Giresun Island (Türkiye) IBA | Details

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Giresun Island

Current view: Data table and detailed info

IBA Justification

The site was identified as internationally important for bird conservation in 2004 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 List	Season (year/s of estimate)	Size	IBA criteria
Velvet Scoter Melanitta fusca	VU	winter (-)	20 birds	B1i

IBA Conservation

Ideally the conservation status of the IBA will have been checked regularly since the site was first identified in 2004. The most recent assessment (2013) is shown below.

IBA conservation assessment
Year of assessment	State	Pressure	Response
2013	not assessed	low	low
Whole site assessed?	State assessed by	Accuracy of information
no	unset	medium

Pressure (threats to the trigger species and/or their habitats)
Threat	Timing	Scope	Severity	Result
No known threats	happening now	few individuals/small area (<10%)	no or slight decline (<1% over 3 generations)	low

Response (conservation actions taken for the trigger species and/or their habitats)
Designation	Planning	Action	Result
Whole area (>90%) covered by appropriate conservation designation	No management planning has taken place	Some limited conservation initiatives are in place	low

Habitats

Habitat	% of IBA	Habitat detail
Marine Coastal/Supratidal	major (>10)

Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Giresun Island (Türkiye). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/giresun-island-iba-türkiye on 28/12/2024.