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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 estimate	IBA Criteria Triggered
Lesser White-fronted Goose Anser erythropus	VU	breeding	1996	present	A3
Long-tailed Duck Clangula hyemalis	VU	breeding	1996	1-11 breeding pairs	A3
Common Scoter Melanitta nigra	LC	breeding	1996	1-11 breeding pairs	A3
Smew Mergellus albellus	LC	breeding	1996	6-10 breeding pairs	B2
Greater Scaup Aythya marila	LC	breeding	1996	1-11 breeding pairs	A3
Bar-tailed Godwit Limosa lapponica	NT	breeding	1996	11-50 breeding pairs	A3
Temminck's Stint Calidris temminckii	LC	breeding	1996	1-11 breeding pairs	A3
Red-necked Phalarope Phalaropus lobatus	LC	breeding	1996	11-50 breeding pairs	A3
Red-throated Pipit Anthus cervinus	LC	breeding	1996	1-11 breeding pairs	A3
Lapland Longspur Calcarius lapponicus	LC	breeding	1996	1-11 breeding pairs	A3

Note: This table presents the IBA criteria triggered and the species that triggered then at the time of assessment, the current IUCN Red List category may vary from that which was in place at that time.

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Threats to the site (pressure)
Threat Level 1	Threat Level 2	Timing	Scope	Severity	Result
Agricultural expansion and intensification	livestock farming and ranching (includes forest grazing) - nomadic grazing	happening now	majority/most of area/population (50-90%)	slow but significant deterioration	high
Human intrusions and disturbance	recreational activities	happening now	some of area/population (10-49%)	slow but significant deterioration	medium

Condition of key/trigger populations (state)
Scientific	Common	TargetPop	ActualPop	Units	Remaining	Result
Anser erythropus	Lesser White-fronted Goose	5	0	breeding pairs	0	very unfavourable
Clangula hyemalis	Long-tailed Duck	25	25	breeding pairs	100	favourable
Limosa lapponica	Bar-tailed Godwit	115	115	breeding pairs	100	favourable
Calcarius lapponicus	Lapland Longspur	6000	7500	breeding pairs	100	favourable

Conservation actions taken at site (response)
Conservation Designation	Management Planning	Conservation Action	Result
Whole area of site (>90%) covered by appropriate conservation designation	A management plan exists but it is out of date or not comprehensive	Very little or no conservation action taking place	low

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Protection status:

Protected Area	Designation	Area (ha)	Relationship with IBA	Overlap with IBA (ha)
Sammuttijänkä - Vaijoenjänkä Mires	Ramsar Site, Wetland of International Importance	51,749	protected area contains site	0
Sammuttijängän-Vaijoenjängän soidensuojelualue	Soidensuojelualue	52,804	protected area overlaps with site	51,750
Kaldoaivin Erämaa	Special Protection Area (Birds Directive)	351,633	protected area contains site	51,750
Kaldoaivin erämaa	Erämaa-alue	294,327	protected area is adjacent to site	0
Kaldoaivin Erämaa	Site of Community Importance (Habitats Directive)	351,633	protected area contains site	0
Jaakopinkaltion luonnonsuojelualue	Yksityinen luonnonsuojelualue	33	protected area contained by site	0

IUCN Habitat	Habitat detail	Extent (% of site)
Forest		-
Wetlands (inland)	Raised bogs	-

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Land-use	Extent (% of site)
not utilised	-

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Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2021) Important Bird Areas factsheet: Sammutinjänkä-Vaijoenjänkä. Downloaded from http://www.birdlife.org on 08/03/2021.