Pong Dam Lake Wildlife Sanctuary (India)

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Pong Dam Lake Wildlife Sanctuary

Current view: Data table and detailed info

IBA Justification

The site was identified as important in 2004 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 List¹	Season	Year(s)	Size	IBA criteria
White-rumped Vulture Gyps bengalensis	CR	non-breeding	2004	present	A1
Slender-billed Vulture Gyps tenuirostris	CR	non-breeding	2004	present	A1
A4iii Species group - waterbirds	n/a	unknown	2004	min 20,000 individuals	A4iii

1. The current IUCN Red List category. The category at the time of the IBA criteria assessment (2004) may differ.

IBA Conservation

Ideally the conservation status of the IBA will have been checked regularly since the site was first identified in 2004. The most recent assessment (2003) is shown below.

IBA conservation assessment
Year of assessment	State	Pressure	Response
2003	not assessed	medium	not assessed
Whole site assessed?	State assessed by	Accuracy of information
yes	unset	good

Pressure (threats to the trigger species and/or their habitats)
Threat	Timing	Scope	Severity	Result
Agricultural expansion and intensification	happening now	small area/few individuals (<10%)	moderate to rapid deterioration	low
Human intrusions and disturbance	likely in long term (beyond 4 years)	small area/few individuals (<10%)	moderate to rapid deterioration	low
Biological resource use	happening now	small area/few individuals (<10%)	slow but significant deterioration	low
Pollution	happening now	small area/few individuals (<10%)	slow but significant deterioration	low
Residential and commercial development	likely in short term (within 4 years)	small area/few individuals (<10%)	slow but significant deterioration	low

Response (conservation actions taken for the trigger species and/or their habitats)
Protected areas	Management plan	Other action	Result
Not assessed	Not assessed	Not assessed	not assessed

IBA Protection

Year	Protected Area	Designation	% overlap with IBA
1982	Pong Dam Lake	Sanctuary	100
2002	Pong Dam Lake	Ramsar Site, Wetland of International Importance	-

Habitats

Habitat¹	Habitat detail	% of IBA
Wetlands (inland)		-

1. IUCN Habitat classification.

Land use

Land use	% of IBA
agriculture	-
nature conservation and research	-
tourism/recreation	-
water management	-

Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Pong Dam Lake Wildlife Sanctuary (India). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/pong-dam-lake-wildlife-sanctuary-iba-india on 22/11/2024.