Data Zone
The site was identified as internationally important for bird conservation 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:Ideally the conservation status of the IBA will have been checked regularly since the site was first identified in 2001. The most recent assessment (2001) is shown below.
| IBA conservation assessment | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Year of assessment | State | Pressure | Response |
| 2001 | not assessed | high | low |
| Whole site assessed? | State assessed by | Accuracy of information | |
| no | unset | - | |
| Pressure (threats to the trigger species and/or their habitats) | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Threat | Timing | Scope | Severity | Result |
| Biological resource use | happening now | some of population/area (10–49%) | slow decline (1–10% over 3 generations) | medium |
| 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 |
| Whole area (>90%) covered by appropriate conservation designation | No management planning has taken place | Very little or no conservation action taking place | low |
| Year | Protected Area | Designation (management category) | % coverage of IBA |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1979 | Réserve forestière de Luki | UNESCO-MAB Biosphere Reserve (UA) | 100 |
| 1979 | Luki | Forest Reserve (-) | 100 |
| Habitat | % of IBA | Habitat detail |
|---|---|---|
| Forest | 95 | |
| Savanna | 1 | |
| Unknown | 1 |
| Land use | % of IBA |
|---|---|
| agriculture | - |
| forestry | - |
| nature conservation and research | - |
| water management | - |
Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Luki Forest Reserve (Congo, The Democratic Republic of the). Downloaded from
https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/luki-forest-reserve-iba-congo-the-democratic-republic-of-the on 23/12/2024.