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Year of most recent IBA criteria assessment: 2004

Populations of IBA trigger species

Species	Current IUCN Red List Category	Season	Year(s) of estimate	Population at site	IBA criteria triggered
Japanese Woodpigeon Columba janthina	NT	resident	2003	present	A2
Ryukyu Green-pigeon Treron permagnus	LC	resident	2003	present	A2
Ryukyu Robin Larvivora komadori	NT	resident	2003	present	A2

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

Threats to the site (pressure)
Threat level 1	Threat level 2	Timing	Scope	Severity	Result
Agricultural expansion and intensification	wood and pulp plantations (includes afforestation) - agro-industry plantations	likely in long term (beyond 4 years)	some of area/population (10-49%)	no or imperceptible deterioration	low

Conservation actions taken at the site (response)
Protected-area designation	Management planning	Other conservation action	Result
Little/none of site covered (<10%)	A management plan exists but it is out of date or not comprehensive	Unknown	low

For more information about IBA conservation status, please click here

Protected area (PA)	PA designation	PA area (ha)	Relationship of PA with IBA	Overlap of PA with IBA (ha)
Yakushima Nagata-hama	Ramsar Site, Wetland of International Importance	10	protected area contained by site	10
Yakushima Island	UNESCO-MAB Biosphere Reserve	18,958	protected area contained by site	18,958
Yakushima Island	森林生態系保護地域	15,185	protected area contained by site	0
Yakushima	原生自然環境保全地域	1,219	protected area contained by site	1,219
Yakushima	World Heritage Site (natural or mixed)	10,747	protected area contained by site	10,747
Yakushima	国立公園	32,332	protected area overlaps with site	0
Yahazudake	都道府県指定鳥獣保護区	49	protected area overlaps with site	0
Shiratani	都道府県指定鳥獣保護区	404	protected area contained by site	0
Nishinoomote	都道府県指定鳥獣保護区	600	protected area contained by site	0
Miyanoura	都道府県指定鳥獣保護区	295	protected area contained by site	0
Kumano	都道府県指定鳥獣保護区	834	protected area overlaps with site	0
Kosugidani	都道府県指定鳥獣保護区	474	protected area contained by site	0
Kirishima -Yaku	National Park	57,084	protected area contains site	50,455
Hananoego	都道府県指定鳥獣保護区	1,042	protected area contained by site	0
Common fishery right area(Kagoshima)	共同漁業権区域	342,071	protected area is adjacent to site	0
Arakawa	都道府県指定鳥獣保護区	349	protected area contained by site	0

IUCN Habitat	Habitat detail	Extent (% of site)
Forest		-
Marine Coastal/Supratidal		-

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

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Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2023) Important Bird Area factsheet: Yakushima and Tanegashima islands. Downloaded from http://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/15184 on 03/06/2023.