Lubans and fish-ponds (318)
Latvia, Europe
Site overview
KBA status: confirmed
Year of last assessment: 2004
National site name: Lubans un zivju diki
Central coordinates: Latitude: 56.7333, Longitude: 26.8667
System: freshwater, terrestrial
Elevation (m): 90 to 112
Area of KBA (km2): 213.4362
Protected area coverage (%): 96.65
KBA classification: Global/Regional TBD
Legacy site: Yes
Site details
Site description: Large wetland complex comprising lake Lubans, the surrounding fish-ponds and bogs. Significant forest cover and some flood-plain meadows or drained grassland also occur. A small part (Gomelis marsh) of the site was included in the first European IBA inventory [2] and expanded in the subsequent site lists [3, 4, 1]. Partially protected: there is a 37.8% overlap with seven restricted nature reserves, most of them candidate SPAs.
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
Land use: agriculture | fisheries/aquaculture | forestry | hunting | nature conservation and research | tourism/recreation | water management
| IUCN Habitat | Coverage % | Habitat detail |
|---|---|---|
| Wetlands(Inland) | 62 | |
| Shrubland | 6 | |
| Grassland | 11 | |
| Forest | 19 | |
| Artificial - Terrestrial | 1 |