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Table 9.4. Management categories and sub-categories and examples of mangrove forests in Latin
America and the Caribbean
Management category
and major objectives
Sub-category
Type example
A Mangrove conservation reserves
Fragile, of high scientific • EI Nino dominated mangroves
(conservation and scientific studies) interest
of the
B Mangrove forest reserves
(sustainable utilization offorest
products)
High biodiversity
• Inland mangroves of Caribbean
islands
• Mangroves along the
Colombia-Ecuador border
• Amazon River estuary
mangroves
Special ecological role or. Mangroves in industrialized
significance
bays of SE Brazil
• Storm threatened Caribbean
islands and coastline
• Mangroves of Amapa, north
Brazil
• Mangrove forests along the
south coast of Cuba
• Mangroves in the Pacific coast
of north Colombia and Chiquiri
forests and Panama
C Mangrove fisheries reserves
Of actual mangrove
• Crab fishing mangrove areas of
northeastern Brazil
(preserve and maximize fisheries)
species
D Damaged mangrove areas
(recuperation of mangrove
ecological attributes)
Open water
• Oyster fishing mangrove areas
of Caribbean Colombia and
Venezuela
• Shrimp fisheries along the
Maranhao Coast, north Brazil
• Anchovie and shrimp fishing in
the Gulf of Panama
Converted to other uses • Abandoned shrimp farms in
the Gulf of Guyaquil, Ecuador
Impacted mangroves
• Abandoned resort areas in
southeastern Brazil
• Abandoned silviculture area
along the San Juan River,
Venezuela
• Abandoned salt pond areas in
northeastern Brazil
• Oil impacted mangroves of the
Caribbean coast of Panama
• Oil impacted areas in the Gulf
Lake Maracaibo, Venezuela
• Industrialized areas along the
coasts of southeastern Brazil
and Cartagena Bay, Colombia