Data Zone
Country/territory: Finland
IBA Criteria met: B2, C7 (2000)
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Area: 3,037 ha
Protection status:
| Most recent IBA monitoring assessment | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Year of assessment | Threat score (pressure) | Condition score (state) | Action score (response) |
| 2010 | medium | unfavourable | medium |
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Site description
A complex of four adjacent aapa mires, four lakes and 15 old coniferous boreal woodlands located just south of the lower course of the Simo river. The mires belong to the Pohjanmaa aapa mires, being characterized by muddy, wet bogs with low, grassy ridges between them.
Key biodiversity
An important area for boreal avifauna.
Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2019) Important Bird Areas factsheet: Veittiaapa-Ristiaapa. Downloaded from
http://www.birdlife.org on 10/12/2019.
