Global Mangrove Extent Change 1996–2020: Global Mangrove Watch Version 3.0

Mangroves are a globally important ecosystem that provides a wide range of ecosystem system services, such as carbon capture and storage, coastal protection and fisheries enhancement. Mangroves have significantly reduced in global extent over the last 50 years, primarily as a result of deforestation caused by the expansion of agriculture and aquaculture in coastal environments. However, a limited number of studies have attempted to estimate changes in global mangrove extent, particularly into the 1990s, despite much of the loss in mangrove extent occurring pre-2000. This study has used L-band Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) global mosaic datasets from the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) for 11 epochs…

• NP
  National Philanthropic Trust
• OF
  Oak Foundation
• LC
  Llywodraeth Cymru
• SR
  Sight Research UK

  Award: NE/P014127/1
• CS
  COmON Stichting
• NE
  Natural Environment Research Council

  Awards: NE/P014127/1, NE/P014127/1
• ER
  European Regional Development Fund