Lake Qaraoun (Lebanon) IBA | Details | BirdLife International

Lake Qaraoun This is an IBA in Danger!

Current view: Data table and detailed info

IBA Justification

The site was identified as internationally important for bird conservation 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 List	Season (year/s of estimate)	Size	IBA criteria
A4iv Species group - soaring birds/cranes	n/a	passage (2005)	20,000-49,999 birds	A4iv

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 (2016) is shown below.

IBA conservation assessment
Year of assessment	State	Pressure	Response
2016	not assessed	very high	low
Whole site assessed?	State assessed by	Accuracy of information
yes	unset	-

Pressure (threats to the trigger species and/or their habitats)
Threat	Timing	Scope	Severity	Result
Pollution	happening now	most of population/area (50–90%)	rapid decline (>30% over 3 generations)	very high
Biological resource use	happening now	most of population/area (50–90%)	moderate decline (10–30% over 3 generations)	high
Agricultural expansion and intensification	happening now	some of population/area (10–49%)	slow decline (1–10% over 3 generations)	medium

Response (conservation actions taken for the trigger species and/or their habitats)
Designation	Planning	Action	Result
Little/none of area covered (<10%)	No management planning has taken place	Substantive conservation measures are being implemented, but these are not comprehensive and are limited by resources and capacity	low

Habitats

Habitat	% of IBA	Habitat detail
Artificial/Terrestrial	40
Shrubland	35
Artificial/Aquatic & Marine	10
Grassland	10
Wetlands (inland)	5

Land use

Land use	% of IBA
agriculture	major (>10)
hunting	major (>10)
water management	major (>10)
fisheries/aquaculture	minor (<10)
forestry	minor (<10)
rangeland/pastureland	minor (<10)
tourism/recreation	minor (<10)

Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Lake Qaraoun (Lebanon). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/lake-qaraoun-iba-lebanon on 27/12/2024.