Artjärvi wetlands (Finland) - BirdLife IBA factsheet

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Artjärvi wetlands

Current view: Data table and detailed info

IBA Justification

The site was identified as important 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 List¹	Season	Year(s)	Size	IBA criteria
Whooper Swan Cygnus cygnus	LC	passage	1996	150-300 individuals	B1i, C2

1. The current IUCN Red List category. The category at the time of the IBA criteria assessment (2000) may differ.

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	favourable	high	negligible
Whole site assessed?	State assessed by	Accuracy of information
yes	population	medium

State (condition of the trigger species' populations)
Species	Reference	Actual	Units	% remaining	Result
Whooper Swan Cygnus cygnus	300	350	individuals	100	favourable

Pressure (threats to the trigger species and/or their habitats)
Threat	Timing	Scope	Severity	Result
Natural system modifications	happening now	some of area/population (10-49%)	moderate to rapid deterioration	high
Pollution	happening now	majority/most of area/population (50-90%)	slow but significant deterioration	high
Human intrusions and disturbance	happening now	some of area/population (10-49%)	no or imperceptible deterioration	low
Agricultural expansion and intensification	happening now	small area/few individuals (<10%)	no or imperceptible deterioration	low

Response (conservation actions taken for the trigger species and/or their habitats)
Protected areas	Management plan	Other action	Result
Little/none of site covered (<10%)	No management planning has taken place	Very little or no conservation action taking place	negligible

Habitats

Habitat¹	Habitat detail	% of IBA
Artificial/Terrestrial	Arable land	-
Grassland	Alpine, subalpine and boreal grassland	-
Wetlands (inland)	Standing freshwater, Raised bogs	-

1. IUCN Habitat classification.

Land use

Land use	% of IBA
agriculture	-
hunting	-

Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Artjärvi wetlands (Finland). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/artjärvi-wetlands-iba-finland on 23/11/2024.