Gulf of Mannar Marine National Park (India)

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Gulf of Mannar Marine National Park

Current view: Data table and detailed info

IBA Justification

The site was identified as important in 2012 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	1995	min 2,000 individuals	A4i
A4iii Species group - waterbirds	n/a	non-breeding	2004	20,000-49,999 individuals	A4iii

1. The current IUCN Red List category. The category at the time of the IBA criteria assessment (2012) may differ.

IBA Conservation

Ideally the conservation status of the IBA will have been checked regularly since the site was first identified in 2012. The most recent assessment (2003) is shown below.

IBA conservation assessment
Year of assessment	State	Pressure	Response
2003	not assessed	medium	not assessed
Whole site assessed?	State assessed by	Accuracy of information
yes	unset	good

Pressure (threats to the trigger species and/or their habitats)
Threat	Timing	Scope	Severity	Result
Energy production and mining	past (and unlikely to return) and no longer limiting	small area/few individuals (<10%)	very rapid to severe deterioration	low
Transportation and service corridors	likely in long term (beyond 4 years)	small area/few individuals (<10%)	very rapid to severe deterioration	low
Human intrusions and disturbance	happening now	small area/few individuals (<10%)	slow but significant deterioration	low
Invasive and other problematic species and genes	happening now	small area/few individuals (<10%)	slow but significant deterioration	low
Biological resource use	happening now	small area/few individuals (<10%)	slow but significant deterioration	low
Residential and commercial development	happening now	small area/few individuals (<10%)	slow but significant deterioration	low

Response (conservation actions taken for the trigger species and/or their habitats)
Protected areas	Management plan	Other action	Result
Not assessed	Not assessed	Not assessed	not assessed

IBA Protection

Year	Protected Area	Designation	% overlap with IBA
1986	Gulf of Mannar	National Park	100
2001	Gulf of Mannar	UNESCO-MAB Biosphere Reserve	100

Habitats

Habitat¹	Habitat detail	% of IBA
Forest		-
Marine Coastal/Supratidal		-
Shrubland		-

1. IUCN Habitat classification.

Land use

Land use	% of IBA
fisheries/aquaculture	-
nature conservation and research	-

Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Gulf of Mannar Marine National Park (India). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/gulf-of-mannar-marine-national-park-iba-india on 23/11/2024.