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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
Barnacle Goose Branta leucopsis	LC	passage	1997	2,000-3,000 individuals	A4i, B1i
Bean Goose Anser fabalis	LC	passage	1997	200,000-300,000 individuals	A4i, B1i
Greater White-fronted Goose Anser albifrons	LC	passage	1997	500,000-700,000 individuals	A4i, B1i
Corncrake Crex crex	LC	breeding	1997	150-500 breeding pairs	A1, B2
Whimbrel Numenius phaeopus	LC	breeding	1997	100-200 breeding pairs	B3
A4iii Species group - waterbirds	n/a	passage	1997	500,000-999,999 individuals	A4iii

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

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Threats to the site (pressure)
Threat level 1	Threat level 2	Timing	Scope	Severity	Result
Biological resource use	hunting & collecting terrestrial animals - intentional use (species being assessed is the target)	happening now	small area/few individuals (<10%)	slow but significant deterioration	low
Human intrusions and disturbance	work and other activities	happening now	some of area/population (10-49%)	no or imperceptible deterioration	low
Natural system modifications	other ecosystem modifications	happening now	small area/few individuals (<10%)	slow but significant deterioration	low
Pollution	agricultural & forestry effluents - type unknown/unrecorded	happening now	small area/few individuals (<10%)	slow but significant deterioration	low

Condition of the site (state), by habitat
Habitat	Habitat detail	Reference area (ha)	Actual area (ha)	Habitat quantity (% remaining)	Habitat quality (carrying capacity)	Result
Artificial/Terrestrial		0	0	good (> 90%)	moderate (70-90%)	near favourable

Conservation actions taken at the site (response)
Protected-area designation	Management planning	Other conservation action	Result
Some of site covered (10-49%)	No management planning has taken place	Substantive conservation measures are being implemented but these are not comprehensive and are limited by resources and capacity	low

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Protected area (PA)	PA designation	PA area (ha)	Relationship of PA with IBA	Overlap of PA with IBA (ha)
Tulokskiy	Zakaznik	16,000	protected area overlaps with site	0
Selskokhozyaistvennie ugod'ya i bolota Olonetskogo	Zakaznik	5,000	protected area contained by site	5,000
Olonetsky	Zakaznik (Federal)	27,000	protected area is adjacent to site	0
Boloto u reki Olonka	Nature Monument	42	protected area overlaps with site	0

The Local Conservation Groups below are working to support conservation at this IBA.

Name	Year formed
Caretakers of Olonetskaya ravnina	2007

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IUCN Habitat	Habitat detail	Extent (% of site)
Forest	Mixed woodland, Native coniferous woodland	-
Wetlands (inland)	Raised bogs	-
Artificial/Terrestrial	Highly improved re-seeded landscapes, Arable land, Perennial crops, orchards and groves	-

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

Land-use	Extent (% of site)
agriculture	-
nature conservation and research	-

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

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Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2023) Important Bird Area factsheet: Olonets plain. Downloaded from http://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/1429 on 10/06/2023.