Central Forest Biosphere Reserve and adjacent areas (Russia (European))

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Central Forest Biosphere Reserve and adjacent areas

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Site description (2001 baseline):

Site location and context

Numerous marshes, open bogs and boggy forests located on the watershed of the Volga and Zapadnaya Dvina rivers, in the southern Tver region.

Key biodiversity

Non-bird biodiversity: At this IBA 25 species of locally rare plants are present. One of the last sustainable populations of Mustela lutreola exists here.

Habitat and land use

'Other' threat refers to a collection of many minor problems.

Conservation responses/actions for key biodiversity

Buffer zone of Biosphere Reserve covers rest of IBA (42300 ha).

Acknowledgements

The map polygon is provided courtesy of the Spatial Database on Important Bird Areas of Russia 2014 (© Russian Bird Conservation Union, © Transparent World).

Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Central Forest Biosphere Reserve and adjacent areas (Russia (European)). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/central-forest-biosphere-reserve-and-adjacent-areas-iba-russia-(european) on 22/11/2024.