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Year of most recent IBA criteria assessment: 2000

Populations of IBA trigger species

Species	Current IUCN Red List Category	Season	Year(s) of estimate	Population estimate	IBA Criteria Triggered
Whooper Swan Cygnus cygnus	LC	passage	1995	800-1,200 individuals	A4i, B1i, C2
Little Gull Hydrocoloeus minutus	LC	breeding	1995	79 breeding pairs	B2
Little Gull Hydrocoloeus minutus	LC	passage	1995	500-800 individuals	A4i, B1i, C3

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
Human intrusions and disturbance	recreational activities	happening now	some of area/population (10-49%)	slow but significant deterioration	medium
Pollution	agricultural & forestry effluents - nutrient loads	happening now	majority/most of area/population (50-90%)	moderate to rapid deterioration	high

Condition of key/trigger populations (state)
Scientific	Common	TargetPop	ActualPop	Units	Remaining	Result
Cygnus cygnus	Whooper Swan	800	250	individuals	32	very unfavourable
Hydrocoloeus minutus	Little Gull	80	181	breeding pairs	100	favourable

Conservation actions taken at site (response)
Conservation Designation	Management Planning	Conservation Action	Result
Most of site (50-90%) covered (including the most critical parts for important bird species)	No management planning has taken place	Very little or no conservation action taking place	low

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Protected Area	Designation	Area (ha)	Relationship with IBA	Overlap with IBA (ha)
Toivolan luonnonsuojelualue	Yksityinen luonnonsuojelualue	0	protected area overlaps with site	0
Rantasen luonnonsuojelualue	Yksityinen luonnonsuojelualue	1	protected area contained by site	0
Rantalahden luonnonsuojelualue	Yksityinen luonnonsuojelualue	1	protected area contained by site	0
Pirneksen luonnonsuojelualue	Yksityinen luonnonsuojelualue	422	protected area overlaps with site	0
Ojantakasen luonnonsuojelualue	Yksityinen luonnonsuojelualue	1	protected area contained by site	0
Nevalan luonnonsuojelualue	Yksityinen luonnonsuojelualue	2	protected area contained by site	0
Nevalan luonnonsuojelualue	Yksityinen luonnonsuojelualue	1	protected area contained by site	0
Miettisen luonnonsuojelualue	Yksityinen luonnonsuojelualue	1	protected area contained by site	0
Marttilan luonnonsuojelualue	Yksityinen luonnonsuojelualue	3	protected area contained by site	0
Kuuselan luonnonsuojelualue	Yksityinen luonnonsuojelualue	3	protected area overlaps with site	0
Korkatinrannan-Haapolammen luonnonsuojelualue	Yksityinen luonnonsuojelualue	82	protected area overlaps with site	0
Kivilahden luonnonsuojelualue	Yksityinen luonnonsuojelualue	2	protected area contained by site	0
Ketolan luonnonsuojelualue	Yksityinen luonnonsuojelualue	2	protected area contained by site	0
Keskikedon luonnonsuojelualue	Yksityinen luonnonsuojelualue	1	protected area contained by site	0
Kähkölän luonnonsuojelualue	Yksityinen luonnonsuojelualue	2	protected area contained by site	0
Haapaveden lintuvesien ja soiden luonnonsuojelualue	State Nature Reserve	2,427	protected area overlaps with site	0
Haapaveden lintuvedet ja suot	Site of Community Importance (Habitats Directive)	3,616	protected area overlaps with site	0
Haapaveden lintuvedet ja suot	Special Protection Area (Birds Directive)	3,616	protected area overlaps with site	1,456
Erkkilän luonnonsuojelualue	Yksityinen luonnonsuojelualue	1	protected area contained by site	0
Bird Wetlands of Haapavesi	Ramsar Site, Wetland of International Importance	3,616	protected area overlaps with site	0
Ainalinrannan luonnonsuojelualue	Yksityinen luonnonsuojelualue	13	protected area overlaps with site	0
Ainalinkylän luonnonsuojelualue	Yksityinen luonnonsuojelualue	750	protected area overlaps with site	0

IUCN Habitat	Habitat detail	Extent (% of site)
Forest	Broadleaved deciduous woodland	-
Wetlands (inland)	Raised bogs	-

For further information about the habitat classification please click here.

Land-use	Extent (% of site)
forestry	-
hunting	-

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

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Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2023) Important Bird Areas factsheet: Haapavesi wetlands. Downloaded from http://www.birdlife.org on 27/03/2023.