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Table 1: Description of sites selected for carbon and ecosystem services assessment
Country
Number of
mangrove
sites
Study site
Site description
Forest
condition
! !
Cameroon
! !
5
South West Region,
Bamasso mangroves
Site contiguous to the
mangroves of Delta region in
Nigeria have relatively
undisturbed mangroves
Undisturbed
Littoral region,
Moukouke
Site within the mangroves of
Cameroon estuary having
relatively undisturbed
mangroves
Undisturbed
Littoral Region, Yoyo
mangroves
Site within the mangroves of
Cameroon estuary with heavy
exploitation of mangroves
Heavily
exploited
Littoral Region, Youme
mangroves
Site within the mangroves of
Cameroon estuary with
moderate exploitation of
mangroves
Moderately
exploited
South region, Campo
mangroves
Transboundary mangroves at
the Ntem estuary
Undisturbed
!
Gabon
!
4
Province de l'Estuaire,
Commune de
Libreville
Mangroves near Akanda
National Park having relatively
undisturbed mangroves
Undisturbed
Province de l'Estuaire,
Commune de
Libreville
Peri-urban mangroves,
Heavily
exploited
Province de l'Estuaire,
Commune de Coco-
Beach
Transboundary mangrove near
Equatorial Guinea,
Moderately
exploited
Province de l'Estuaire,
Commune de Coco-
Beach
Emone-Mekak mainly
undisturbed estuarine
mangrove
Undisturbed
!
RoC
!
3
Département de
Pointe Noire
Peri-urban mangroves of Louaya Heavily
exploited
Département de
Pointe Noire
Moderately disturbed
mangroves located within the
touristic centre of Songolo town
Moderately
exploited
Département du
Kouilou
Transboundary mangroves in
Gabon- Angola border
Undisturbed
!
DRC
!
3
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
Km 5 with moderately exploited
mangroves
Moderately
exploited
Île Rosa Tompo with relatively
undisturbed mangrove
Undisturbed