Piejura (18960)
Latvia, Europe
Site overview
KBA status: confirmed
Year of last assessment: 2004
National site name: Piejura
Central coordinates: Latitude: 57.1413, Longitude: 24.2575
System: marine, terrestrial
Area of KBA (km2): 35.69976
Protected area coverage (%): 88.89
KBA classification: Regional
Legacy site: Yes
Site details
Site description: A narrow belt of forested dunes along the Riga gulf, mostly covered by dry Scot's Pine forests. The site also includes sandy beaches on the seashore. Reedbeds and overgrowing bushy meadows mix with open dunes and sand plain at the mouth of the Gauja river. New IBA, listed for the first time under the IBA C criteria. High protection level: there is a 93.9% overlap with the Piejura nature park, a candidate SPA.
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.
Habitats
Land use: agriculture | forestry | tourism/recreation | urban/industrial/transport
| IUCN Habitat | Coverage % | Habitat detail |
|---|---|---|
| Artificial - Terrestrial | 1 | |
| Marine Coastal/Supratidal | 11 | |
| Forest | 79 | |
| Marine Intertidal | 5 | |
| Shrubland | 4 |