Most recent IBA monitoring assessment | |||
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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 (2023) Important Bird Areas factsheet: Maltio fjelds. Downloaded from
http://www.birdlife.org on 06/02/2023.