Mangroves cover a large area of the coastline, which is broken up by many estuaries, islands and peninsulas. Two main species are found, red mangrove (Rhizophora racemosa) and white mangrove (Avicennia africana (syn A. nitida)). Rhizophora mangle and R. harrisonii are also noted. Mangroves are used for firewood and construction timber.
Khalidou Diallo. 1978. La forêt guinéenne état actuel et perspectives d'avenir. Conakry.
Year |
Area |
Source |
Trend |
Methodology/Comments |
1957 |
400 000 |
Rouanet. 1957. |
Cited in: Kaba, B. 2001. La zone mangrovienne de Guinée. Proceedings of the: Halieutique : complexité et décision - 5ème forum halieumétrique, Lorient, Palais des Congrès, 26-28 juin 2001. | |
1965 |
350 000 |
Kaba, B. 2001. La zone mangrovienne de Guinée. In: Proceedings of the: Halieutique: complexité et decision. 5ème forum halieumétrique. Lorient, Palais des Congrès, 26-28 juin 2001. http://www.agrorennes.educagri.fr/scripts/fr/C |
Secondary reference, no primary source provided. The "Year" is the reference year. | |
1974 |
262 000 |
Khalidou Diallo. 1978. La forêt guinnéenne. Etat actuel et perspective d'avenir. Conakry. |
Cited in FAO, UNEP, 1981. Tropical Forest Resources Assessment Project, Forest Resources of Tropical Africa. Part II: Country Briefs FAO, UNEP 586pp. | |
1980 |
285 000 |
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. |
X |
Analysis of maps and/or remote sensing imageries. No specific scale is given. |
1980 |
260 000 |
FAO, UNEP. 1981. Tropical Forest Resources Assessment Project, Forest Resources of Tropical Africa. Part II: Country Briefs FAO, UNEP 586pp. |
Updating and estimation for 1980 based on Khalidou Diallo, 1978. (see above) | |
1985 |
308 300 |
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 1:700 000. | |
1987 |
250 000 |
Commission of the European Communities. 1987. Mangroves of Africa and Madagascar. Conservation and reclamation: The Mangroves of Madagascar. CML, Centre for Environmental Studies, University of Leyden, 24 pp. |
Secondary reference, no primary source provided. The "Year" is the publication year. Rough estimate. | |
1987 |
223 000 |
Altenburg, W. 1987. Waterfowl in West African Coastland Wetlands: a summary of current knowledge of the occurence of waterfowl in wetlands from Guinea-Bissau to Cameroon and a bibliography of information sources. Zeist, The Netherlands: Stichting WIWO (Werkgroep International Wad-en Watervogelonderzoek). |
Cited in: Fisher, P and Spalding, M.D. 1993. Protected areas with mangrove habitat. Draft Report World Conservation Centre, Cambridge, UK. 60pp. Secondary reference, no primary source provided. The "Year" is the publication year. | |
1993 |
385 000 |
Diallo, A. 1993. Mangrove of Guinea. In: Diop, E.S. 1993. Conservation and sustainable utilization of mangrove forests in Latin America and Africa regions, Part II - Africa. p. 47-59. Mangrove Ecosystems Technical Reports vol.3 ITTO/ISME Project PD114/90. Okinawa, Japan, ISME. 262 pp. |
The figure represents the total surface of the mangrove swamp. Secondary reference, no primary source provided. The "Year" is the publication year. | |
1995 |
296 300 |
Saenger, P. and Bellan, M.F. 1995. The Mangrove vegetation of the Atlantic coast of Africa. Universitè de Toulouse Press, Toulouse 96 pp |
X |
Secondary reference, no primary source provided. The "Year" is the publication year. |
1996 |
316 000 |
Iremonger, S., Ravilious, C., and Quinton, T. ,eds. 1997. A global overview of forest conservation CD-ROM. World Conservation Monitoring Centre and Centre for International Forestry Research, Cambridge, U.K. |
Cited in: Forest World. n.d. The Sustainable Forest Products Resource. http://forestworld.com/public/country/countryframe.html. The methodology is not specified. | |
2000 |
290 000 |
Aizpuru, M., Achard, F., and Blasco, F. 2000. Global Assessment of Cover Change of the Mangrove Forests using satellite imagery at medium to high resolution. In EEC Research project n 15017-1999-05 FIED ISP FR – Joint Research center, Ispra. |
Secondary reference, no primary source provided. The "Year" is the publication year. It could be a rough estimate based on Saenger and Bellan, 1995. (see above) |
The estimate for 2000 is based on expert estimate.