STATUS AND TRENDS IN MANGROVE AREA EXTENT WORLDWIDE (original) (raw)
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 |
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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.