Bassac Marsh (Cambodia) - BirdLife IBA factsheet

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Bassac Marsh

Current view: Data table and detailed info

IBA Justification

The site was identified as important in 2003 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
Spot-billed Pelican Pelecanus philippensis	NT	non-breeding	2002	common	A1
Whiskered Tern Chlidonias hybrida	LC	non-breeding	2002	abundant	A4i

1. The current IUCN Red List category. The category at the time of the IBA criteria assessment (2003) may differ.

IBA Conservation

Ideally the conservation status of the IBA will have been checked regularly since the site was first identified in 2003. The most recent assessment (2009) is shown below.

IBA conservation assessment
Year of assessment	State	Pressure	Response
2009	favourable	very high	negligible
Whole site assessed?	State assessed by	Accuracy of information
no	habitat	good

State (condition of the trigger species' habitats)
Habitat	Quantity (% remaining)	Quality (% carrying capacity)	Result
Wetlands (inland)	good (> 90%)	good (> 90%)	favourable

Pressure (threats to the trigger species and/or their habitats)
Threat	Timing	Scope	Severity	Result
Biological resource use	happening now	majority/most of area/population (50-90%)	very rapid to severe deterioration	very high
Residential and commercial development	likely in long term (beyond 4 years)	whole area/population (>90%)	very rapid to severe deterioration	high
Agricultural expansion and intensification	happening now	small area/few individuals (<10%)	no or imperceptible deterioration	low
Pollution	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
Unknown	No management planning has taken place	Very little or no conservation action taking place	negligible

Habitats

Habitat¹	Habitat detail	% of IBA
Artificial/Terrestrial	Perennial crops, orchards and groves, Rice paddies, Small settlements, rural gardens, Abandoned farmland, disturbed ground	-
Shrubland	Secondary scrub	-
Wetlands (inland)	Freshwater lakes and pools, Ephemeral wetlands, Rivers and streams, Permanent swamps	-

1. IUCN Habitat classification.

Land use

Land use	% of IBA
agriculture	-
fisheries/aquaculture	-
urban/industrial/transport	-

Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Bassac Marsh (Cambodia). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/bassac-marsh-iba-cambodia on 23/11/2024.