Kumage-Yashiro (15070)
Japan, Asia
Site overview
KBA status: confirmed
Year of last assessment: 2011
National site name: Kumage-Yashiro
Central coordinates: Latitude: 34.0833, Longitude: 131.9333
System: freshwater, terrestrial
Elevation (m): 300 to 600
Area of KBA (km2): 9.98423
Protected area coverage (%): 93.84
KBA classification: Global/Regional TBD
Legacy site: Yes
Site details
Site description: The site is located in a basin surrounded by Chugoku mountains at an elevation of about 300 m above sea level. Paddy fields are expanded to the foot of the mountains. The site is the only area visited by wintering Hooded Cranes in Honshu. As such, the site is designated as a Special Natural Monument together with Izumi City in Kagoshima Prefecture.
Rationale for qualifying as KBA: This site qualifies as a Key Biodiversity Area of international significance because it meets one or more previously established criteria and thresholds for identifying sites of biodiversity importance (including Important Bird and Biodiversity Areas, Alliance for Zero Extinction sites, and Key Biodiversity Areas)
Habitats
| IUCN Habitat | Coverage % | Habitat detail |
|---|---|---|
| Artificial - Terrestrial | 100 |
Threats
| Threat level 1 | Threat level 2 | Threat level 3 | Timing |
|---|---|---|---|
| Agriculture & aquaculture | Annual & perennial non-timber crops | Scale Unknown/Unrecorded | Ongoing |
| Invasive & other problematic species, genes & diseases | Invasive non-native/alien species/diseases | Named species | Only in the future |
| Pollution | Domestic & urban waste water | Sewage | Only in the past and unlikely to return |
| Energy production & mining | Mining & quarrying | Ongoing | |
| Human intrusions & disturbance | War, civil unrest & military exercises | Only in the past and unlikely to return | |
| Transportation & service corridors | Roads & railroads | Only in the past and unlikely to return |