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Year of most recent IBA criteria assessment: 2002

Populations of IBA trigger species

Species	Current IUCN Red List Category	Season	Year(s) of estimate	Population estimate	IBA Criteria Triggered
Sarus Crane Grus antigone	VU	non-breeding	1997-2002	135-377 individuals	A1, A4i
White-shouldered Ibis Pseudibis davisoni	CR	resident	1999	1 breeding pairs	A1
Spot-billed Pelican Pelecanus philippensis	NT	non-breeding	1999	present	A1

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.

For more information about the IBA assessment process and criteria please click here

Threats to the site (pressure)
Threat Level 1	Threat Level 2	Timing	Scope	Severity	Result
Agricultural expansion and intensification	annual & perennial non-timber crops - shifting agriculture	happening now	some of area/population (10-49%)	moderate to rapid deterioration	high
Agricultural expansion and intensification	marine and freshwater aquaculture - industrial aquaculture	happening now	some of area/population (10-49%)	slow but significant deterioration	medium
Biological resource use	logging & wood harvesting - unintentional effects: subsistence/small scale	likely in long term (beyond 4 years)	majority/most of area/population (50-90%)	moderate to rapid deterioration	medium
Pollution	air-borne pollutants - type unknown/unrecorded	happening now	some of area/population (10-49%)	slow but significant deterioration	medium

Condition of habitat (state)
Habitat	Habitat Detail	Reference Area (ha)	Actual Area (ha)	% of habitat remaining	% of carrying capacity (overall)	Result
Wetlands (inland)		7624	6328	-	-	near 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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Protected Area	Designation	Area (ha)	Relationship with IBA	Overlap with IBA (ha)
Kien Giang	UNESCO-MAB Biosphere Reserve	1,188,104	protected area contains site	0
Hon Chong	Khu Bảo vệ cảnh quan	964	protected area overlaps with site	0

IUCN Habitat	Habitat detail	Extent (% of site)
Grassland	Grassland - edaphic, wet	-
Artificial/Terrestrial	Rice paddies, Forestry & agro-industrial plantations	-
Wetlands (inland)		-

For further information about the habitat classification please click here.

Land-use	Extent (% of site)
agriculture	-
forestry	-
not utilised	-

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

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Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2022) Important Bird Areas factsheet: Kien Luong. Downloaded from http://www.birdlife.org on 17/08/2022.