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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 at site	IBA criteria triggered
Whimbrel Numenius phaeopus	LC	breeding	1997	67 breeding pairs	B3
Three-toed Woodpecker Picoides tridactylus	LC	resident	1997	55 breeding pairs	B2, C6

Note: The current IUCN Red List category may differ from the category that was valid at the time of IBA criteria assessment.

For more information about the IBA criteria, please click here

Threats to the site (pressure)
Threat level 1	Threat level 2	Timing	Scope	Severity	Result
Biological resource use	logging & wood harvesting - unintentional effects: large scale	past (and unlikely to return) and no longer limiting	majority/most of area/population (50-90%)	slow but significant deterioration	low
Energy production and mining	mining and quarrying	happening now	some of area/population (10-49%)	no or imperceptible deterioration	low

Condition of the site (state), by species
Scientific name	Common name	Reference population	Actual population	Units	% of population remaining	Result
Numenius phaeopus	Whimbrel	70	70	breeding pairs	100	favourable
Picoides tridactylus		35	35	breeding pairs	100	favourable

Conservation actions taken at the site (response)
Protected-area designation	Management planning	Other conservation action	Result
Most of site (50-90%) covered (including the most critical parts for important bird species)	A management plan exists but it is out of date or not comprehensive	Substantive conservation measures are being implemented but these are not comprehensive and are limited by resources and capacity	medium

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Protected area (PA)	PA designation	PA area (ha)	Relationship of PA with IBA	Overlap of PA with IBA (ha)
Ruosmesuon-Hanhisuon soidensuojelualue	Soidensuojelualue	1,643	protected area contained by site	1,774
Ristisuon soidensuojelualue	Soidensuojelualue	94	protected area overlaps with site	0
North Karelian	UNESCO-MAB Biosphere Reserve	350,000	protected area contains site	9,394
Koivusuon luonnonpuisto	Luonnonpuisto	2,206	protected area overlaps with site	2,100
Koitajoen alue	Site of Community Importance (Habitats Directive)	7,561	protected area overlaps with site	0
Koitajoen alue	Special Protection Area (Birds Directive)	7,561	protected area overlaps with site	6,825

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

For further information about the IUCN habitat classification, please click here.

Land-use	Extent (% of site)
hunting	-
tourism/recreation	-
unknown	-

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

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Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2023) Important Bird Area factsheet: Koitajoki area. Downloaded from http://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/1329 on 02/06/2023.