Lake Ahémé and Aho complex (Benin) - BirdLife IBA factsheet

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Lake Ahémé and Aho complex

Current view: Data table and detailed info

IBA Justification

The site was identified as important in 2001 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
Damara Tern Sternula balaenarum	LC	non-breeding	-	200 individuals	A1, A4i
Royal Tern Thalasseus maximus	LC	non-breeding	1996	502 individuals	A4i

1. The current IUCN Red List category. The category at the time of the IBA criteria assessment (2001) may differ.

IBA Conservation

Ideally the conservation status of the IBA will have been checked regularly since the site was first identified in 2001. The most recent assessment (2022) is shown below.

IBA conservation assessment
Year of assessment	State	Pressure	Response
2022	not assessed	very high	medium
Whole site assessed?	State assessed by	Accuracy of information
no	unset	good

Pressure (threats to the trigger species and/or their habitats)
Threat	Timing	Scope	Severity	Result
Transportation and service corridors	happening now	whole area/population (>90%)	moderate to rapid deterioration	very high
Biological resource use	happening now	majority/most of area/population (50-90%)	moderate to rapid deterioration	high

Response (conservation actions taken for the trigger species and/or their habitats)
Protected areas	Management plan	Other action	Result
Most of site (50-90%) covered (including the most critical parts for important bird species)	A management plan exists but it is out of date or not comprehensive	Substantive conservation measures are being implemented but these are not comprehensive and are limited by resources and capacity	medium

IBA Protection

Year	Protected Area	Designation	% overlap with IBA
2000	Basse Vallée du Couffo, Lagune Côtiere, Chenal Aho, Lac Ahémé	Ramsar Site, Wetland of International Importance	100

Habitats

Habitat¹	Habitat detail	% of IBA
Forest		43
Marine Coastal/Supratidal		32
Shrubland		19
Artificial/Terrestrial		2
Unknown		1

1. IUCN Habitat classification.

Land use

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

Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Lake Ahémé and Aho complex (Benin). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/lake-ahémé-and-aho-complex-iba-benin on 23/11/2024.