Preah Net Preah / Kra Lanh / Pourk (Cambodia)

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Preah Net Preah / Kra Lanh / Pourk

Current view: Data table and detailed info

IBA Justification

The site was identified as important 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 List¹	Season	Year(s)	Size	IBA criteria
Sarus Crane Grus antigone	VU	non-breeding	1998	common	A1
Bengal Florican Houbaropsis bengalensis	CR	resident	1998	abundant	A1, A3
Painted Stork Mycteria leucocephala	LC	non-breeding	1998	common	A4i
Spot-billed Pelican Pelecanus philippensis	NT	non-breeding	1998	common	A1, A4i

1. The current IUCN Red List category. The category at the time of the IBA criteria assessment (2003) may differ.

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 (2007) is shown below.

IBA conservation assessment
Year of assessment	State	Pressure	Response
2007	very unfavourable	high	low
Whole site assessed?	State assessed by	Accuracy of information
no	habitat	poor

State (condition of the trigger species' habitats)
Habitat	Quantity (% remaining)	Quality (% carrying capacity)	Result
Wetlands (inland)	poor (40-69%)	poor (40-69%)	very unfavourable
Grassland	moderate (70-90%)	moderate (70-90%)	unfavourable
Artificial/Terrestrial	good (> 90%)	good (> 90%)	favourable

Pressure (threats to the trigger species and/or their habitats)
Threat	Timing	Scope	Severity	Result
Agricultural expansion and intensification	happening now	majority/most of area/population (50-90%)	moderate to rapid deterioration	high

Response (conservation actions taken for the trigger species and/or their habitats)
Protected areas	Management plan	Other action	Result
Whole area of site (>90%) covered by appropriate conservation designation	A management plan exists but it is out of date or not comprehensive	Very little or no conservation action taking place	low

IBA Protection

Year	Protected Area	Designation	% overlap with IBA
1993	Tonle Sap Biosphere	Multiple Use Management Area	6

Habitats

Habitat¹	Habitat detail	% of IBA
Artificial/Terrestrial		-
Grassland	Edaphic grassland, Secondary grassland	-
Wetlands (inland)	Freshwater lakes and pools, Ephemeral wetlands, Permanent swamps	-

1. IUCN Habitat classification.

Land use

Land use	% of IBA
agriculture	-
nature conservation and research	-
not utilised	-
other	-

Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Preah Net Preah / Kra Lanh / Pourk (Cambodia). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/preah-net-preah--kra-lanh--pourk-iba-cambodia on 22/11/2024.