Heden (Greenland (to Denmark)) - BirdLife IBA factsheet

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Heden

Current view: Data table and detailed info

IBA Justification

The site was identified as important in 2000 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
Barnacle Goose Branta leucopsis	LC	non-breeding	1989	1,750 individuals	B1i
Pink-footed Goose Anser brachyrhynchus	LC	non-breeding	1989	5,300 individuals	A4i, B1i
Pink-footed Goose Anser brachyrhynchus	LC	breeding	1989	50 breeding pairs	B3

1. The current IUCN Red List category. The category at the time of the IBA criteria assessment (2000) may differ.

IBA Conservation

Ideally the conservation status of the IBA will have been checked regularly since the site was first identified in 2000. The most recent assessment (2013) is shown below.

IBA conservation assessment
Year of assessment	State	Pressure	Response
2013	not assessed	medium	low
Whole site assessed?	State assessed by	Accuracy of information
yes	unset	unknown

Pressure (threats to the trigger species and/or their habitats)
Threat	Timing	Scope	Severity	Result
Energy production and mining	likely in long term (beyond 4 years)	some of area/population (10-49%)	slow but significant deterioration	medium

Response (conservation actions taken for the trigger species and/or their habitats)
Protected areas	Management plan	Other action	Result
Whole area of site (>90%) covered by appropriate conservation designation	No management planning has taken place	Very little or no conservation action taking place	low

IBA Protection

Year	Protected Area	Designation	% overlap with IBA
1988	Heden (Jameson Land)	Ramsar Site, Wetland of International Importance	100

Habitats

Habitat¹	Habitat detail	% of IBA
Grassland	Humid grasslands, Tundra	major (>10)
Wetlands (inland)	Standing freshwater, Rivers and streams, Water fringe vegetation	major (>10)
Marine Intertidal		-
Shrubland	Heathland	-

1. IUCN Habitat classification.

Land use

Land use	% of IBA
hunting	-

Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Heden (Greenland (to Denmark)). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/heden-iba-greenland-(to-denmark) on 22/11/2024.