Important Bird Areas in Asia: Key Sites for Conservation

Chan, S., Crosby, M. J., Islam M. Z. and Tordoff, A. W. (2004) Important Bird Areas in Asia: Key Sites for Conservation. BirdLife International.

Slender-billed Vulture, © J C Eames

This directory documents a total of 2,293 IBAs in all 28 countries and territories in the Asia region. These sites cover a total area of 2,331,560 km, equivalent to 7.6% of the region’s land area. The proportion of Asia’s land area within the IBA network is comparable to that of other regions of the world where IBA analyses have been undertaken: Africa (7%); Europe (7%); and the Middle East (5%).

The series of links (below) take you through the various section of the Important Bird Areas in Asia: Key Sites for Conservation publication.

Country IBAs
Bangladesh, Bhutan, British Indian Ocean Territory, Brunei, Cambodia, China (mainland),
Hong Kong (China), India, Indonesia, Japan, Laos, Macao (China), Malaysia
Maldives, Mongolia, Myanmar, Nepal, North_Korea, , Pakistan, Philippines, Russia (Asian),
Singapore, South Korea, Sri Lanka, Taiwan, Thailand, Timor-Leste, Vietnam

Additional Information
Appendices, Inner Cover, Asia IBAs cover, Conservation Strategy, Data Presentation,
Forewords, Intro, Justification, Methodology, Overview of Results, Prelims, Summary, TOC