Carbon pools and multiple benefits

CARBON POOLS AND MULTIPLE BENEFITS OF MANGROVES ASSESSMENT FOR REDD+ IN CENTRAL AFRICA

Table 1: Description of sites selected for carbon and ecosystem services assessment

Number of mangrove sites

Forest condition

Country ! ! Cameroon

Study site

Site description

! !

South West Region, Bamasso mangroves

Site contiguous to the mangroves of Delta region in Nigeria have relatively undisturbed mangroves Site within the mangroves of Cameroon estuary having relatively undisturbed mangroves Site within the mangroves of Cameroon estuary with heavy exploitation of mangroves Site within the mangroves of Cameroon estuary with moderate exploitation of mangroves Transboundary mangroves at the Ntem estuary Mangroves near Akanda National Park having relatively undisturbed mangroves

Undisturbed

5

Littoral region, Moukouke

Undisturbed

Littoral Region, Yoyo mangroves

Heavily exploited

Littoral Region, Youme mangroves

Moderately exploited

South region, Campo mangroves Province de l'Estuaire, Commune de Libreville Province de l'Estuaire, Commune de Libreville Province de l'Estuaire, Commune de Coco- Beach Province de l'Estuaire, Commune de Coco- Beach

Undisturbed

! Gabon

!

Undisturbed

4

Peri-urban mangroves,

Heavily exploited

Transboundary mangrove near Equatorial Guinea,

Moderately exploited

Emone-Mekak mainly undisturbed estuarine mangrove

Undisturbed

! RoC

!

Département de Pointe Noire Département de Pointe Noire

Peri-urban mangroves of Louaya Heavily exploited

3

Moderately disturbed mangroves located within the touristic centre of Songolo town Transboundary mangroves in Gabon- Angola border

Moderately exploited

Département du Kouilou

Undisturbed

! DRC

!

Province du Bas- Congo, district de Boma the only mangrove zone in DRC entirely in Muanda Mangrove Park and transborder with mangroves of Soyo in Angola

Marana Line with heavily disturbed mangroves

Heavily exploited

3

Km 5 with moderately exploited mangroves Île Rosa Tompo with relatively undisturbed mangrove

Moderately exploited Undisturbed

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