Phakalane sewage lagoons, near Gaborone (Botswana) IBA | Details

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Phakalane sewage lagoons, near Gaborone

Current view: Data table and detailed info

IBA Justification

The site was identified as internationally important for bird conservation in 1998 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
Maccoa Duck Oxyura maccoa	EN	non-breeding (1993–1995)	100–440 birds	A4i
Southern Pochard Netta erythrophthalma	LC	non-breeding (1993–1995)	605 birds	A4i

IBA Conservation

Ideally the conservation status of the IBA will have been checked regularly since the site was first identified in 1998. The most recent assessment (2020) is shown below.

IBA conservation assessment
Year of assessment	State	Pressure	Response
2020	not assessed	not assessed	very low
Whole site assessed?	State assessed by	Accuracy of information
yes	unset	good

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	Very little or no conservation action taking place	very low

Habitats

Habitat	% of IBA	Habitat detail
Artificial/Aquatic & Marine	major (>10)

Land use

Land use	% of IBA
agriculture	-
tourism/recreation	-
water management	-

Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Phakalane sewage lagoons, near Gaborone (Botswana). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/phakalane-sewage-lagoons-near-gaborone-iba-botswana on 24/12/2024.