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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
Little Egret Egretta garzetta	LC	non-breeding	1995	400 individuals	A4i
Crab-plover Dromas ardeola	LC	non-breeding	1995	700 individuals	A4i
Madagascar Pratincole Glareola ocularis	NT	non-breeding	1982	2,000 individuals	A4i
Sooty Gull Larus hemprichii	LC	non-breeding	1995	400 individuals	A4i
Saunders's Tern Sternula saundersi	LC	non-breeding	1995	1,000 individuals	A4i
Roseate Tern Sterna dougallii	LC	non-breeding	1995	3,000 individuals	A4i
Lesser Crested Tern Thalasseus bengalensis	LC	non-breeding	1995	500 individuals	A4i
A4iii Species group - waterbirds	n/a	non-breeding	1995	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
Energy production and mining	mining and quarrying	happening now	some of area/population (10-49%)	very rapid to severe deterioration	high
Human intrusions and disturbance	work and other activities	happening now	some of area/population (10-49%)	very rapid to severe deterioration	high
Pollution	domestic & urban waste water - type unknown/unrecorded	happening now	some of area/population (10-49%)	very rapid to severe deterioration	high
Residential and commercial development	housing and urban areas	happening now	whole area/population (>90%)	very rapid to severe deterioration	very high
Transportation and service corridors	roads and railroads	happening now	majority/most of area/population (50-90%)	very rapid to severe deterioration	very high

Conservation actions taken at site (response)
Conservation Designation	Management Planning	Conservation Action	Result
Little/none of site covered (<10%)	No management plan exists but the management planning process has begun	Some limited conservation initiatives are in place	low

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Protected Area	Designation	Area (ha)	Relationship with IBA	Overlap with IBA (ha)
Mangrove No.20	Forest Reserve	1,120	protected area overlaps with site	0
Mangroove	Forest Reserve	61	protected area contained by site	0
Magroove	Forest Reserve	126	protected area contained by site	0
Dar es Salaam	Marine Reserve	2,600	protected area overlaps with site	0

The local conservation groups below are working to support conservation at this IBA.

Name	Year formed
Gezaulole Cultural Tourism Group	1998
Youth Vision of Kigamboni	2005

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IUCN Habitat	Habitat detail	Extent (% of site)
Forest		-
Marine Neritic		-

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

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Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2023) Important Bird Areas factsheet: Dar es Salaam coast. Downloaded from http://www.birdlife.org on 28/01/2023.