The only mangrove forest present in the country is located in Ras Sanad, at the southern part of Tubli Bay, an inshore coastal area situated in the north-east of Bahrain. The mangrove stand was designated a nature reserve in 1988. Avicennia marina is the sole species found, the highest mangrove tree beeing approximately 3.5 m tall.
Abdulrahman, H. nd. Conservation in Bahrain. http://www.eef.org.bh/cnsrvnbhr.htm.
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 |
1991 |
40 |
Vreeland. 1991. Personal communication |
Cited in: Fisher, P and Spalding, M.D. 1993. Protected areas with mangrove habitat. Draft Report World Conservation Centre, Cambridge, UK. 60pp. There is no reference on the date or methods used. | |
1992 |
100 |
Sheppard, C., Price, A., Roberts, C. 1992. Marine Ecology of the Arabian Region: Patterns and Processes in the Extreme Tropical Environment. Academic Press, London UK 359 pp. |
Cited in: Spalding, M.D., Blasco, F. and Field, C.D., eds. 1997. World Mangrove Atlas. The International Society for Mangrove Ecosystems, Okinawa, Japan. 178 pp. | |
1995 |
300 |
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. Scale: 1:350 000. According to the authors, the estimate by Sheppard et al, 1992 (see above) is likely to be more accurate. |
No significant changes appear to have occurred in this country in the last twenty years.