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Site description (2004 baseline)
Parts of two natural meandering rivers Rakupe and its tributary Pace, with wet floodplain meadows, with scattered and park-like broadleaved tree stands, lined with mixed and coniferous forests along their valleys. The southwest part includes predominantly wet pine forest and a small raised bog. New IBA, listed for the first time after the Emerald project. Fully protected: there is a 99.7% overlap with two restricted nature reserves Pace meadows and Rakupe valley, both candidate SPAs

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Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2025) Important Bird Area factsheet: Rakupe and Pace (Latvia). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/rakupe-and-pace-iba-latvia on 06/01/2025.