Mangroves cover a small area in the Obock plain in the northwest of the country (annual rainfall of 100 mm). They form an 80 percent cover on average, and consist of a combination of Avicennia marina and Rhizophora mucromata.
Draz, O. 1956. Improvement of animal productivity in Yemen. Bull. Inst. Egypt., 6: 79-95.
El Hamrouni, A. 1984. Rapport au Gouvernement de la République de Djibouti sur le développement forestier et la lutte contre la désertification. FAO, Rome.
Laurent, A. & Abdallah, A.M. 1990. L'environnement naturel à Djibouti. Forum on environmental protection and development of subregional strategy to combat desertification. Volume II. Country reports. IGADD. The National Resource Persons and Noragric, Norway.
Year |
Area |
Source |
Trend |
Methodology/Comments |
1985 |
1 000 |
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 1:250 000 |
No significant changes appear to have occurred in the mangrove area extent over the last twenty years.
