Current view: Data table and detailed info
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'):
The current IUCN Red List category may differ from that which was valid at the time of IBA criteria assessment (2000).
Protected area (PA)
PA designation
PA area (ha)
Relationship of PA with IBA
Overlap of PA with IBA (ha)
North-East Greenland
UNESCO-MAB Biosphere Reserve
97,200,000
protected area contains site
0
Nationalparken i Nord- og Østgrønland
National Park
97,200,000
protected area contains site
0
Hochstetter Forland
Ramsar Site, Wetland of International Importance
184,820
protected area overlaps with site
184,800
Habitat (IUCN level 1)
Habitat detail
Extent (% of site)
Shrubland
Heathland
-
Grassland
Tundra
-
Wetlands (inland)
Rivers and streams
-
For more information about the IUCN Habitat classification, please click
here .
Land-use
Extent (% of site)
not utilised
-
Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2023) Important Bird Area factsheet: Hochstetter Forland. Downloaded from
http://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/hochstetter-forland-iba-greenland-(to-denmark) on 24/09/2023.