Key Biodiversity Areas

Bahía San Pedro (27444)
Chile, South America

Site overview


KBA status: confirmed
Year of last assessment: 2010
National site name: Bahía San Pedro
Central coordinates: Latitude: -40.9113, Longitude: -73.8437
System: marine, terrestrial
Area of KBA (km2): 19.39193
KBA classification: Global/Regional TBD
Legacy site: Yes

Site details


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)
Delineation rationale: 2014-03-11 (BL Secretariat): a site area of 1939 ha was calculated by GIS from the site polygon, then rounded to the nearest 10% (1900 ha).

Habitats


IUCN HabitatCoverage %Habitat detail
Forest50
Marine Coastal/Supratidal50

Threats


Threat level 1Threat level 2Threat level 3Timing
Biological resource useLogging & wood harvestingUnintentional effects: large scale (species being assessed is not the target) [harvest]Ongoing