Ponoiskaya depression (1518)
Russia (Central Asian), Central Asia
Site overview
KBA status: confirmed
Year of last assessment: 2000
National site name: Ponoiskaya kotlovina
Central coordinates: Latitude: 67.2908, Longitude: 37.4097
System: terrestrial
Elevation (m): 145 to 272
Area of KBA (km2): 2770.41412
Protected area coverage (%): 46.83
KBA classification: Regional
Legacy site: Yes
Site details
Site description: Area located almost in the central part of the Kola peninsula.
Rationale for qualifying as KBA: This site qualifies as a Key Biodiversity Area of international significance that was identified using previously established criteria and thresholds for the identification of Important Bird and Biodiversity Areas (IBAs) and for which available data indicate that it does not meet global KBA criteria and thresholds set out in the Global Standard.
Additional biodiversity: The IBA should possibly be larger including more [area than territory of Ponoysky Zakaznik], but insufficient data are currently availble to justify this.Also A3 criteria could be applied as the number of A3 species is defenetly high, but no speific counts have been made in previous years. To obtain further information, surveys are needed, but this is currently unfeasable as the area is located far from any roads and helicopter would be the only access route, thus very expensive.
Delineation rationale: 2014-08-12 (BL Secretariat): centroid coords adjusted to 67°17'27'N 37°24'35'E and site area changed to (or confirmed as) 277060 ha (rounded), on basis of refined polygon downloaded from Spatial Database on Important Bird Areas of Russia 2014 (© Russian Bird Conservation Union, © Transparent World).
Habitats
Summary of habitats in KBA: Extremely marshy northern taiga with large numbers of lakes and rivers.
Land use: agriculture (100%) | hunting (100%) | tourism/recreation (100%)
| IUCN Habitat | Coverage % | Habitat detail |
|---|---|---|
| Forest | 50 | |
| Wetlands(Inland) | 50 |
Additional information
References: 1. Kalabin, G.V. eds. (1992) !! Special protected areas in the Murmansk region!!, Apatity. (In Russian)2. Ganusevych, S.A. (1983) [ To the composition and distribution of raptors on the Kola Peninsula]. !! Ecology of raptors. !! Moscow. (In Russian)3. Ganusevych, S.A. (1988) [ Raptors of the Kola Peninsula ] !!Ornothology!! Res.23: 73-80. (In Russian).A. S. Gylyazov -- compiler
Contributors: The map polygon is provided courtesy of the Spatial Database on Important Bird Areas of Russia 2014 (© Russian Bird Conservation Union, © Transparent World).