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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	-	50-150 individuals	A1, A4i

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

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.

Pressure (threats to the trigger species and/or their habitats)
Threat	Timing	Scope	Severity	Result
Biological resource use	happening now	whole area/population (>90%)	very rapid to severe deterioration	very high
Climate change and severe weather	likely in long term (beyond 4 years)	majority/most of area/population (50-90%)	slow but significant deterioration	medium

Response (conservation actions taken for the trigger species and/or their habitats)
Protected areas	Management plan	Other action	Result
Unknown	No management planning has taken place	Very little or no conservation action taking place	negligible

Year	Protected Area	Designation	% overlap with IBA
1949	Chott Jrid	Wetland Zone of National Importance	66
2007	Chott Jrid	Ramsar Site, Wetland of International Importance	66

Habitat1	Habitat detail	% of IBA
Wetlands (inland)	Freshwater lakes and pools	major (>10)

1. IUCN Habitat classification.

Land use	% of IBA
other	-

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