Current view: Data table and detailed info
The site was identified as important in 2016 because it was regularly supporting significant populations of the species listed below, meeting ('triggering') IBA criteria .
Populations meeting IBA criteria ('trigger species'):
The current IUCN Red List category may differ from that which was valid at the time of IBA criteria assessment (2016).
IBA conservation assessment
Year of assessment (most recent)
State (condition)
Pressure (threat)
Response (action)
2017
very unfavourable
not assessed
low
Was the whole site assessed?
State assessed by
Accuracy of information
yes
population
good
For more information about IBA conservation status, please click
here
Protected area (PA)
PA designation
PA area (ha)
Relationship of PA with IBA
Overlap of PA with IBA (ha)
Rijntakken
Natuurbeschermingswet
23,047
protected area is adjacent to site
0
Rijntakken
Special Protection Area (Birds Directive)
23,048
protected area is adjacent to site
0
Rijntakken
Site of Community Importance (Habitats Directive)
8,440
protected area is adjacent to site
0
Ketelmeer en Vossemeer
Ramsar Site, Wetland of International Importance
3,900
protected area overlaps with site
3,900
Ketelmeer & Vossemeer
Special Protection Area (Birds Directive)
3,843
is identical to site
3,846
Ketelmeer & Vossemeer
Natuurbeschermingswet
3,843
is identical to site
0
IJsseluiterwaarden
Site of Community Importance (Habitats Directive)
1,538
protected area is adjacent to site
0
IJssel
Special Protection Area (Birds Directive)
4,139
protected area is adjacent to site
0
For more information about the IUCN Habitat classification, please click
here .
Land-use
Extent (% of site)
fisheries/aquaculture
-
water management
-
hunting
-
tourism/recreation
-
urban/industrial/transport
-
Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2023) Important Bird Area factsheet: Ketelmeer & Vossemeer. Downloaded from
http://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/ketelmeer-&-vossemeer-iba-netherlands on 10/12/2023.