Important Bird Area
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
An Important Bird Area (IBA) is an area designated as globally important habitat for the conservation of bird populations.
IBAs are determined by an internationally-agreed set of criteria. To be listed as an IBA, a site must satisfy at least one of the following conditions:
- provide habitat to sustain a population of an internationally threatened species.
- house large numbers or concentrations of migratory birds, shorebirds, or seabirds.
- be part of a large number of range-restricted or biome-restricted species.
Generally, IBAs must be amenable to conservation and wildlife management as well. Currently there are about 10,000 IBAs worldwide. The program was developed by BirdLife International; IBAs in a given country are designated by a national conservation organization.
[edit] Some IBAs
- Al Shouf Cedar Nature Reserve, Lebanon
- Belum-Temengor, Malaysia
- Boundary Bay, British Columbia, Canada
- Cemlyn Bay, Wales
- Çiğli, Turkey
- Congaree National Park, South Carolina, USA
- Cousin Island, Seychelles
- Farne Islands, England
- Fowlsheugh, Scotland
- Hutovo Blato, Bosnia and Herzegovina
- Jackson Bottom Wetlands Preserve, Oregon, USA
- Kaziranga National Park, India
- Kullaberg, Sweden
- Lake Žuvintas, Lithuania
- Leslie Street Spit, Ontario, Canada
- Ludaš Lake, Serbia
- Nigula Nature Reserve, Estonia
- Presque Isle State Park, Erie, Pennsylvania
- Presqu'ile Provincial Park, Ontario, Canada
- Prince Edward Island National Park, Prince Edward Island, Canada
- Richardson Bay, California, USA
- Restigouche River, New Brunswick and Quebec, Canada
- Rondeau Provincial Park, Ontario, Canada
- The Skerries, Wales
- Tanjung Tuan, Maylasia
- Thane Creek, India
- Tussey Mountain, Pennsylvania, USA
- Vanhankaupunginlahti, Helsinki, Finland
- Ynys Feurig, Wales
- Ythan Estuary, Scotland
