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Albrecht Sletten (Storsletten), Wollaston Forland


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
Pink-footed Goose Anser brachyrhynchus LC non-breeding (1989) 2,000 birds B1i

IBA Protection

Year Protected Area Designation (management category) % coverage of IBA
1974 Nationalparken i Nord- og Østgrønland National Park (II) 100
1977 North-East Greenland UNESCO-MAB Biosphere Reserve (UA) 100

Habitats

Habitat % of IBA Habitat detail
Grassland major (>10) Tundra
Marine Coastal/Supratidal -

Land use

Land use % of IBA
not utilised 100


Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Albrecht Sletten (Storsletten), Wollaston Forland (Greenland (to Denmark)). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/albrecht-sletten-(storsletten)-wollaston-forland-iba-greenland-(to-denmark) on 08/12/2024.