Mauritania

Location

North Africa, with Coast on Atlantic Ocean, Between Senegal and West Sahara

National websites

Address of Embassy / Chancery in U.S.

 2129 Leroy Place NW Washington DC, 20008

CIA World Factbook

Http://www.odci.gov/cia/publication/factbook/ma.html

Agencies (with addresses) responsible for biological inventory and conservation

Statistics

Land area

1,030,400 Sq. km

CIA World Factbook

For forests, see http://www.wcmc.org.uk/forest/data

For wetlands, see http://www.iucn.org/themes/wetlands/africandirectory.htm

Area of territorial waters

300 Sq. km

CIA World Factbook

Population

CIA World Factbook

Population Density

2.437/Sq. km

Area protected (sq. km) at the six different IUCN levels

I

II

III

IV

V

VI

Kinds of habitat protected

 Two Marine protected areas, adding up to 32,100 ha

WRI

Biological inventory

Mammals: 61; Birds: 541; Plant: 1,100 Reptile: n/a; amphibian: n/a; fish: n/a 

http://www.wri.org/sdis/ctr_std/cs-pdf/maur.pdf

Species listed on CITES Appendix I

 http://www.wcmc.org.uk/CITES/english/fauna.htm then search for all species, Mauritania, and the appropriate appendix

Species listed on CITES Appendix II

 Flora database not ready yet.

Lists of recent and historical species extinctions

 Http://www.wcmc.org.uk/species/animals/animal_redlist.html 

Legislation

Laws protecting endangered or threatened species

Laws protecting endangered ecosystems

Signatory to CITES

http://www.wcmc.org.uk/CITES/english/parties.htm

Signatory to Ramsar Wetlands Convention

2/22/83, hectacres designated: 1,188,600

http://www.iucn.org/themes/ramsar/key_cp_e.htm

Signatory to Convention on Biological Diversity 

8/16/96 http://www.biodiv.org/conv/ratify.html 

Signatory to Migratory Bird Treaty

No

Member of International Whaling Commission

No Http://ourworld.compuserve.com/homepages/iwcoffice

Signatory to other international treaties designed to protect or manage biological resources

Climate Change, Desertification, Endangered Species, Enviromental Modification, Hazardous Wastes, Law of the Sea, Marine Life Conservation, Nuclear Test Ban, Ozone Layer Protection, Ship Pollution

CIA World Factbook

Non-government Organizations (NGOs), or chapters of international organizations concerned with the preservation of natural resources

Economics

National GDP

 $4.1 billion

WRI http://www.wri.org

GDP from Agriculture

 26%; $1.066 billion

WRI

GDP from Industry

 31% $1.271 billion

WRI

Fisheries

 Freshwater take: 5,000,000 metric tonnes

Marine take: 87,800 tonnes

WRI

Income generated from Forestry

 Take: 13,000 cubic meters

Value of exports $100,000 US

WRI

Income generated from Ecotourism

Income generated from Trade in wildlife products

Income generated from Hunting

Income generated from other uses of natural resources

Pollution

Natural resources impacted by air pollution

Natural resources impacted by water pollution

Natural resources impacted by development activities

 Overgrazing, deforestification, soil erosion by developing farms, aggravated by drought

http://www.selu.com

Natural resources impacted by introduced species

Legislation addressing these issues

Restoration and Reintroduction

Programs for restoration of damaged habitat 

Programs for ex situ conservation (captive breeding and reintroduction) of endangered species