Mangrove forests are found only on some of the islands in localized areas in sheltered coasts; the genera represented include: Avicennia, Ceriops, Rhizophora, Sonneratia and Xylocarpus.
Department of Forest. 1998. Vanuatu. Country report. Port Vila
Year |
Area |
Source |
Trend |
Methodology/Comments |
1972 |
1 600 |
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 based on wide range of maps, scale between 1:100 000 and | |
1986 |
3 000 |
David. 1986. |
X |
WCMC. 2000. Coral reefs and mangroves of the world. http://www.wcmc.org.uk/marine/ |
1988 |
2 406 |
David and Cilaurren. 1988. |
Cited in: Tari, T. and Naviti, W. 2001. Inventory of the status of mangrove wetlands in Vanuatu. In proceedings of the Regional workshop: Mangrove Wetland Protection & Sustanaible Use. Marine Studies Centre, USP Suva, June 12-16, 2001. | |
1993 |
2 519 |
Baldwin P. Hidson J. Siebuhr J. and F. Pedro 1993. Forest Resources of Vanuatu. Queensland Department of Primary Industries/Department of Forestry, Port Vila. |
X |
Remote sensing and ground survey. |
1993 |
2 750 |
Scott D.A. 1993. A directory of wetlands in Oceania. International
Waterfowl and Wetlands research Bureau, Slimbridge, UK and Asian Wetlands
Bureau, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. 444 pp. http://www.wetlands.org/inventory&/ |
Cited in: Idechong, N., Ellison, J., Jaensch, R. 1995. A Regional Wetlands Action Plan for the Pacific Islands. (Draft prepared for SPREP). The “Year” is the publication year. |
