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Year of most recent IBA criteria assessment: 2002

Populations of IBA trigger species

Species	Current IUCN Red List Category	Season	Year(s) of estimate	Population at site	IBA criteria triggered
Whooper Swan Cygnus cygnus	LC	winter	1990-1999	360 individuals	C2, C6
Tundra Swan Cygnus columbianus	LC	winter	1990-1999	2,401 individuals	A4i, B1i, B2, C2
Bean Goose Anser fabalis	LC	winter	1990-1999	8,000 individuals	A4i, B1i, C3
Greater White-fronted Goose Anser albifrons	LC	passage	1990-1999	26,020 individuals	A4i, B1i, C3
Corncrake Crex crex	LC	breeding	1990-1999	46 breeding pairs	A1, A4i, B1i, C1, C2, C6
A4iii Species group - waterbirds	n/a	passage	1990-1999	26,020 individuals	A4iii, C4

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

For more information about the IBA criteria, please click here

Protected area (PA)	PA designation	PA area (ha)	Relationship of PA with IBA	Overlap of PA with IBA (ha)
Tunxdorf-Nenndorf-Rhede/Brook	Landschaftschutzgebiet	619	protected area contained by site	0
Rhede-Flaar	Landschaftschutzgebiet	346	protected area contained by site	0
Natura 2000-Emsauen zwischen Salzbergen und Papenburg	Landscape Protection Area	6,862	protected area overlaps with site	0
Emstal von Lathen bis Papenburg	Special Protection Area (Birds Directive)	4,574	protected area overlaps with site	3,961
Emstal	Landscape Protection Area	346	protected area overlaps with site	4,024
Emstal	Landschaftschutzgebiet	13,520	protected area overlaps with site	0
Emsauen zwischen Herbrum und Vellage	Naturschutzgebiet	876	protected area contained by site	0
Emsaltwasser bei Vellage	Nature Reserve	185	protected area overlaps with site	193
Ems	Site of Community Importance (Habitats Directive)	8,217	protected area overlaps with site	2,704
Brualer Hammrich	Naturschutzgebiet	174	protected area contained by site	0
Borsum-Heede-Schukenbrock	Landschaftschutzgebiet	546	protected area contained by site	0

IUCN Habitat	Habitat detail	Extent (% of site)
Forest	Alluvial and very wet forest	-
Grassland	Dry siliceous grassland	-
Artificial/Terrestrial	Arable land	-

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

Land-use	Extent (% of site)
agriculture	-
forestry	-

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

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Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2023) Important Bird Area factsheet: Valley of River Ems. Downloaded from http://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/3487 on 06/06/2023.