Data Zone
Country/territory: Finland
IBA Criteria met: B2, B3, C6 (2000)
For more information about IBA criteria please click here
Area: 29,574 ha
Protection status:
| Most recent IBA monitoring assessment | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Year of assessment | Threat score (pressure) | Condition score (state) | Action score (response) |
| 2010 | low | favourable | low |
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Site description
A wilderness area comprising three adjacent fjelds in central Lapland. The landscape is very diverse, supporting large aapa mires, natural and very old boreal forests, stony hill-slope forests, numerous streams with small valleys and treeless mountain heath.
Key biodiversity
An important area for boreal avifauna.
Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2019) Important Bird Areas factsheet: Maltio fjelds. Downloaded from
http://www.birdlife.org on 16/09/2019.
