Kien Giang (48965)
Vietnam, Asia
Site overview
KBA status: confirmed
Global KBA criteria: B1
Year of last assessment: 2018
National site name: Kien Giang
Central coordinates: Latitude: 9.6395, Longitude: 105.1158
System: freshwater
Area of KBA (km2): 1522.80623
Protected area coverage (%): 5.37
KBA classification: Global
Legacy site: No
Site details
Rationale for qualifying as KBA: This site qualifies as a Key Biodiversity Area of international significance that meets the thresholds for at least one criterion described in the Global Standard for the Identification of KBAs.
Delineation rationale: The boundary of the UNESCO Biosphere Reserve Kien Giang in the south (including the existing IBA/National Park/Ramsar Site U Minh Thuong found within the MAB Biosphere Reserve), has been adopted as a freshwater KBA.