Mangroves are scattered along the coastal belt in the inter-tidal zones in estuaries and along reeks. Nikoko (Rhizophora mucronata) and mkandaa (Ceriops tagal) grow together with other species.
FAO, UNEP. 1981. Tropical forest resources assessment project. Forest resources of tropical Africa. Part II: Country Briefs. FAO, UNEP. 586 pp.
Year |
Area |
Source |
Trend |
Methodology/Comments |
1931 |
64 427 |
FAO. 1993. Conservation and Management of Mangrove - Kenya. Terminal report FO:TCP/KEN/0051. FAO, Rome. 18 pp. |
Secondary reference, no primary source provided. | |
1971 |
50 000 |
FAO. 1993. Conservation and Management of Mangrove - Kenya. Terminal report FO:TCP/KEN/0051. FAO, Rome. 18 pp. |
Secondary reference, no primary source provided. Rough estimate. | |
1980 |
45 000 |
FAO, UNEP. 1981 Tropical Forest Resources Assessment Project, Forest Resources of Tropical Africa. Part II: Country Briefs FAO, UNEP 586pp. |
Estimation and updating based on: Forest Department. 1968. Forest Department Annual Report 1966 Nairobi; Forestry Department. 1974. Progress Report 1966-72. Prepared for the Tenth Commonwealth Forestry Conference 1974, Nairobi; Royal College of Forestry. 1975. Land use in Kenya and Tanzania. Lundgren, B., ed. Stockholm | |
1981 |
54 325 |
Doute, R.N. Ochanda and H. Epp. 1981. A forest Inventory of Kenya Using Remote Sensing Techniques. KREMU, Technical report series N 30, Nairobi: Kenya Rangeland Ecological Monitoring Unit. |
X |
Remote sensing. Cited in: FAO. 1991. Management and Conservation of Mangrove Forest in Kenya. TCP/KEN/0051 (A), Technical report No. 3. By Z.M. Hussain. |
1983 |
62 380 |
Forest Department, Kenya. 1983. Operational Cruise on Lamu Mangroves. Nairobi |
Cited in: FAO. 1991. Management and Conservation of Mangrove Forest in Kenya. TCP/KEN/0051 (A), Technical report No. 3. By Z.M. Hussain. The "Year" is the publication year. | |
1988 |
96 100 |
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. | |
1989 |
63 783 |
FAO. 1991. Report on Brackish Water/Coastal Aquaculture Development. Based on the work of Tiensongrusmee, B. FO:TCP/KEN/0051 (A). Field document No.1. Rome, 41 pp. |
Secondary reference, the “Year” is the publication year. | |
1992 |
58 700 |
Semesi, A.K. 1992. The coastal system of East Africa Mangrove Ecosystem study In: UNESCO, UNEP, SCOR, IABO. 1992. Coastal systems studies and sustainable development. Proceedings of the COMAR Interregional Scientific Conference UNESCO, Paris, 21-25 May 1991. UNESCO technical papers in marine science 64, UNESCO |
The "Year" is the publication year | |
1995 |
52 980 |
Gang, P.O. 1995. Application of Remote Sensing to Determine the Status of Mangrove Forest along the Kenyan Coast. In: Proceedings of the conference Caring for the Forest: Research in a Changing World IUFRO-95, 6-12 August 1995, Tampere, Finland. http://www.metla.fi/iufro/iufro95abs/d4pos18.htm: |
X |
Remote sensing. The “Year” is the publication year. |
1996 |
57 300 |
WRI, UNEP, UNDP, The World Bank. 1996. World Resources 1996-1997. New York and Oxford University Press 365 pp. |
Secondary reference, no primary source provided. The "Year" is the publication year. | |
2000 |
61 000 |
World Resources Institute. 2000. World resources 2000-2001: people and ecosystem—the fraying web of life. Washington, DC., UNDP. 400 pp. |
Secondary reference, no primary source provided. The "Year" is the publication year. |
