The site was identified as important in 2002 because it was regularly supporting significant populations of the species listed below, meeting ('triggering') IBA criteria.
The current IUCN Red List category (shown above) may differ from that which was valid at the time of IBA criteria assessment (2002).
Protected area (PA) |
PA designation |
PA area (ha) |
Relationship of PA with IBA |
Overlap of PA with IBA (ha) |
Wahner Heide
|
Site of Community Importance (Habitats Directive) |
2,865 |
protected area contained by site |
2,866 |
Vogelschutzgebiet 'Wahner Heide'
|
Special Protection Area (Birds Directive) |
3,039 |
protected area contained by site |
3,041 |
Siegburg, Troisdorf, St. Augustin
|
Landscape Protection Area |
3,253 |
protected area overlaps with site |
275 |
Sieg
|
Site of Community Importance (Habitats Directive) |
617 |
protected area is adjacent to site |
0 |
NSG Wahner Heide im Rhein-Sieg-Kreis
|
Naturschutzgebiet |
2,010 |
protected area overlaps with site |
1,897 |
NSG Wahner Heide
|
Naturschutzgebiet |
769 |
protected area overlaps with site |
750 |
NSG Wahner Heide
|
Naturschutzgebiet |
658 |
protected area contained by site |
653 |
NSG Trerichsweiher / Untere Aggeraue
|
Naturschutzgebiet |
34 |
protected area contained by site |
34 |
NSG Siegaue
|
Naturschutzgebiet |
408 |
protected area is adjacent to site |
0 |
NSG Aggeraue zwischen Lohmar und Siegburg
|
Naturschutzgebiet |
259 |
protected area contained by site |
259 |
NSG Aggeraue
|
Naturschutzgebiet |
155 |
protected area is adjacent to site |
0 |
LSG-Wahner Heide
|
Landschaftschutzgebiet |
6 |
protected area contained by site |
0 |
LSG-Wahner Heide
|
Landschaftschutzgebiet |
73 |
protected area overlaps with site |
0 |
LSG-Suelzaue
|
Landschaftschutzgebiet |
99 |
protected area overlaps with site |
0 |
LSG-Stadtwald Troisdorf
|
Landschaftschutzgebiet |
235 |
protected area overlaps with site |
0 |
LSG-Sieg-/Aggeraue
|
Landschaftschutzgebiet |
104 |
protected area overlaps with site |
0 |
LSG-Landschaftsschutzgebiet
|
Landschaftschutzgebiet |
4,256 |
protected area is adjacent to site |
0 |
LSG-Landschaftsraum Gut Leidenhausen und Freiraeume um Brueck
|
Landschaftschutzgebiet |
993 |
protected area overlaps with site |
0 |
LSG-Kulturlandschaft bei Altenrath
|
Landschaftschutzgebiet |
18 |
protected area overlaps with site |
0 |
LSG-Aggeraue
|
Landschaftschutzgebiet |
103 |
protected area is adjacent to site |
0 |
LSG-Aggeraue
|
Landschaftschutzgebiet |
48 |
protected area overlaps with site |
0 |
Koenigsforst und vorgelagerte Freiraeume
|
Landscape Protection Area |
2,094 |
protected area overlaps with site |
192 |
Im Rheinisch Bergischen Kreis
|
Landscape Protection Area |
6,471 |
protected area overlaps with site |
11 |
Bergisches Land
|
Nature Park |
191,000 |
protected area is adjacent to site |
0 |
Bereich Bergische Hochflaeche, Lohmarer Wald
|
Landscape Protection Area |
4,625 |
protected area overlaps with site |
45 |
Agger
|
Site of Community Importance (Habitats Directive) |
198 |
protected area overlaps with site |
135 |
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