BirdLife Data Zone

TH052

Palian Lang-ngu

Current view: Data table and detailed info

IBA Justification

Year of most recent IBA criteria assessment: 2004

Populations of IBA trigger species

Species	Current IUCN Red List Category	Season	Year(s) of estimate	Population at site	IBA criteria triggered
A4iii Species group - waterbirds	n/a	unknown	-	20,000 individuals	A4iii

Note: The current IUCN Red List category may differ from the category that was valid at the time of IBA criteria assessment.

For more information about the IBA criteria, please click here

IBA Conservation

IBA conservation status - summary
Year of assessment (most recent)	Threat (pressure)	Condition (state)	Action (response)
2013	high	not assessed	not assessed
Was the whole site assessed?	yes	Condition (state) assessed by	unset
Accuracy of information	unknown

Threats to the site (pressure)
Threat level 1	Threat level 2	Timing	Scope	Severity	Result
Agricultural expansion and intensification	marine and freshwater aquaculture - industrial aquaculture	happening now	some of area/population (10-49%)	slow but significant deterioration	medium
Biological resource use	logging & wood harvesting - unintentional effects: subsistence/small scale	happening now	majority/most of area/population (50-90%)	slow but significant deterioration	high
Natural system modifications	other ecosystem modifications	happening now	majority/most of area/population (50-90%)	slow but significant deterioration	high
Residential and commercial development	commercial and industrial development	likely in short term (within 4 years)	some of area/population (10-49%)	very rapid to severe deterioration	high
Transportation and service corridors	roads and railroads	likely in short term (within 4 years)	some of area/population (10-49%)	very rapid to severe deterioration	high

Conservation actions taken at the site (response)
Protected-area designation	Management planning	Other conservation action	Result
Not assessed	Not assessed	Not assessed	not assessed

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)
Mu Ko Preta	Marine National Park	49,438	protected area overlaps with site	0

Habitats

IUCN Habitat	Habitat detail	Extent (% of site)
Marine Intertidal		-
Marine Neritic		-

For further information about the IUCN habitat classification, please click here.

Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2023) Important Bird Area factsheet: Palian Lang-ngu. Downloaded from http://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/15131 on 01/06/2023.