Greater Antilles mangroves

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.