High Westerwald around Driedorf (3519)
Germany, Europe
Site overview
KBA status: confirmed
Year of last assessment: 2002
National site name: Hoher Westerwald um Driedorf
Central coordinates: Latitude: 50.5833, Longitude: 8.1667
System: terrestrial
Elevation (m): 294 to 642
Area of KBA (km2): 88.00173
Protected area coverage (%): 71.06
KBA classification: Global/Regional TBD
Legacy site: Yes
Site details
Site description: The site has a varied landscape of non-intensively managed agricultural habitats including humid grassland, rough grazing-pastures, mesophile hay-meadows, Juniperus scrub, arable land and many hedgerows.
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)
Additional biodiversity: This is an important site for species associated with a mosaic of non-intensively managed agricultural habitats.
Habitats
Land use: agriculture | fisheries/aquaculture | forestry | nature conservation and research | tourism/recreation | urban/industrial/transport
| IUCN Habitat | Coverage % | Habitat detail |
|---|---|---|
| Grassland | 25 | |
| Forest | 25 | |
| Shrubland | 25 | |
| Artificial - Terrestrial | 25 |