ANNEX 1.
MANGROVE AREA PER REGION
1980-1990-2000

Mangrove area estimates
	Country/ Area	Extent
		Most recent, reliable mangrove area estimate		Mangrove area 1980	Mangrove area 1990	Annual change 1980-1990			Mangrove area 2000	Annual change 1990-2000
		ha	Ref Year	ha	ha	ha	%		ha	ha		%
	Angola	60 700	1992	125 000	71 400	-5 360	-5.4		59 700		-1 170	-1.8
	Benin	1 700	1989	4 400	1 400	-300	-10.8		1 080		-32	-2.6
	Cameroon	227 500	2000	267 000	248 000	-1 900	-0.7		229 000		-1 900	-0.8
	Comoros	2 600	1976	2 600	2 600	n.s.	n.s.		2 600		0	n.s.
	Congo	12 000	1995	30 000	20 000	-1 000	-4.0		11 900		-810	-5.1
	Côte d'Ivoire	15 000	1995	89 000	40 000	-4 900	-7.7		12 700		-2 730	-10.8
	Dem. Rep. of the Congo	22 600	1995	60 600	35 300	-2 530	-5.3		22 100		-1 320	-4.6
	Djibouti	1 000	1985	1 000	1 000	n.s.	n.s.		1 000		0	n.s.
	Egypt	482	1998	500	500	n.s.	n.s.		480		-2	-0.4
	Equatorial Guinea	25 700	1995	26 700	26 000	-70	-0.3		25 300		-70	-0.3
	Eritrea	6 400	1997	6 700	6 500	-20	-0.3		6 300		-20	-0.3
	Gabon	115 000	2000	140 000	127 500	-1 250	-0.9		115 000		-1 250	-1.0
	Gambia	59 600	1993	64 300	61 700	-260	-0.4		59 100		-260	-0.4
	Ghana	10 000	1995	12 000	11 000	-100	-0.9		9 000		-200	-2.0
	Guinea	296 300	1995	285 000	292 500	750	0.3		290 000		-250	-0.1
	Guinea- Bissau	248 400	1990	245 000	245 000	n.s.	n.s.		245 000		n.s.	n.s.
	Kenya	52 980	1995	54 400	53 100	-130	-0.2		51 600		-150	-0.3
	Liberia	19 000	1995	19 000	19 000	n.s.	n.s.		19 000		n.s.	n.s.
	Madagascar	325 560	1987	327 000	320 000	-700	-0.2		314 000		-600	-0.2
	Mauritania	104	1993	140	112	-3	-2.2		84		-3	-2.8
	Mauritius	7	1991	7	7	n.s.	n.s.		7		n.s.	n.s.
	Mayotte	668	1989	670	670	n.s.	n.s.		670		n.s.	n.s.
	Mozambique	392 749	1997	402 800	396 600	-620	-0.2		390 500		-610	-0.2
	Nigeria	997 700	1995	999 000	998 000	-100	n.s.		997 000		-100	n.s.
	Sao Tome and Principe	n.a.	n.a.	n.a.	n.a.	n.a.	n.a.		n.a.		n.a.	n.a.
	Senegal	182 400	1985	175 000	175 800	80	n.s.		176 700		90	0.1
	Seychelles	2 000	1995	2 400	2 100	-30	-1.3		1 900		-20	-1.0
	Sierra Leone	156 500	1986	165 600	150 500	-1 510	-1.0		135 300		-1 520	-1.1
	Somalia	10 000	1975	9 500	8 500	-100	-1.1		7 500		-100	-1.2
	South Africa	673	1991	1 200	720	-48	-5.0		667		-5	-0.8
	Sudan	500	1995	605	535	-7	-1.2		465		-7	-1.4
	Togo	1 000	1999	1 500	1 300	-20	-1.4		960		-34	-3.0
	United Rep. of Tanzania	143 284	1987	140 700	152 500	-1 180	0.8		164 200		1 170	0.7
	Africa	3 390 107	1993	3 659 322	3 469 844	-18 948	-0.5		3 350 813		-11 903	-0.3
	Bahrain	100	1992	100	100	n.s.	0.0		100	n.s.		n.s.
	Bangladesh	622 482	1996	596 300	609 500	1 320	0.2		622 600	1 310		0.2
	Brunei Darussalam	17 100	1992	18 300	17 300	-100	-0.6		16 300	-100		-0.6
	Cambodia	72 835	1997	83 000	74 600	-840	-1.1		63 700	-1 090		-1.6
	China	36 882	1994	65 900	44 800	-2 110	-3.8		23 700	-2 110		-6.2
	India	487 100	1997	506 000	492 600	-1 340	-0.3		479 000	-1 360		-0.3
	Indonesia	3 493 110	1988	4 254 000	3 530 700	-72 330	-1.8		2 930 000	-60 070		-1.8
	Iran, Islamic Republic of	20 700	1994	25 000	21 000	-400	-1.7		20 000	-100		-0.5
	Japan	400	1980	400	400	n.s.	n.s.		400	n.s.		n.s.
	Kuwait	2	2000	n.a.	n.a.	n.a.	n.a.		2	n.a.		n.a.
	Malaysia	587 269	1995	669 000	620 500	-4 850	-0.7		572 100	-4 840		-0.8
	Maldives	n.a.	n.a.	n.a.	n.a.	n.a.	n.a.		n.a.	n.a.		n.a.
	Myanmar	452 492	1996	531 000	480 000	-5 100	-1.0		432 300	-4 770		-1.0
	Oman	2 000	1992	2 000	2 000	n.s.	n.s.		2 000	n.s.		n.s.
	Pakistan	207 000	1990	345 000	207 000	-13 800	-5.0		176 000	-3 100		-1.6
	Philippines	127 610	1990	206 500	123 400	-8 310	-5.0		109 700	-1 370		-1.2
	Qatar	500	1992	500	500	n.s.	n.s.		500	n.s.		n.s.
	Saudi Arabia	20 400	1985	20 400	20 400	n.s.	n.s.		20 400	n.s.		n.s.
	Singapore	500	1990	2 700	500	-220	-15.5		500	n.s.		n.s.
	Sri Lanka	8 688	1992	9 400	8 800	-60	-0.7		7 600	-120		-1.5
	Thailand	244 085	2000	285 500	262 000	-2 350	-0.9		244 000	-1 800		-0.7
	Timor-Leste	3 035	2000	4 100	3 600	-50	-1.3		3 035	-57		-1.7
	United Arab Emirates	4 000	1999	3 300	3 600	30	0.9		4 000	40		1.1
	Viet Nam	252 500	1983	227 000	165 000	-6 200	-3.1		104 000	-6 100		-4.5
	Yemen	927	1993	1 100	980	-12	-1.1		800	-18		-2.0
	Asia	6 661 717	1991	7 856 500	6 689 280	-116 722	-1.6		5 832 737	-85 654		-1.4
	American Samoa	52	1976	50	50	n.s.	-0.2		50	n.s.		n.s.
	Australia	955 277	1997	1 150 000	1 050 000	-10 000	-0.9		955 000	-9 500		-0.9
	Fiji	42 464	1991	47 000	43 000	-400	-0.9		37 000	-600		-1.5
	Guam	70	1993	88	74	-1	-1.7		60	-1.4		-2.1
	Kiribati	258	1995	260	260	n.s.	n.s.		260	-1		-0.4
	Marshall Islands	n.a.	n.a.	n.a.	n.a.	n.a.	n.a.		n.a.	n.a.		n.a.
	Micronesia	8 564	1983	8 500	8 500	n.s.	n.s.		8 500	n.s.		n.s.
	Nauru	1	1993	2	1	n.s.	-6.7		1	n.s.		n.s.
	New Caledonia	20 250	1987	20 500	20 100	-40	-0.2		20 000	-10		n.s.
	New Zealand	22 200	1996	24 000	22 000	-200	-0.9		19 900	-210		-1.0
	Niue	3 000	1981	3 000	3 000	n.s.	n.s.		3 000	n.s.		n.s.
	Northern Mariana Islands	7	1984	7	5	n.s.	-3.3		5	n.s.		n.s.
	Palau	4 708	1985	4 700	4 700	n.s.	n.s.		4 700	n.s.		n.s.
	Papua New Guinea	464 000	1993	525 000	492 000	-3 300	-0.6		425 000	-6 700		-1.5
	Samoa	752	1993	1 000	809	-19	-2.1		618	-19		-2.7
	Solomon Islands	52 500	1995	61 200	55 400	-580	-1.0		49 500	-590		-1.1
	Tokelau	n.a.	n.a.	n.a.	n.a.	n.a.	n.a.		n.a.	n.a.		n.a.
	Tonga	1 305	1990	1 300	1 300	n.s.	n.s.		1 300	n.s.		n.s.
	Tuvalu	40	1993	60	50	-1	-1.8		40	-1		-2.2
	Vanuatu	2 519	1993	3 400	2 700	-70	-2.3		2 000	-70		-3.0
	Wallis and Futuna Islands	n.a.	n.a.	n.a.	n.a.	n.a.	n.a.		n.a.	n.a.		n.a.
	Oceania	1 577 967	1995	1 850 067	1 703 949	-14 612	-0.8		1 526 934	-17 703		-1.1
	Anguilla	90	1991	90	90	n.s.		n.s.	90	n.s.		n.s.
	Antigua and Barbuda	1 175	1991	1 570	1 200	-37		-2.7	900	-30		-2.8
	Aruba	420	1986	420	420	n.s.		n.s.	420	n.s.		n.s.
	Bahamas	141 957	1991	170 000	145 000	-2 500		-1.6	140 000	-500		-0.4
	Barbados	14	1991	30	16	-1		-6.1	10	-1		-4.6
	Belize	65 767	1995	75 000	68 800	-620		-0.9	62 700	-610		-0.9
	Bermuda	16	1992	17	16	n.s.		-0.6	15	n.s.		-0.6
	British Virgin Islands	587	2001	660	630	-3		-0.5	590	-4		-0.7
	Cayman Islands	7 268	1991	7 300	7 300	n.s.		n.s.	7 200	-10		-0.1
	Costa Rica	41 330	1992	41 000	41 000	n.s.		n.s.	41 000	n.s.		n.s.
	Cuba	529 700	1992	530 500	529 800	-70		n.s.	529 000	-80		n.s.
	Dominica	10	1991	40	13	-3		-10.6	9	n.s.		-3.6
	Dominican Republic	21 215	1998	33 800	26 300	-750		-2.5	18 700	-760		-3.4
	El Salvador	26 800	1994	47 200	35 600	-1 160		-2.8	24 000	-1 160		-3.9
	Grenada	255	1992	295	262	-3		-1.2	230	-3.2		-1.3
	Guadeloupe	2 325	1997	3 900	2 500	-140		-4.3	2 300	-20		-0.8
	Guatemala	17 727	1998	19 800	17 800	-200		-1.1	15 800	-200		-1.2
	Haiti	15 000	1990	17 800	15 000	-280		-1.7	10 000	-500		-4.0
	Honduras	54 300	1995	156 400	103 300	-5 310		-4.1	50 000	-5 330		-7.0
	Jamaica	9 731	1997	23 000	10 800	-1 220		-7.3	9 300	-150		-1.5
	Martinique	1 840	1998	1 900	1 900	n.s.		n.s.	1 800	-10		-0.5
	Mexico	488 000	1994	640 000	543 000	-9 700		-1.6	440 000	-10 300		-2.1
	Montserrat	5	1991	5	5	n.s.		n.s.	5	n.s.		n.s.
	Netherlands Antilles	1 138	1980	1 140	1 140	n.s.		n.s.	1 140	-0.8		-0.1
	Nicaragua	282 000	1992	336 000	280 000	-5 600		-1.8	214 300	-6 570		-2.6
	Panama	158 100	2000	230 000	166 000	-6 400		-3.2	158 000	-800		-0.5
	Puerto Rico	6 410	2001	6 500	6 400	-10		-0.2	6 400	n.s.		n.s.
	Saint Kitts and Nevis	79	1991	84	80	n.s.		-0.5	75	-0.5		-0.6
	Saint Lucia	200	2002	200	200	n.s.		n.s.	200	n.s.		n.s.
	Saint Vincent and Grenadines	51	1991	60	52	-1		-1.4	45	-0.7		-1.4
	Trinidad and Tobago	7 150	1991	9 000	7 200	-180		-2.2	6 600	-60		-0.9
	Turks and Caicos Islands	23 600	1991	23 600	23 600	n.s.		n.s.	23 600	n.s.		n.s.
	United States	197 648	2001	263 000	260 000	-300		-0.1	203 000	-5 700		-2.4
	United States Virgin Islands	978	1991	978	978	n.s.		n.s.	978	n.s.		n.s.
	North and Central America	2 102 886	1994	2 641 289	2 296 402	-34 489		-1.4	1 968 407	-32 800		-1.5
	Anguilla	90	1991	90	90	n.s.		n.s.	90	n.s.		n.s.
	Brazil	1 012 376	1991	2 640 000	1 150 000	-149 000		-8.0	1 010 000	-14 000		-1.3
	Colombia	379 954	1996	440 000	396 600	-4 340		-1.0	354 500	-4 210		-1.1
	Ecuador	149 688	1999	193 000	166 400	-2 660		-1.5	147 800	-1 860		-1.2
	French Guiana	55 000	1980	55 000	55 000	n.s.		n.s.	55 000	n.s.		n.s.
	Guyana	80 400	1994	91 000	83 400	-760		-0.9	76 000	-740		-0.9
	Peru	4 791	1992	7 600	5 000	-260		-4.1	4 700	-30		-0.6
	Suriname	98 121	1998	115 000	105 600	-940		-0.8	96 300	-930		-0.9
	Venezuela	250 000	1986	260 000	240 000	-2 000		-0.8	230 000	-1 000		-0.4
	South America	2 030 330	1992	3 801 600	2 202 000	-159 960		-5.3	1 974 300	-22 770		-1.1

Notes to the table:

The 1980, 1990 and 2000 figures have been determined as follows:

l When sufficient quantitative information permitted a reliable trend analysis, 1980, 1990 and 2000 figures were based on the results of a regression analysis. (Africa: Cameroon, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, Gambia, Kenya, Madagascar, Mozambique, Nigeria, Senegal, Seychelles, Sierra Leone. Asia: Bangladesh, Brunei Darussalam, China, India, Indonesia, Malaysia, Myanmar, Timor-Leste, United Arab Emirates, Viet Nam. Oceania: Australia, Fiji, Guam, New Zealand, Samoa, Solomon Islands, Vanuatu. North and Central America: Antigua and Barbuda, Belize, Bermuda, British Virgin Islands, Cuba, Dominican Republic, El Salvador, Grenada, Guadeloupe, Guatemala, Honduras, Martinique, Mexico, Panama, Puerto Rico. South America: Colombia, Ecuador, Guyana, Suriname, Venezuela)

l Where recent information was unavailable the extrapolation to year 2000 was based on the overall forest change rate 1990-2000 as reported in the Global Forest Resources Assessment 2000 (FAO, 2001). (Africa: Angola, Benin, Congo, Cote d'Ivoire, Dem. Rep. of Congo, South Africa. Asia: Japan, Philippines, Saudi Arabia, Sri Lanka. Oceania: Kiribati, Nauru, Palau, Tonga, Tuvalu. North and Central America: Cayman Islands, Montserrat, Netherlands Antilles, US Virgin Islands. South America: French Guiana) or on expert estimation (Africa: Egypt, Guinea, Guinea Bissau, Liberia, United Rep. of Tanzania. Asia: Bahrain, Cambodia, Islamic rep. of Iran, Oman, Pakistan, Singapore, Thailand. Oceania: Papua New Guinea. North and Central America: Anguilla, Aruba, Bahamas, Barbados, Costa Rica, Dominica, Haiti, Saint Lucia, Turks and Caicos islands, . South America: Brazil, Peru)

l Where insufficient information was available, the area estimations for 1980 and 1990 were based on the overall forest change rates as reported in the Global Forest Resources Assessment 2000 (FAO, 2001) (Africa: Eritrea, Ghana, Mauritania, Somalia, Sudan, Togo. Asia: Yemen. North and Central America: Nicaragua, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Trinidad and Tobago) and in the FRA 1990 (FAO, 1995). (Asia: Islamic Rep of Iran. Oceania: New Caledonia North and Central America: Bahamas, United States.)

l Where only one estimate was available over time and no qualitative info was available it has been assumed to have remained constant (Africa: Comoros, Djibouti, Mauritius, Mayotte. Asia: Qatar. Oceania: American Samoa, Federated states of Micronesia, Niue, Northern Mariana Islands)