CARJB!l. 16 TABLE 2.2 - MAIL ST!m., SPECIAL EDITION, 2007 Estimates for mangrove area in the Caribbean, !980, 1990, 2000 Mangrove arl!a cstimatt:s Extent Most recent, reliable. mangrove area cstimJtc Country/ Area Anguilla Am igua and Barbuda Aruba Re[ Year ha tvlangrovc Mangrove Annual Mangrove iltCi.l arcn area 1980 1990 change I<JS0-·1990 ha ha ha % Annual change 1990-2000 2000 ha lm 90 1991 90 90 n.s. n.s. 90 n.s. 1,175 1991 1,570 1,200 ·37 -1.7 900 -30 n.s. 420 1986 420 420 n.s. 11.5. 420 n.s. n.s. -·2.500 . 1.6 140,000 ·500 -OA --6.1 10 I ·-1.6 Buhumns 141,957 1991 170,000 145.000 Barbados 14 1991 30 16 65,767 1995 75,000 6R,800 ··620 0.9 62,700 610 ·0.9 J(i 1992 17 16 n.s. ·0.6 15 n.s. -0.6 587 2001 660 630 0.5 590 4 0.7 7,268 1991 7,300 7,300 n.s. n.s. 7,200 --10 0.1 41.000 n.s. n.s. 41,000 n.s. n.s. 70 n.s. 529,000 --so n.s. -10.6 9 n.s. ·3.6 Belize Bennuda British Virgin Islands Ca)1nan Islands 41.330 1992 41,000 529,700 1992 530,500 529,800 10 1991 40 13 Dominican Republic 21,215 199S 33,800 26,300 750 --2.5 18,700 -760 -3.4 El Sall·ador 26.800 1994 47,200 35.600 -1,160 2.X 24,000 ·1,160 ··3.9 Costa Rica Cuba Dominica 255 1992 295 262 3 2.30 ··3.2 1.3 Guadeloupe 2,325 1997 3,900 2,500 -140 ·4.3 2,300 -20 ·0.8 Guutcmnln 17,727 1998 19,800 17,800 200 1.1 15,800 -200 -1.2 llaiti 15,000 1990 17,800 15,000 ··280 . 1.7 10,000 ·500 ·4.0 I londuras 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 1991 5 n.s. n.s. n.s. n.s. 1,138 1980 1.140 1.140 n.s. n.s. 1.140 --0.8 -0.1 Nkumgua 282,000 19<>2 336,000 280,000 ·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 6,410 2001 6,500 6,400 -10 --0.2 6,400 n.s. n.s. Grenada Montserrat Netherlands Antilles Puerto Rico St. Kitts and Nc\'is St. Lucia 79 1991 84 so n.s. --0.5 75 ·0.5 100 2002 200 200 n.s. n.s. 200 n.s. - 37- lUi.