STATUS AND TRENDS IN MANGROVE AREA EXTENT WORLDWIDE

Bahrain

Vegetation description

The only mangrove forest present in the country is located in Ras Sanad, at the southern part of Tubli Bay, an inshore coastal area situated in the north-east of Bahrain. The mangrove stand was designated a nature reserve in 1988. Avicennia marina is the sole species found, the highest mangrove tree beeing approximately 3.5 m tall.

Abdulrahman, H. nd. Conservation in Bahrain. http://www.eef.org.bh/cnsrvnbhr.htm.
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

1991

40

Vreeland. 1991. Personal communication

Cited in: Fisher, P and Spalding, M.D. 1993. Protected areas with mangrove habitat. Draft Report World Conservation Centre, Cambridge, UK. 60pp. There is no reference on the date or methods used.

1992

100

Sheppard, C., Price, A., Roberts, C. 1992. Marine Ecology of the Arabian Region: Patterns and Processes in the Extreme Tropical Environment. Academic Press, London UK 359 pp.

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.

1995

300

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: 1:350 000. According to the authors, the estimate by Sheppard et al, 1992 (see above) is likely to be more accurate.

Trends in mangrove area extent over time

No significant changes appear to have occurred in this country in the last twenty years.

Year	Area (ha)	Source	Trend	Methodology/Comments
1991	40	Vreeland. 1991. Personal communication		Cited in: Fisher, P and Spalding, M.D. 1993. Protected areas with mangrove habitat. Draft Report World Conservation Centre, Cambridge, UK. 60pp. There is no reference on the date or methods used.
1992	100	Sheppard, C., Price, A., Roberts, C. 1992. Marine Ecology of the Arabian Region: Patterns and Processes in the Extreme Tropical Environment. Academic Press, London UK 359 pp.		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.
1995	300	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: 1:350 000. According to the authors, the estimate by Sheppard et al, 1992 (see above) is likely to be more accurate.