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Year of most recent IBA criteria assessment: 2008

Populations of IBA trigger species

Species	Current IUCN Red List Category	Season	Year(s) of estimate	Population estimate	IBA Criteria Triggered
Red-crested Pochard Netta rufina	LC	winter	2007	600-1,000 individuals	B1i
Ferruginous Duck Aythya nyroca	NT	breeding	2007	15-30 breeding pairs	A1
Little Bustard Tetrax tetrax	NT	passage	2007	200 individuals	A1
Dalmatian Pelican Pelecanus crispus	NT	breeding	2003-2007	42-60 individuals	A1, A4i, B1i, B2
European Roller Coracias garrulus	LC	breeding	2007	10-15 breeding pairs	A1
A4iii Species group - waterbirds	n/a	non-breeding	2007	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	livestock farming and ranching (includes forest grazing) - nomadic grazing	happening now	majority/most of area/population (50-90%)	no or imperceptible deterioration	low
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	work and other activities	happening now	majority/most of area/population (50-90%)	no or imperceptible deterioration	low

Condition of habitat (state)
Habitat	Habitat Detail	Reference Area (ha)	Actual Area (ha)	% of habitat remaining	% of carrying capacity (overall)	Result
Wetlands (inland)		0	0	good (> 90%)	good (> 90%)	favourable

Conservation actions taken at site (response)
Conservation Designation	Management Planning	Conservation Action	Result
Whole area of site (>90%) covered by appropriate conservation designation	No management planning has taken place	Some limited conservation initiatives are in place	low

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Protected Area	Designation	Area (ha)	Relationship with IBA	Overlap with IBA (ha)
Tarumovskiy	Zakaznik	55,495	protected area overlaps with site	20,000
Dagestansky	Zapovednik	19,061	protected area is adjacent to site	0

IUCN Habitat	Habitat detail	Extent (% of site)
Wetlands (inland)	Standing freshwater, Water fringe vegetation	-
Artificial/Terrestrial	Arable land, Urban parks and gardens	-
Grassland	Humid grasslands	-
Desert	Semidesert	-
Shrubland		-
Forest		-

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Land-use	Extent (% of site)
fisheries/aquaculture	-
hunting	-
agriculture	-
rangeland/pastureland	-
water management	-
nature conservation and research	-
urban/industrial/transport	-

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

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Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2022) Important Bird Areas factsheet: Karakol'skiye lakes. Downloaded from http://www.birdlife.org on 12/08/2022.