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(Redirected from Bahamian mangroves) Mangrove ecoregion in the Greater Antilles islands

Ecology
American flamingos (Phoenicopterus ruber) feeding in a saltwater lagoon surrounded by a mangrove forest in Cuba.
Ecoregion territory (in red)
Realm	Neotropical
Biome	mangroves
Borders	List Cayman Islands dry forests Cuban cactus scrub Cuban dry forests Cuban moist forests Cuban pine forests Cuban wetlands Hispaniolan dry forests Hispaniolan moist forests Jamaican dry forests Jamaican moist forests Puerto Rican dry forests Puerto Rican moist forests
Geography
Area	10,600 km (4,100 sq mi)
Countries	List Cuba Dominican Republic Haiti Jamaica United States ( Puerto Rico)
Conservation
Conservation status	Critical/endangered
Protected	30.5%(2007)

The Greater Antilles mangroves is a mangrove ecoregion that includes the coastal mangrove forests of the Greater Antilles – Cuba, Hispaniola, Jamaica, and Puerto Rico.

Geography

Mangroves are estimated to cover 5,569 km in Cuba (or 4.8% of the country); 134 km in Haiti; 325 km in the Dominican Republic; and 106 km in Jamaica.

Some ecoregion systems include the Greater Antilles mangroves, Bahamian mangroves, and Lesser Antilles mangroves within a single Bahamian-Antillean mangroves ecoregion.

Protected areas

30.5% of the ecoregion is in protected areas. These include the Zapata Swamp in Cuba, La Cahouane and Three Bays Protected Area in Haiti, Los Haitises National Park in the Dominican Republic, and the Piñones State Forest and Jobos Bay National Estuarine Research Reserve in Puerto Rico.

References

^ "Greater Antilles mangroves". Terrestrial Ecoregions. World Wildlife Fund.
^ Hoekstra JM, Molnar JL, Jennings M, Revenga C, Spalding MD, Boucher TM, Robertson JC, Heibel TJ, Ellison K (2010) The Atlas of Global Conservation: Changes, Challenges, and Opportunities to Make a Difference (ed. Molnar JL). Berkeley: University of California Press.
"Bahamian-Antillean mangroves". DOPA Explorer. Accessed 28 December 2020.
Centre, UNESCO World Heritage. "Ciénaga de Zapata National Park". UNESCO World Heritage Centre. Retrieved 2023-04-13.
"Three Bays Protected Area | Urban Nature Atlas". una.city. Retrieved 2023-04-13.
"OAS :: SEDI :: News". www.oas.org. Retrieved 2023-04-13.
"The Institute for Regional Conservation". www.regionalconservation.org. Retrieved 2023-04-13.
"National Estuarine Research Reserve System". coast.noaa.gov. Retrieved 2023-04-13.

External links

"Greater Antilles mangroves". Terrestrial Ecoregions. World Wildlife Fund.
Bahamian-Antillean mangroves (DOPA)
Greater Antilles mangroves (Encyclopedia of Earth)

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