Horsh Ehden Nature Reserve (Lebanon) - BirdLife IBA factsheet

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Horsh Ehden Nature Reserve

Current view: Data table and detailed info

IBA Justification

The site was identified as important in 2008 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
Syrian Serin Serinus syriacus	VU	breeding	1975	present	A1

1. The current IUCN Red List category. The category at the time of the IBA criteria assessment (2008) may differ.

IBA Conservation

Ideally the conservation status of the IBA will have been checked regularly since the site was first identified in 2008. The most recent assessment (2007) is shown below.

IBA conservation assessment
Year of assessment	State	Pressure	Response
2007	not assessed	not assessed	high
Whole site assessed?	State assessed by	Accuracy of information
yes	unset	good

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90%) covered by appropriate conservation designation	A management plan exists but it is out of date or not comprehensive	The conservation measures needed for the site are being comprehensively and effectively implemented	high

IBA Protection

Year	Protected Area	Designation	% overlap with IBA
1992	Horsh Ehden	Nature Reserve	100

Habitats

Habitat¹	Habitat detail	% of IBA
Forest	Temperate	major (>10)
Artificial/Terrestrial		minor (<10)

1. IUCN Habitat classification.

Land use

Land use	% of IBA
hunting	major (>10)
rangeland/pastureland	minor (<10)
forestry	minor (<10)

Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Horsh Ehden Nature Reserve (Lebanon). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/horsh-ehden-nature-reserve-iba-lebanon on 23/11/2024.