Mangroves are found in the Trarza region of the delta of the River Senegal, where they cover only a small area. Some of the species found are: Avicennia germinans, Conocarpus erectus and Rhizophora racemosa.
Spalding, M.D., Blasco, F. & Field, C.D., eds. 1997 World Mangrove Atlas. The International Society for Mangrove Ecosystems, Okinawa, Japan. 178 pp.
Year |
Area |
Source |
Trend |
Methodology/Comments |
1992 |
3 100 |
Hughes, R.H. and Hughes, J.S. 1992. A Directory of African Wetlands. IUCN, Gland, Switzerland and Cambridge, UK/UNEP, Nairobi, Kenya/WCMC, Cambridge, UK. 820 pp. |
Analysis of maps and/or remote sensing imageries. No specific scale is given. The "Year" is the publication year. The figure represents the extent of tidal swamps and marshland | |
1993 |
104 |
Spalding, M.D., Blasco, F. and Field, C.D., eds. 1997. World Mangrove Atlas. The International Society for Mangrove Ecosystems, Okinawa, Japan. 178 pp. |
X |
Map analysis. Scale not provided. |
1995 |
1 000 |
Saenger, P. and Bellan, M.F. 1995. The Mangrove vegetation of the Atlantic coast of Africa. Universitè de Toulouse Press, Toulouse 96 pp. |
Secondary reference, no primary source provided. The "Year" is the publication year. |
The estimates for 1980, 1990 and 2000 have been calculated applying FRA 2000 (FAO, 2001) annual forest cover change rate for 1990-2000 (-2.7 percent) to the most recent, reliable figure.