Parque Natural Obô de São Tomé e Zona Tampão (45720)
São Tomé e Príncipe, Africa
Site overview
KBA status: confirmed
Global KBA criteria: A1e
Year of last assessment: 2018
National site name: Parque Natural Obô de São Tomé e Zona Tampão
Central coordinates: Latitude: 0.1833, Longitude: 6.5500
System: terrestrial
Elevation (m): 0 to 2024
Area of KBA (km2): 448.29846
Protected area coverage (%): 54.32
KBA classification: Global
Legacy site: Yes
Site details
Rationale for qualifying as KBA: This site qualifies as a Key Biodiversity Area of international significance that meets the thresholds for at least one criterion described in the Global Standard for the Identification of KBAs. Alliance for Zero Extinction (2018): site confirmed as an AZE site during the AZE project (2015-2018). Taxonomy, nomenclature and Red List category follow the IUCN 2016 Red List.
Delineation rationale: 2018-12-13 (BL Secretariat): the 2001 IBAs / 2005-2010 AZEs of São Tomé lowland forests (SitRecID 6881; 13,000 ha) and São Tomé montane and cloud-forests (SitRecID 6882; 6000 ha) have been merged to form the 2015 CEPF KBA / IBA / AZE of Parque Natural Obô de São Tomé e Zona Tampão (SitRecID 45720; 44,830 ha).