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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
Lesser Crested Tern Thalasseus bengalensis	LC	breeding	1993	1,700 breeding pairs	A4i

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

Ideally the conservation status of the IBA will have been checked regularly since the site was first identified in 2001. The most recent assessment (2006) is shown below.

State (condition of the trigger species' populations)
Species	Reference	Actual	Units	% remaining	Result
Lesser Crested Tern Thalasseus bengalensis	1,700	1,551	breeding pairs	92	favourable

Pressure (threats to the trigger species and/or their habitats)
Threat	Timing	Scope	Severity	Result
No known threats	happening now	whole area/population (>90%)	no or imperceptible deterioration	low

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%)	No management planning has taken place	Very little or no conservation action taking place	negligible

Land use	% of IBA
not utilised	100

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Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Geziret Garah (Libya). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/geziret-garah-iba-libya on 23/11/2024.