Mangrove forests are found in lagoons near the sea, made up of the four species found in the Caribbean: red mangrove (Rhizophora mangle), white mangrove (Avicennia germinans), white button wood (Laguncularia racemosa) and Conocarpus erectus.
INDAF. 1976. Panorama de la silvicultura en Cuba. Editorial ORBE, Havana.
Year |
Area |
Source |
Trend |
Methodology/Comments |
1970 |
626 000 |
Atlas Nacional de Cuba. 1970. |
Cited in: Fisher, P and Spalding, M.D. 1993. Protected areas with mangrove habitat. Draft Report World Conservation Centre, Cambridge, UK. 60 pp. Original data from Melvin, S. Brown (Law Environmental, Inc., Kennesaw, Georgia) from 'Atlas Nacional de Cuba, 1970'. Areas include “salinas”, which may have led to over-estimates. The document provides area breakdown by province. | |
1972 |
531 100 |
Betancourt, A. 1972. Los manglares de Cuba. Baracoa 2(2): 31-54 |
X |
Cited in: Padrón C.M., Llorente S. and Menendez, L. 1993. Mangroves of Cuba. In: Lacerda L.D. 1993. Conservation and sustainable utilization of mangrove forests in Latin America and Africa regions, Part I - Latin America. p. 147-154. Mangrove Ecosystems technical reports ITTO/ISME Project PD114/90 (F). Okinawa, Japan. 272 pp |
1976 |
400 000 |
INDAF. 1976. Panorama de la silvicultura en Cuba. Editorial ORBE - La Habana |
Cited in: 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. Rough estimate | |
1986 |
448 000 |
FAO. 1986. Sintesis de siete seminarios nacionales en América Latina. Rollet, B., ed. FAO, Rome. 105 pp. |
Secondary reference, no primary source provided. The "Year" is the publication year. | |
1989 |
784 800 |
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 1:1 000 000. The figure seems to be an overestimate, when compared to other estimates. | |
1992 |
529 700 |
Padrón C.M., Llorente S. and Menendez, L. 1993. Mangroves of Cuba. In: Lacerda L.D. 1993. Conservation and sustainable utilization of mangrove forests in Latin America and Africa regions, Part I - Latin America. p. 147-154. Mangrove Ecosystems technical reports ITTO/ISME Project PD114/90 (F). Okinawa, Japan. 272 pp. |
X |
This figure has been calculated as the percentage of country surface occupied by the mangrove forests (4.80%) |
1993 |
556 900 |
Padrón C.M., Llorente S. and Menendez, L. 1993. Mangroves of Cuba. In: Lacerda L.D. 1993. Conservation and sustainable utilization of mangrove forests in Latin America and Africa regions, Part I - Latin America. p. 147-154. Mangrove Ecosystems technical reports ITTO/ISME Project PD114/90 (F). Okinawa, Japan. 272 pp. |
This figure resulted from the sum of the extent in 1972 (Betancourt, A. 1972) and the mangroves planted since 1980 (25 800 ha). | |
1998 |
532 100 |
Ministerio de Ciencia Tecnología y Medio Ambiente, Agencia de Medio Ambiente, Centro de Información, Gestión y Educación Ambiental (CIGEA). 1999. Situación Ambiental Cubana 1998. La Habana, Cuba. 33 pp. |
Mangrove forests cover the 4.8% percent of the total country surface (or the 26% percent of the total forest cover). Taking into account the report Ministerio de Ciencia Tecnología y Medio Ambiente, Agencia de Medio Ambiente. 2000, (see below) this figure probably represents a typographical error. (532,100 ha instead of 531,100). | |
1999 |
531 100 |
Ministerio de Ciencia Tecnología y Medio Ambiente, Agencia de Medio Ambiente. 2000. Situación Ambiental Cubana 1991. La Habana, Cuba. 40 pp. |
Even if the same figure has been cited by Betancourt. 1972 (see above) it has been entered in this list since it is the governmental information currently used for the country. | |
1999 |
510 000 |
Izquierdo, M.M., Pinto, M.A., Rodríguez, N.S. 1999. Los productos forestales no madereros en Cuba. Serie Forestal No13, Oficina regional de la FAO para America Latina. Santiago, Chile. 69 pp. |
Secondary reference, no primary source provided. The "Year" is the publication year. | |
2000 |
550 000 |
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 based on Padrón et al., 1993 (see above). |
