Year of most recent IBA criteria assessment: 2001
Populations of IBA trigger speciesSpecies | Current IUCN Red List Category | Season | Year(s) of estimate | Population estimate | IBA Criteria Triggered |
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Shoebill Balaeniceps rex | VU | resident | 1998 | present | A1 |
Papyrus Gonolek Laniarius mufumbiri | NT | resident | 1998 | present | A1 |
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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Most recent IBA monitoring assessment | |||
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Year of assessment | Threat score (pressure) | Condition score (state) | Action score (response) |
2012 | medium | near favourable | medium |
Was the whole site covered? | Yes | State assessed by | Habitat |
Accuracy of information | good |
Threats to the site (pressure) | |||||
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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 | some of area/population (10-49%) | no or imperceptible deterioration | low |
Biological resource use | fishing & harvesting aquatic resources - unintentional effects: subsistence/small scale | happening now | small area/few individuals (<10%) | no or imperceptible deterioration | low |
Biological resource use | gathering terrestrial plants - unintentional effects (species being assessed is not the target) | happening now | small area/few individuals (<10%) | no or imperceptible deterioration | low |
Biological resource use | logging & wood harvesting - unintentional effects: subsistence/small scale | happening now | small area/few individuals (<10%) | no or imperceptible deterioration | low |
Energy production and mining | oil and gas drilling | happening now | small area/few individuals (<10%) | no or imperceptible deterioration | low |
Natural system modifications | fire & fire suppression - increase in fire frequency/intensity | happening now | some of area/population (10-49%) | slow but significant deterioration | medium |
Condition of habitat (state) | ||||||
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Habitat | Habitat Detail | Reference Area (ha) | Actual Area (ha) | % of habitat remaining | % of carrying capacity (overall) | Result |
Forest | 0 | 0 | good (> 90%) | good (> 90%) | favourable | |
Grassland | 0 | 0 | good (> 90%) | moderate (70-90%) | near favourable | |
Wetlands (inland) | 0 | 0 | good (> 90%) | good (> 90%) | favourable |
Conservation actions taken at site (response) | |||
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Conservation Designation | Management Planning | Conservation Action | Result |
Whole area of site (>90%) covered by appropriate conservation designation | A comprehensive and appropriate management plan exists that aims to maintain or improve the populations of qualifying bird species | Some limited conservation initiatives are in place | medium |
Protected Area | Designation | Area (ha) | Relationship with IBA | Overlap with IBA (ha) |
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Toro-Semuliki or Toro-Semliki | Wildlife Reserve | 54,200 | protected area contained by site | 54,200 |
Semliki | Controlled Hunting Area | 50,400 | protected area contained by site | 50,400 |
Rwengara | Community Wildlife Management Area | 7,600 | protected area overlaps with site | 0 |
Ntoroko-Kanara | Wildlife Sanctuary | 254 | protected area contained by site | 0 |
IUCN Habitat | Habitat detail | Extent (% of site) |
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Artificial/Terrestrial | - | |
Wetlands (inland) | - | |
Shrubland | - | |
Savanna | - | |
Grassland | - | |
Forest | - |
Land-use | Extent (% of site) |
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agriculture | - |
hunting | - |
nature conservation and research | - |
other | - |
Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2022) Important Bird Areas factsheet: Semliki reserves. Downloaded from
http://www.birdlife.org on 29/05/2022.