Ha Tien (Vietnam) - BirdLife IBA factsheet

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Ha Tien

Current view: Data table and detailed info

IBA Justification

The site was identified as important 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:

Species	Red List¹	Season	Year(s)	Size	IBA criteria
Sarus Crane Grus antigone	VU	non-breeding	2002	20 individuals	A1
Bengal Florican Houbaropsis bengalensis	CR	resident	1997-1999	present	A1, A3

1. The current IUCN Red List category. The category at the time of the IBA criteria assessment (2002) may differ.

IBA Conservation

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 unfavourable	high	negligible
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
Artificial/Terrestrial	-	moderate (70-90%)	very unfavourable

Pressure (threats to the trigger species and/or their habitats)
Threat	Timing	Scope	Severity	Result
Agricultural expansion and intensification	happening now	some of area/population (10-49%)	moderate to rapid deterioration	high
Biological resource use	happening now	some of area/population (10-49%)	slow but significant deterioration	medium
Residential and commercial development	happening now	some of area/population (10-49%)	slow but significant deterioration	medium
Invasive and other problematic species and genes	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
Little/none of site covered (<10%)	No management planning has taken place	Very little or no conservation action taking place	negligible

IBA Protection

Year	Protected Area	Designation	% overlap with IBA
2006	Kien Giang	UNESCO-MAB Biosphere Reserve	100

Habitats

Habitat¹	Habitat detail	% of IBA
Artificial/Terrestrial	Rice paddies, Forestry and agro-industrial plantations	54
Grassland	Edaphic grassland	39
Wetlands (inland)	Permanent swamps	7

1. IUCN Habitat classification.

Land use

Land use	% of IBA
not utilised	48
forestry	38
agriculture	14

Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Ha Tien (Vietnam). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/ha-tien-iba-vietnam on 22/11/2024.