STATUS AND TRENDS IN MANGROVE AREA EXTENT WORLDWIDE

Sudan

Vegetation description

Mangrove forests in Sudan are composed of Avicennia marina, Bruguiera gymnorrhiza and Rhizophora mucronata.

Babiker, F.M. 1984. Ecological observation on mangroves of the Red Sea shores of the Sudan Hydrobiologia.
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

93 700

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 scale of the map is too small to provide a reliable estimate.

1995

500

FAO. 1995. Mangrove conservation and management in the Sudan. Consultancy report. Based on the work of Wilkie, L. M. Ministry of environment and tourism. FOL/CF Sudan. FP:GCP/SUD/O47/NET. FAO, Khartoum, May1995, 92pp.

X

Expert estimate based on field survey of most of the sites combined with satellite imagery.

Trends in mangrove area extent over time

The estimates for 1980, 1990 and 2000 have been calculated applying the FRA 2000 (FAO, 2001) annual forest cover change rate for 1990-2000 (-1.4 percent) to the most recent, reliable figure.

Year	Area (ha)	Source	Trend	Methodology/Comments
1992	93 700	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 scale of the map is too small to provide a reliable estimate.
1995	500	FAO. 1995. Mangrove conservation and management in the Sudan. Consultancy report. Based on the work of Wilkie, L. M. Ministry of environment and tourism. FOL/CF Sudan. FP:GCP/SUD/O47/NET. FAO, Khartoum, May1995, 92pp.	X	Expert estimate based on field survey of most of the sites combined with satellite imagery.