Lower Stung Sen (Cambodia) IBA | Details

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Lower Stung Sen

Current view: Data table and detailed info

IBA Justification

The site was identified as internationally important for bird conservation in 2003 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
Lesser Adjutant Leptoptilos javanicus	NT	resident (2001)	common	A1
Spot-billed Pelican Pelecanus philippensis	NT	resident (2001)	common	A1
Oriental Darter Anhinga melanogaster	LC	resident (2001)	abundant	A4i

IBA Conservation

Ideally the conservation status of the IBA will have been checked regularly since the site was first identified in 2003. The most recent assessment (2008) is shown below.

IBA conservation assessment
Year of assessment	State	Pressure	Response
2008	poor	medium	low
Whole site assessed?	State assessed by	Accuracy of information
no	habitat	-

State (condition of the trigger species' habitats)
Habitat	Quantity (% remaining)	Quality (% carrying capacity)	Result
Grassland	moderate (70–90%)	moderate (70–90%)	poor

Pressure (threats to the trigger species and/or their habitats)
Threat	Timing	Scope	Severity	Result
Agricultural expansion and intensification	happening now	some of population/area (10–49%)	slow decline (1–10% over 3 generations)	medium
Biological resource use	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
Most of area (50–90%) covered (including the most critical parts for important bird species)	No management plan exists, but the management planning process has begun	Substantive conservation measures are being implemented, but these are not comprehensive and are limited by resources and capacity	low

IBA Protection

Year	Protected Area	Designation (management category)	% coverage of IBA
1993	Tonle Sap Biosphere	Multiple Use Management Area (VI)	94
1993	Stung Sen	Multiple Use Management Area - Core Area (IV)	51
1997	Tonle Sap	UNESCO-MAB Biosphere Reserve (UA)	51

Habitats

Habitat	% of IBA	Habitat detail
Grassland	-	Edaphic grassland; Secondary grassland
Wetlands (inland)	-	Ephemeral wetlands; Freshwater lakes and pools; Rivers and streams; Permanent swamps

Land use

Land use	% of IBA
urban/industrial/transport	-
fisheries/aquaculture	-

Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Lower Stung Sen (Cambodia). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/lower-stung-sen-iba-cambodia on 27/12/2024.