Data Zone
The site was identified as internationally important for bird conservation in 2002 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:Ideally the conservation status of the IBA will have been checked regularly since the site was first identified in 2002. The most recent assessment (2008) is shown below.
| IBA conservation assessment | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Year of assessment | State | Pressure | Response |
| 2008 | very poor | high | low |
| Whole site assessed? | State assessed by | Accuracy of information | |
| no | habitat | - | |
| State (condition of the trigger species' habitats) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Habitat | Quantity (% remaining) | Quality (% carrying capacity) | Result |
| Shrubland | - | - | very poor |
| Pressure (threats to the trigger species and/or their habitats) | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Threat | Timing | Scope | Severity | Result |
| Agricultural expansion and intensification | happening now | some of population/area (10–49%) | moderate decline (10–30% over 3 generations) | high |
| Biological resource use | happening now | some of population/area (10–49%) | moderate decline (10–30% over 3 generations) | high |
| Response (conservation actions taken for the trigger species and/or their habitats) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Designation | Planning | Action | Result |
| Little/none of area covered (<10%) | No management plan exists, but the management planning process has begun | Some limited conservation initiatives are in place | low |
| Year | Protected Area | Designation (management category) | % coverage of IBA |
|---|---|---|---|
| - | Du Gia | Nature Reserve (-) | - |
| Habitat | % of IBA | Habitat detail |
|---|---|---|
| Shrubland | 45 | Secondary scrub |
| Forest | 35 | Semi-evergreen rain forest (tropical); Hill evergreen forest (subtropical); Montane broadleaf evergreen forest (mont temp) |
| Artificial/Terrestrial | 20 | Arable land |
| Land use | % of IBA |
|---|---|
| not utilised | 80 |
| agriculture | 20 |
Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Du Gia (Vietnam). Downloaded from
https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/du-gia-iba-vietnam on 23/12/2024.