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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	1997-2002	135-377 individuals	A1, A4i
White-shouldered Ibis Pseudibis davisoni	CR	resident	1999	1 breeding pairs	A1
Spot-billed Pelican Pelecanus philippensis	NT	non-breeding	1999	present	A1

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

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.

State (condition of the trigger species' habitats)
Habitat	Quantity (% remaining)	Quality (% carrying capacity)	Result
Wetlands (inland)	-	-	near favourable

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	likely in long term (beyond 4 years)	majority/most of area/population (50-90%)	moderate to rapid deterioration	medium
Pollution	happening now	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
Little/none of site covered (<10%)	No management planning has taken place	Very little or no conservation action taking place	negligible

Year	Protected Area	Designation	% overlap with IBA
1986	Hon Chong	Khu Bảo vệ cảnh quan	1
2006	Kien Giang	UNESCO-MAB Biosphere Reserve	100

Habitat1	Habitat detail	% of IBA
Grassland	Edaphic grassland	83
Artificial/Terrestrial	Rice paddies, Forestry and agro-industrial plantations	17
Wetlands (inland)		-

1. IUCN Habitat classification.

Land use	% of IBA
not utilised	83
agriculture	12
forestry	5

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Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Kien Luong (Vietnam). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/kien-luong-iba-vietnam on 22/11/2024.