World Atlas of Mangroves

Cover
World Atlas of Mangroves
Copyright
Partner organizations
Supporting countries/organizations
Contents
Tables, Boxes and Maps
Acknowledgements
Foreword
Preface
Acronyms and Abbreviations
Introduction
1
 Mangrove Ecosystems
	Mangrove plants
	The mangrove environment
	Mangrove distribution
	Biogeographic patterns
	Mangrove ecology
2
 Mangroves and People
	Ecosystem services
	Human impacts
	Managing mangroves
	Summary
3
 Mapping Mangroves
	The current work
	UNEP–World Conservation Monitoring Centre mangrove maps
	Food and Agriculture Organization of  the United Nations (FAO) mangrove maps
	Other sources
	Mangrove area statistics
	Output maps
	Map key
4
 Eastern and Southern Africa
	The Comoros archipelago: Comoros and Mayotte
	Kenya
	Madagascar
	The Mascarene Islands: Mauritius and Réunion
	Mozambique
	The Seychelles
	Somalia
	South Africa
	Tanzania
5
 The Middle East
	Bahrain
	Djibouti
	Egypt
	Eritrea
	Iran
	Kuwait
	Oman
	Qatar
	Saudi Arabia
	Sudan
	United Arab Emirates
	Yemen
6
 South Asia
	Bangladesh
	India
	The Maldives and the British Indian Ocean Territory
	Pakistan
	Sri Lanka
7
 South-East Asia
	Brunei Darussalam
	Cambodia
	Indonesia
	Malaysia
	Myanmar
	The Philippines
	Singapore
	Thailand
	Timor-Leste
	Vietnam
8
 East Asia
	China
	Taiwan
	Japan
9
 Australia and New Zealand
	Australia
	New Zealand
10
 Pacific Islands
	Melanesia
		Fiji
		New Caledonia
		Papua New Guinea
		Solomon Islands
		Vanuatu
	Micronesia
		Federated States of Micronesia
		Guam
		Kiribati
		Marshall Islands
		Nauru
		Northern Mariana Islands
		Palau
	Polynesia
		American Samoa
		French Polynesia
		Hawaii
		Niue
		Samoa
		Tokelau
		Tonga
		Tuvalu
		Wallis and Futuna
11
 North and Central America and the Caribbean
	The Bahamas
	Belize
	Bermuda
	Cayman Islands
	Costa Rica
	Cuba
	The Dominican Republic
	El Salvador
	Guatemala
	Haiti
	Honduras
	Jamaica
	Lesser Antilles
		Anguilla (UK)
		Antigua and Barbuda
		Barbados
		British Virgin Islands (UK)
		Dominica
		Grenada and the Grenadines
		Guadeloupe (France)
		Martinique (France)
		Montserrat (UK)
		Netherlands Antilles and Aruba (Netherlands)
		St Kitts and Nevis
		St Lucia
		St Vincent and the Grenadines
		US Virgin Islands (USA)
	Mexico
		Nicaragua
		Panama
		Puerto Rico
		Trinidad and Tobago
		Turks and Caicos
		United States of America
12
 South America
	Brazil
	Colombia
	Ecuador
	French Guiana
	Guyana
	Peru
	Suriname
	Venezuela
13
 West and Central Africa
	Angola
	Benin
	Cameroon
	Congo
	Democratic Republic of the Congo
	Equatorial Guinea
	Gabon
	The Gambia
	Ghana
	Guinea
	Guinea-Bissau
	Liberia
	Mauritania
	Nigeria
	São Tomé and Príncipe
	Senegal
	Sierra Leone
	Togo
Annex 1
 Species Descriptions and Range Maps
Annex 2
 National Species Lists
Annex 3
 National Statistics
Index