Mangroves spread along the Atlantic coast in brackish waters. The canopy is at best 20 to 25 m but often is as low as 12 m. The four Caribbean genera, Rhizophora, Avicennia, Laguncularia and Conocarpus, are represented.
Fanshawe, D.B. 1952. The vegetation of British Guyana. A preliminary review. Institute Paper No. 29. Oxford, I.F.I.
Year |
Area |
Source |
Trend |
Methodology/Comments |
1980 |
91 000 |
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. |
X |
Estimation and updating based on: FAO. 1970. Forest Industries Development of the more accesible forest areas. Based on the work of R. de Milde and D. de Groot. FO:SF/GUY 9 Technical Report 8 - Georgetown. |
1980 |
620 000 |
Unesco/C.I.T.V. nd. Vegetation Map of South America |
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. The figure is considered an over estimate. | |
1983 |
150 000 |
Saenger, P., Hegerl E.J. and J.D.S., Davie. 1983. Global status of mangrove ecosystems. Commission on Ecology Papers No.3. IUCN. Gland, Switzerland. 88 pp. |
Secondary reference, no primary source provided. The "Year" is the publication year. | |
1989 |
80 000 |
GFC/CID. 1989. National Forestry Action Plan 1990-2000. Guyana Forestry Commission/Canadian International Development Agency, Georgetown, Guyana. |
Cited in Spalding, M.D., Blasco, F. and Field, C.D., eds. 1997. World Mangrove Atlas. The International Society for Mangrove Ecosystems, Okinawa, Japan. 178 pp. The "Year" is the publication year. | |
1994 |
80 400 |
The Guyana Forestry Commission. nd. Forestry in Guyana |
X |
The report contains original data but it does not specify the methodology used. |
1995 |
71 700 |
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 unknown. | |
1996 |
159 000 |
Cited in: Forest World. n.d. The Sustainable Forest Products Resource. http://forestworld.com/public/country/countryframe.html. |
The methodology is not specified. Data based on a collection of documents. |