Sebkhet Nouaïel (Tunisia) - BirdLife IBA factsheet

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Sebkhet Nouaïel

Current view: Data table and detailed info

IBA Justification

The site was identified as important in 2001 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
Marbled Duck Marmaronetta angustirostris	NT	winter	-	40-250 individuals	A1, A4i

1. The current IUCN Red List category. The category at the time of the IBA criteria assessment (2001) may differ.

IBA Conservation

Ideally the conservation status of the IBA will have been checked regularly since the site was first identified in 2001. The most recent assessment (2009) is shown below.

IBA conservation assessment
Year of assessment	State	Pressure	Response
2009	not assessed	medium	medium
Whole site assessed?	State assessed by	Accuracy of information
yes	unset	medium

Pressure (threats to the trigger species and/or their habitats)
Threat	Timing	Scope	Severity	Result
Climate change and severe weather	likely in long term (beyond 4 years)	majority/most of area/population (50-90%)	slow but significant deterioration	medium
Biological resource use	happening now	small area/few individuals (<10%)	no or imperceptible deterioration	low

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	No management plan exists but the management planning process has begun	Substantive conservation measures are being implemented but these are not comprehensive and are limited by resources and capacity	medium

IBA Protection

Year	Protected Area	Designation	% overlap with IBA
1949	Chott Jrid	Wetland Zone of National Importance	25
2007	Chott Jrid	Ramsar Site, Wetland of International Importance	25

Local Conservation Groups

The Local Conservation Group(s) listed below are working to conserve this IBA.

Name	Year formed
AAO/ Sfax Regional Branch	2000

For more information on BirdLife's work with Local Conservation Groups, please click here.

Land use

Land use	% of IBA
not utilised	-

Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Sebkhet Nouaïel (Tunisia). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/sebkhet-nouaïel-iba-tunisia on 23/11/2024.