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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.

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Some IBAs

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Some IBAs

★ Ythan Estuary, Scotland

★ Fowlsheugh, Scotland

★ Farne Islands, England

★ Kullaberg, Sweden

★ Richardson Bay, USA

★ Lake Žuvintas, Lithuania

★ Hutovo Blato, Bosnia and Herzegovina

★ Belum-Temengor, Malaysia

★ Jackson Bottom Wetlands Preserve, Oregon, USA

★ Al Shouf Cedar Nature Reserve, Lebanon

See also

★ List of Important Bird Areas in the United Kingdom

External links

★ http://www.birdlife.org/action/science/sites/index.html

★ http://www.audubon.org/bird/iba/index.html