Important Bird Areas and potential Ramsar Sites in Europe (BirdLife International, 2001)
The method used in this report for selecting potential Ramsar sites has been applied, not to all wetlands in Europe, but to those sites identified by BirdLife International as Important Bird Areas (Heath and Evans, 2000). Twenty criteria have been developed for the selection of IBAs in Europe. These allow the identification of IBAs based on site's international importance for: threatened bird species, congregatory bird species, assemblages of restricted-range bird species, and assemblages of biome-restricted bird species. A number of IBA criteria are related directly to the Ramsar criteria. Hence, potential Ramsar Sites of international importance for wetland-dependent birds can be identified with relative ease from IBA inventories.
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Important Bird Areas and potential Ramsar Sites in Africa (BirdLife International, 2002)
A product of the BirdLife Africa Partnership's IBA Programme, the report is the first to identify the 503 Important Bird Areas (IBAs) in Africa which contain wetland areas that would qualify as Ramsar Sites, but currently are not recognized as such. Along with other BirdLife data that identifies the main threats affecting these areas, as well as the birds that depend on them, the report constitutes a powerful conservation tool to improve the protection of Africa's wetlands, birds and the key human resources they contain.
A PDF version of this study can be downloaded on the website of BirdLife International.
Important Bird Areas and potential Ramsar Sites in Asia (BirdLife International, 2005)
The purpose of this document is to contribute towards the adequate representation of important areas for waterbirds in the List of Wetlands of International Importance in Asia. Data on the 2,293 IBAs in the Asian region have been analysed using a set of standard, internationally recognised criteria. In total 1,111 IBAs have been identified that contain areas that qualify as potential Ramsar Sites.
A PDF version of this study can be downloaded on the website of BirdLife International.
Important Bird Areas and potential Ramsar Sites in Europe (BirdLife International, 2001)
The method used in this report for selecting potential Ramsar sites has been applied, not to all wetlands in Europe, but to those sites identified by BirdLife International as Important Bird Areas (Heath and Evans, 2000). Twenty criteria have been developed for the selection of IBAs in Europe. These allow the identification of IBAs based on site's international importance for: threatened bird species, congregatory bird species, assemblages of restricted-range bird species, and assemblages of biome-restricted bird species. A number of IBA criteria are related directly to the Ramsar criteria. Hence, potential Ramsar Sites of international importance for wetland-dependent birds can be identified with relative ease from IBA inventories.
Please click on the right to download a PDF version (2MB) of this study.
Important Bird Areas and potential Ramsar Sites in Africa (BirdLife International, 2002)
A product of the BirdLife Africa Partnership's IBA Programme, the report is the first to identify the 503 Important Bird Areas (IBAs) in Africa which contain wetland areas that would qualify as Ramsar Sites, but currently are not recognized as such. Along with other BirdLife data that identifies the main threats affecting these areas, as well as the birds that depend on them, the report constitutes a powerful conservation tool to improve the protection of Africa's wetlands, birds and the key human resources they contain.
A PDF version of this study can be downloaded on the website of BirdLife International.
Important Bird Areas and potential Ramsar Sites in Asia (BirdLife International, 2005)
The purpose of this document is to contribute towards the adequate representation of important areas for waterbirds in the List of Wetlands of International Importance in Asia. Data on the 2,293 IBAs in the Asian region have been analysed using a set of standard, internationally recognised criteria. In total 1,111 IBAs have been identified that contain areas that qualify as potential Ramsar Sites.
A PDF version of this study can be downloaded on the website of BirdLife International.