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Zwin & Kievittepolder


IBA Justification

The site was identified as important in 2000 because it was regularly supporting significant populations of the species listed below, meeting ('triggering') IBA criteria.

Populations meeting IBA criteria ('trigger species'):
Species Current IUCN Red List Category Season Year(s) Population estimate at site IBA criteria met

The current IUCN Red List category may differ from that which was valid at the time of IBA criteria assessment (2000).


IBA Conservation

IBA conservation assessment
Year of assessment (most recent) State (condition) Pressure (threat) Response (action)
2017 not assessed not assessed low
Was the whole site assessed? State assessed by Accuracy of information
yes unset good

Response (conservation actions taken for the trigger species and/or their habitats)
Protected-area designation Management planning Other conservation action Result
Whole area of site (>90%) covered by appropriate conservation designation No management plan exists but the management planning process has begun Unknown low
For more information about IBA conservation status, please click here

IBA Protection

Protected area (PA) PA designation PA area (ha) Relationship of PA with IBA Overlap of PA with IBA (ha)
Zwin & Kievittepolder Special Protection Area (Birds Directive) 116 protected area contains site 128
Zwin Site of Community Importance (Habitats Directive) 116 protected area contained by site 95
Vlakte van de Raan Site of Community Importance (Habitats Directive) 17,521 protected area overlaps with site 14

Habitats

Habitat (IUCN level 1) Habitat detail Extent (% of site)
Artificial/Terrestrial Highly improved re-seeded landscapes -
Marine Neritic -
Marine Intertidal -
For more information about the IUCN Habitat classification, please click here.

Land use

Land-use Extent (% of site)
agriculture -
hunting -
nature conservation and research -
tourism/recreation -


Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2023) Important Bird Area factsheet: Zwin & Kievittepolder. Downloaded from http://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/zwin-&-kievittepolder-iba-netherlands on 06/12/2023.