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Year of most recent IBA criteria assessment: 2008

Populations of IBA trigger species

Species	Current IUCN Red List Category	Season	Year(s) of estimate	Population estimate	IBA Criteria Triggered
Demoiselle Crane Anthropoides virgo	LC	breeding	2002	present	A3
Little Bustard Tetrax tetrax	NT	breeding	2006-2007	200-400 breeding pairs	A1, A3
Great Bustard Otis tarda	VU	breeding	2002	present	A3
Eastern Imperial Eagle Aquila heliaca	VU	breeding	2006-2007	11-15 breeding pairs	A1, A3
Red-footed Falcon Falco vespertinus	VU	breeding	2002-2007	100 breeding pairs	A1, A3
Red-footed Falcon Falco vespertinus	VU	passage	2002	150 individuals	A1
Red-footed Falcon Falco vespertinus	VU	passage	2006-2007	1,000 individuals	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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Threats to the site (pressure)
Threat Level 1	Threat Level 2	Timing	Scope	Severity	Result
Agricultural expansion and intensification	annual & perennial non-timber crops - agro-industry farming	happening now	some of area/population (10-49%)	slow but significant deterioration	medium
Biological resource use	hunting & collecting terrestrial animals - intentional use (species being assessed is the target)	happening now	some of area/population (10-49%)	very rapid to severe deterioration	high
Biological resource use	logging & wood harvesting - unintentional effects: large scale	happening now	some of area/population (10-49%)	moderate to rapid deterioration	high
Energy production and mining	mining and quarrying	likely in short term (within 4 years)	some of area/population (10-49%)	very rapid to severe deterioration	high
Natural system modifications	fire & fire suppression - increase in fire frequency/intensity	happening now	some of area/population (10-49%)	very rapid to severe deterioration	high
Residential and commercial development	commercial and industrial development	happening now	some of area/population (10-49%)	very rapid to severe deterioration	high

Condition of habitat (state)
Habitat	Habitat Detail	Reference Area (ha)	Actual Area (ha)	% of habitat remaining	% of carrying capacity (overall)	Result
Artificial/Terrestrial		0	0	good (> 90%)	good (> 90%)	favourable
Forest		0	0	good (> 90%)	moderate (70-90%)	near favourable
Grassland		0	0	good (> 90%)	good (> 90%)	favourable

Conservation actions taken at site (response)
Conservation Designation	Management Planning	Conservation Action	Result
Little/none of site covered (<10%)	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	Designation	Area (ha)	Relationship with IBA	Overlap with IBA (ha)
Ilmensky/Ilmensky (filial Arkaim)/Ilmensky (osnovnaya territoriya)	Zapovednik	76,280	protected area contained by site	0
Ilmensky/Ilmensky (filial Arkaim)/Ilmensky (osnovnaya territoriya)	Zapovednik	76,280	protected area overlaps with site	0
Ilmensky (filial Arkaim)	Zapovednik	3,760	protected area contained by site	3,700

IUCN Habitat	Habitat detail	Extent (% of site)
Forest		-
Shrubland		-
Grassland		-
Wetlands (inland)		-
Artificial/Terrestrial		-

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Land-use	Extent (% of site)
agriculture	-
forestry	-
hunting	-
military	-
tourism/recreation	-
urban/industrial/transport	-
other	-
nature conservation and research	-

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

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Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2022) Important Bird Areas factsheet: Sources of the Bolshaya Karaganka and Syntasty rivers. Downloaded from http://www.birdlife.org on 18/08/2022.