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The site was identified as important in 2003 because it was regularly supporting significant populations of the species listed below, meeting ('triggering') IBA criteria.

Populations meeting IBA criteria ('trigger species'):

Species	Current IUCN Red List Category	Season	Year(s)	Population estimate at site	IBA criteria met
Common Crane Grus grus	LC	passage	1996	1,000 individuals	B1i, C2

The current IUCN Red List category may differ from that which was valid at the time of IBA criteria assessment (2003).

Protected area (PA)	PA designation	PA area (ha)	Relationship of PA with IBA	Overlap of PA with IBA (ha)
Meelva looduskaitseala	Nature reserve	2,137	protected area contains site	0
Meelva LKA, Suursoo skv.	Wilderness conservation zone of nature reserve	91	protected area overlaps with site	0
Meelva LKA, Meelva skv.	Managed conservation zone of nature reserve	2,014	protected area overlaps with site	0
Meelva LKA, Haabsaare skv.	Wilderness conservation zone of nature reserve	32	protected area contained by site	0
Meelva	Nature Reserve	2,073	is identical to site	2,073
Meelva	Special Protection Area (Birds Directive)	2,137	protected area contains site	2,073
Meelva	Site of Community Importance (Habitats Directive)	2,137	protected area contains site	2,073

Habitat (IUCN level 1)	Habitat detail	Extent (% of site)
Forest	Native coniferous woodland, Mixed woodland, Broadleaved deciduous woodland	-
Wetlands (inland)	Standing freshwater, Raised bogs	-
Shrubland		-

For more information about the IUCN Habitat classification, please click here.

Land-use	Extent (% of site)
forestry	-
nature conservation and research	-
fisheries/aquaculture	-
hunting	-
tourism/recreation	-

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Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2023) Important Bird Area factsheet: Meelva bog. Downloaded from http://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/meelva-bog-iba-estonia on 02/10/2023.