STATUS AND TRENDS IN MANGROVE AREA EXTENT WORLDWIDE

Mauritania

Vegetation description

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.

National level mangrove area estimates

Year

Area
(ha)

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.

Trends in mangrove area extent over time

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.

Year	Area (ha)	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.