STATUS AND TRENDS IN MANGROVE AREA EXTENT WORLDWIDE

Qatar

Vegetation description

The mangrove forests in Qatar are mainly located in the northern part of the Al-Khawr area, where the vegetation plays an important role in the shaping of the depositional beach. Mangroves also border the Khor Dhakhira stretch.

UNEP. 1999. Overview on Land-based Sources and Activities Affecting the Marine Environment in the ROPME Sea Area. UNEP Regional Seas Reports and Studies No. 168. 127 pp.

National level mangrove area estimates

Year

Area
(ha)

Source

Trend

Methodology/Comments

1992

500

Sheppard et al. 1992. Marine ecology of the arabian region. Patterns and Process in 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.

Trends in mangrove area extent over time

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

Year	Area (ha)	Source	Trend	Methodology/Comments
1992	500	Sheppard et al. 1992. Marine ecology of the arabian region. Patterns and Process in 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.