Ecology | |
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Realm | Neotropical |
Biome | mangroves |
Borders | |
Geography | |
Area | 10,600 km2 (4,100 sq mi) |
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Conservation | |
Conservation status | Critical/endangered [1] |
Protected | 30.5%(2007) [2] |
The Greater Antilles mangroves is a mangrove ecoregion that includes the coastal mangrove forests of the Greater Antilles – Cuba, Hispaniola, Jamaica, and Puerto Rico. [1]
Mangroves are estimated to cover 5,569 km2 in Cuba (or 4.8% of the country); 134 km2 in Haiti; 325 km2 in the Dominican Republic; and 106 km2 in Jamaica. [1]
Some ecoregion systems include the Greater Antilles mangroves, Bahamian mangroves, and Lesser Antilles mangroves within a single Bahamian-Antillean mangroves ecoregion. [3]
30.5% of the ecoregion is in protected areas. [2] These include the Zapata Swamp in Cuba, [4] La Cahouane and Three Bays Protected Area in Haiti, [5] [6] Los Haitises National Park in the Dominican Republic, and the Piñones State Forest [7] and Jobos Bay National Estuarine Research Reserve in Puerto Rico. [8]