IBA conservation status | |||
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Year of assessment (most recent) | Threat (pressure) | Condition (state) | Action (response) |
2010 | low | favourable | low |
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Site description (baseline)
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 (2023) Important Bird Area factsheet: Maltio fjelds. Downloaded from
http://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/1372 on 02/06/2023.