Mangrove swamps include Conocarpus erectus, Laguncularia racemosa, Rhizophora mangle and Avicennia nitida.
Wright, A.C.S., D.H. Romney, R.H. Arbuckle & D.E. Vial. 1959. Land in British Honduras: Report of the British Honduras Land Use Survey Team. Colonial Research Publication No. 24. Her Majesty's Stationary Office, London.
Year |
Area |
Source |
Trend |
Methodology/Comments |
1940 |
80 016 |
Zisman, S.A., Murray, M.R., Furley, P.A., Munro, D.M., Gibson, J., Ratter, J., Bridgewater, S., Minty, C.D. and Place, C. 1992. The Mangrove of Belize: 1. Distribution and composition. Manuscript FORECO 1076 |
Aerial photos. Original extent. | |
1976 |
240 800 |
FAO. 1978. Forestry Development. Belize FO:DP/BZE/75/008. |
Cited in: Arnold, J. E. M., Armitage, F. B. 1989. Belize Tropical Forestry Action Plan. UK ODA-CIDA-USAID-FAO. 273 pp. Extent of both mangroves and swamps. | |
1980 |
75 000 |
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. |
1983 |
73 000 |
Saenger, P., Hegerl E.J. and J.D.S., Davie. 1983. Global status of mangrove ecosystems. Commission on Ecology Papers No.3. IUCN. Gland, Switzerland. 88 pp. |
X |
Secondary reference, no primary source provided. The "Year" is the publication year. |
1990 |
77 155 |
Furley, P.A. and Munro, D.M. 1993. The wetlands of Belize: ecology, environment and utilisation. Department of Geography, Edinburgh University, Edinburgh(15) 102pp. |
Aerial photography | |
1990 |
78 511 |
Zisman, S.A., Murray, M.R., Furley, P.A., Munro, D.M., Gibson, J., Ratter, J., Bridgewater, S., Minty, C.D. and Place, C. 1992. The Mangrove of Belize: 1. Distribution and composition. Manuscript FORECO 1076 |
X |
Remote sensing and aerial photography. |
1990 |
78 317 |
Gray, D. Zisman, S., Cowes, C. 1990. Mapping the Mangroves of Belize. Technical Report Department of Geography, University of Edinburgh. UK WWF-US Proj. N. 6782&NRI (ODA&EMC T0071) |
Cited in: Fisher, P and Spalding, M.D. 1993. Protected areas with mangrove habitat. Draft Report World Conservation Centre, Cambridge, UK. 60 pp. | |
1992 |
71 900 |
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. No scale provided. | |
1995 |
65 767 |
White, W. A., Raney, Jay, Tremblay, T. A., Crawford, M. M., and Smith, S. S. 1996. Deforestation in Belize 1989/921994/96. The University of Texas at Austin, Bureau of Economic Geology, final report prepared for USAID under contract no. 505-0043-C-00-6006, in cooperation with the Land Information Centre, Forest and Lands and Survey Departments, and the Ministry of Natural Resources, Government of Belize, 48 pp. |
X |
Remote sensing imagery from 1993, 1994 and 1996 and ground survey. |