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Site description (2000 baseline):
Site location and context
A hilly area of Tuscany, south-east of the town of Siena. There are large tracts of cultivated land, small woodlands, gorges and highly eroded slopes. Agriculture is the main land-use.
Pressure/threats to key biodiversity
The main threat is agricultural intensification, which destroys the eroded land-forms that are important nest-sites for breeding raptors.
National None
International None
Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Crete Senesi (Italy). Downloaded from
https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/crete-senesi-iba-italy on 23/11/2024.
