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Year of most recent IBA criteria assessment: 2001

Populations of IBA trigger species

Species	Current IUCN Red List Category	Season	Year(s) of estimate	Population estimate	IBA Criteria Triggered
Common Shelduck Tadorna tadorna	LC	winter	-	1,000-12,500 individuals	A4i
Northern Shoveler Spatula clypeata	LC	winter	-	2,000-10,000 individuals	A4i
Phoenicopterus ruber	NR	winter	-	4,000-25,000 individuals	A4i
A4iii Species group - waterbirds	n/a	winter	-	20,000-49,999 individuals	A4iii

Note: 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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Threats to the site (pressure)
Threat Level 1	Threat Level 2	Timing	Scope	Severity	Result
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
Biological resource use	hunting & collecting terrestrial animals - unintentional effects (species is not the target)	happening now	majority/most of area/population (50-90%)	slow but significant deterioration	high
Climate change and severe weather	drought	happening now	majority/most of area/population (50-90%)	moderate to rapid deterioration	high
Pollution	garbage & solid waste	happening now	majority/most of area/population (50-90%)	moderate to rapid deterioration	high
Residential and commercial development	commercial and industrial development	happening now	some of area/population (10-49%)	moderate to rapid deterioration	high
Residential and commercial development	housing and urban areas	likely in short term (within 4 years)	majority/most of area/population (50-90%)	very rapid to severe deterioration	high

Condition of habitat (state)
Habitat	Habitat Detail	Reference Area (ha)	Actual Area (ha)	% of habitat remaining	% of carrying capacity (overall)	Result
Wetlands (inland)		2979	2605	-	moderate (70-90%)	unfavourable

Condition of key/trigger populations (state)
Scientific	Common	TargetPop	ActualPop	Units	Remaining	Result
Tadorna tadorna	Common Shelduck	16000	9310	individuals	59	unfavourable
Spatula clypeata	Northern Shoveler	9200	51000	individuals	100	favourable
Phoenicopterus roseus	Greater Flamingo	12500	9820	individuals	79	near favourable
Grus grus	Common Crane	1000	250	individuals	25	very unfavourable
Species group - waterbirds	A4iii	46000	80000	individuals	100	favourable

Conservation actions taken at site (response)
Conservation Designation	Management Planning	Conservation Action	Result
Little/none of site covered (<10%)	No management planning has taken place	Very little or no conservation action taking place	negligible

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Protection status:

Protected Area	Designation	Area (ha)	Relationship with IBA	Overlap with IBA (ha)
Sebkhet Sedjoumi	Wetland Zone of National Importance	3,600	protected area contains site	2,700

IUCN Habitat	Habitat detail	Extent (% of site)
Wetlands (inland)	Saline lakes	-

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Land-use	Extent (% of site)
hunting	-
urban/industrial/transport	-

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Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2020) Important Bird Areas factsheet: Sebkhet Sejoumi. Downloaded from http://www.birdlife.org on 19/01/2020.