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# Senegal's protected mangrove still faced changes beyond its boundary
- URL: https://intelligence.wildlandseco.com/2026-10-17-senegal-joal-fadiouth-mangrove-pressure/
- Published: 2026-10-17T14:05:39.000Z
- Updated: 2026-10-17T14:05:39.000Z
- Description: A Joal-Fadiouth assessment connects a small mapped area loss to persistent local pressures.
- Author: Benjamin Worlund
- Tags: Senegal, mangroves, coastal conservation, Oceans, Land, Governance, Water, #ecological-intelligence, #brief-2026-10-17, #global-radar, #peer-reviewed, #geo-africa

Evidence

Peer-reviewed

Geography

Joal-Fadiouth Marine Protected Area, Senegal

System

Mangrove extent; artisanal shellfish use; coastal livelihoods

## WHAT THE EVIDENCE SAYS

A remote-sensing and field-based study of the Joal-Fadiouth protected coastal system estimated mangrove extent at about 10.259 square kilometers in 1974 and 10.122 in 2024, a net decline of roughly 0.137 square kilometers. Local interviews also identified continuing pressures associated with salinity, resource use, infrastructure and pollution.

## WHY IT MATTERS / OUR READ

A designation is an institutional boundary; estuarine hydrology, infrastructure and livelihoods determine much of what happens inside it. Restoration monitoring should pair canopy area with water and use pressures.

## CAVEATS / UNCERTAINTY

Small area differences over five decades are sensitive to image classification and baseline comparability. Interviews are descriptive; they do not establish protected-area effectiveness or causal links between a single pressure and net area change.

## SOURCE

International Journal of Biological and Chemical Sciences · Senegal mangrove assessment  
[View original evidence ↗](https://doi.org/10.4314/ijbcs.v20i2.7?ref=intelligence.wildlandseco.com)

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