Garaet Douza (Tunisia) - BirdLife IBA factsheet

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Garaet Douza

Current view: Data table and detailed info

IBA Justification

The site was identified as important in 2001 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
Greater Flamingo Phoenicopterus roseus	LC	winter	-	1,000-4,000 individuals	A4i

1. The current IUCN Red List category. The category at the time of the IBA criteria assessment (2001) may differ.

IBA Conservation

Ideally the conservation status of the IBA will have been checked regularly since the site was first identified in 2001. The most recent assessment (2001) is shown below.

IBA conservation assessment
Year of assessment	State	Pressure	Response
2001	near favourable	high	negligible
Whole site assessed?	State assessed by	Accuracy of information
yes	habitat	good

State (condition of the trigger species' habitats)
Habitat	Quantity (% remaining)	Quality (% carrying capacity)	Result
Wetlands (inland)	moderate (70-90%)	good (> 90%)	near favourable

Pressure (threats to the trigger species and/or their habitats)
Threat	Timing	Scope	Severity	Result
Agricultural expansion and intensification	happening now	whole area/population (>90%)	slow but significant deterioration	high
Biological resource use	happening now	whole area/population (>90%)	slow but significant deterioration	high

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%)	Unknown	Unknown	negligible

IBA Protection

Year	Protected Area	Designation	% overlap with IBA
2012	Marais d'eau douce Garaet Douza	Ramsar Site, Wetland of International Importance	85
2012	Marais d'eau douce Garaet Douza	Wetland Zone of National Importance	85

Habitats

Habitat¹	Habitat detail	% of IBA
Wetlands (inland)	Riverine floodplains	major (>10)

1. IUCN Habitat classification.

Land use

Land use	% of IBA
agriculture	-

Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Garaet Douza (Tunisia). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/garaet-douza-iba-tunisia on 23/11/2024.