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Year of most recent IBA criteria assessment: 2014

Populations of IBA trigger species

Species	Current IUCN Red List Category	Season	Year(s) of estimate	Population estimate	IBA Criteria Triggered
Red-breasted Goose Branta ruficollis	VU	passage	2013-2014	60-120 individuals	A1
Ferruginous Duck Aythya nyroca	NT	breeding	2013-2014	30-35 breeding pairs	A1, B2
Common Kingfisher Alcedo atthis	LC	breeding	2013-2014	30-40 breeding pairs	B2
A4iii Species group - waterbirds	n/a	passage	2013-2014	min 20,000 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
Agricultural expansion and intensification	annual & perennial non-timber crops - small-holder farming	happening now	some of area/population (10-49%)	moderate to rapid deterioration	high
Biological resource use	hunting & collecting terrestrial animals - intentional use (species being assessed is the target)	happening now	some of area/population (10-49%)	slow but significant deterioration	medium
Human intrusions and disturbance	recreational activities	happening now	some of area/population (10-49%)	moderate to rapid deterioration	high
Pollution	agricultural & forestry effluents - soil erosion, sedimentation	happening now	some of area/population (10-49%)	slow but significant deterioration	medium

Conservation actions taken at site (response)
Conservation Designation	Management Planning	Conservation Action	Result
Some of site covered (10-49%)	No management planning has taken place	Very little or no conservation action taking place	negligible

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Protected Area	Designation	Area (ha)	Relationship with IBA	Overlap with IBA (ha)
Valeni Denudation	Natural Monument	3	protected area overlaps with site	0
Prutul de jos	Scientific Reserve	1,691	protected area overlaps with site	0
Lower Prut Lakes	Ramsar Site, Wetland of International Importance	19,152	protected area overlaps with site	19,152

IUCN Habitat	Habitat detail	Extent (% of site)
Forest	Alluvial and very wet forest	-
Grassland	Humid grasslands	-
Wetlands (inland)	Standing freshwater, Rivers and streams, Water fringe vegetation	-
Artificial/Terrestrial	Arable land, Perennial crops, orchards and groves, Other urban and industrial areas	-

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Land-use	Extent (% of site)
agriculture	-
fisheries/aquaculture	-
forestry	-
nature conservation and research	-
not utilised	-
tourism/recreation	-

For further information about the land use classification please click here.

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Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2022) Important Bird Areas factsheet: Lower Prut River and Manta-Beleu Lake. Downloaded from http://www.birdlife.org on 17/08/2022.