Alajoki (Finland) IBA | Details | BirdLife International

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Alajoki

Current view: Data table and detailed info

IBA Justification

The site was identified as internationally important for bird conservation in 2000 because it was regularly supporting significant populations of the species listed below, meeting ('triggering') IBA criteria.

Populations meeting IBA criteria ('trigger species') at the site:

Species	Red List	Season (year/s of estimate)	Size	IBA criteria
Bean Goose Anser fabalis	LC	passage (1996)	3,000–5,000 birds	A4i, B1i, C3

IBA Conservation

Ideally the conservation status of the IBA will have been checked regularly since the site was first identified in 2000. The most recent assessment (2010) is shown below.

IBA conservation assessment
Year of assessment	State	Pressure	Response
2010	poor	not assessed	very low
Whole site assessed?	State assessed by	Accuracy of information
yes	population	medium

State (condition of the trigger species' populations)
Species	Actual vs Reference (units)	% remaining	Result
Bean Goose Anser fabalis	1,500 / 3,000 (birds)	50	poor

Response (conservation actions taken for the trigger species and/or their habitats)
Designation	Planning	Action	Result
Little/none of area covered (<10%)	No management planning has taken place	Very little or no conservation action taking place	very low

Habitats

Habitat	% of IBA	Habitat detail
Artificial/Terrestrial	95
Wetlands (inland)	5	Rivers and streams

Land use

Land use	% of IBA
agriculture	98
urban/industrial/transport	2

Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Alajoki (Finland). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/alajoki-iba-finland on 25/12/2024.