. The International Society for Mangrove Ecosystems, Okinawa, Japan. 178 pp. |
Map analysis. | |
1980 |
115 000 |
FAO, UNEP. 1981. Los Recursos Forestales de la America Tropical. Proyecto de Evaluación de los Recursos Forestales Tropicales (en el marco de SINUVIMA). FAO, UNEP, Rome, 349 pp. |
X |
Estimation and updating based on Vink, A.T. 1970. Forestry in Suriname. Paramaribo |
1981 |
600 000 |
Unesco/C.I.T.V. 1981. Vegetation Map of South America (Scale 1:5 000 000) |
Cited in: FAO, UNEP. 1981. Los Recursos Forestales de la America Tropical. Proyecto de Evaluación de los Recursos Forestales Tropicales (en el marco de SINUVIMA). FAO, UNEP, Rome, 349 pp. This figure should be considered as an overestimate. | |
1998 |
98 121 |
Tjon, K. 2002. Personal communication |
X |
Expert estimate based on map analysis. Information obtained from ARC-VIEW digitized version of the base map for the Preliminary classification of the forested public lands of Suriname (NARENA/CELOS, 1998) |
