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Site description (2000 baseline):
Site location and context
A wilderness area comprising three adjacent fjelds in central Lapland. The landscape is very diverse, supporting large aapa mires, natural and very old boreal forests, stony hill-slope forests, numerous streams with small valleys and treeless mountain heath.
An important area for boreal avifauna.
Pressure/threats to key biodiversity
The area is a candidate SAC.
National Partial
International None14,703 ha of IBA covered by Strict Nature Reserve (Maltio, 14,703 ha).
Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Maltio fjelds (Finland). Downloaded from
https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/maltio-fjelds-iba-finland on 23/12/2024.
