Key Biodiversity Areas

Marshes near Pavlovskoye Zaoch'ye and adjoining floodplain of Oka river (20020)
Russia (Central Asian), Central Asia

Site overview


KBA status: confirmed
Year of last assessment: 2007
National site name: Bolota okolo Pavlovskogo Zaochya
Central coordinates: Latitude: 56.0403, Longitude: 42.9103
System: terrestrial
Area of KBA (km2): 456.63341
Protected area coverage (%): 25.11
KBA classification: Regional
Legacy site: Yes

Site details


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: Non-bird biodiversity: Desmana moschata, Parnassius apollo.Dactylorhiza traunsteineri, Trapa natans, Salvinia natans, Drosera anglica, Oxycoccus microcarpus, Carex pauciflora, Hupezia selago.
Delineation rationale: 2014-08-12 (BL Secretariat): centroid coords adjusted to 56°2'25'N 42°54'37'E and site area changed to (or confirmed as) 45665 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


Land use: forestry | nature conservation and research (23%) | rangeland/pastureland (8%) | urban/industrial/transport (2%)
IUCN HabitatCoverage %Habitat detail
Forest85
Wetlands(Inland)5

Additional information


Contributors: The map polygon is provided courtesy of the Spatial Database on Important Bird Areas of Russia 2014 (© Russian Bird Conservation Union, © Transparent World).