Year of most recent IBA criteria assessment: 2001
Populations of IBA trigger speciesNote: This table presents the IBA criteria triggered and the species that triggered then at the time of assessment, the current IUCN Red List category may vary from that which was in place at that time.
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Most recent IBA monitoring assessment | |||
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Year of assessment | Threat score (pressure) | Condition score (state) | Action score (response) |
2001 | medium | favourable | medium |
Was the whole site covered? | Yes | State assessed by | Habitat |
Accuracy of information | medium |
Threats to the site (pressure) | |||||
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Threat Level 1 | Threat Level 2 | Timing | Scope | Severity | Result |
Agricultural expansion and intensification | livestock farming and ranching (includes forest grazing) - agro-industry grazing, ranching or farmin | happening now | small area/few individuals (<10%) | slow but significant deterioration | low |
Biological resource use | fishing & harvesting aquatic resources - unintentional effects: subsistence/small scale | happening now | some of area/population (10-49%) | slow but significant deterioration | medium |
Biological resource use | hunting & collecting terrestrial animals - intentional use (species being assessed is the target) | happening now | small area/few individuals (<10%) | slow but significant deterioration | low |
Climate change and severe weather | drought | likely in short term (within 4 years) | majority/most of area/population (50-90%) | slow but significant deterioration | medium |
Natural system modifications | fire & fire suppression - increase in fire frequency/intensity | past (and unlikely to return) and no longer limiting | some of area/population (10-49%) | slow but significant deterioration | low |
Condition of habitat (state) | ||||||
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Habitat | Habitat Detail | Reference Area (ha) | Actual Area (ha) | % of habitat remaining | % of carrying capacity (overall) | Result |
Savanna | 0 | 0 | good (> 90%) | good (> 90%) | near favourable |
Conservation actions taken at site (response) | |||
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Conservation Designation | Management Planning | Conservation Action | Result |
Whole area of site (>90%) covered by appropriate conservation designation | A management plan exists but it is out of date or not comprehensive | Substantive conservation measures are being implemented but these are not comprehensive and are limited by resources and capacity | medium |
Protection status:
Protected Area | Designation | Area (ha) | Relationship with IBA | Overlap with IBA (ha) |
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Reserve de la biosphére de la Pendjari | UNESCO-MAB Biosphere Reserve | 880,000 | protected area contains site | 275,500 |
Pendjari | Hunting Zone | 175,000 | protected area contained by site | 175,000 |
Boucle de la Pendjari | National Park | 275,500 | is identical to site | 275,500 |
Atakora | Hunting Zone | 122,000 | protected area overlaps with site | 0 |
IUCN Habitat | Habitat detail | Extent (% of site) |
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Savanna | - |
Land-use | Extent (% of site) |
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agriculture | - |
nature conservation and research | - |
Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2019) Important Bird Areas factsheet: Pendjari National Park. Downloaded from
http://www.birdlife.org on 08/12/2019.