South Sanriku coast (Japan) - BirdLife IBA factsheet

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South Sanriku coast

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
Brent Goose Branta bernicla	LC	winter	2003	present	A4i

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 (2015) is shown below.

IBA conservation assessment
Year of assessment	State	Pressure	Response
2015	unfavourable	high	negligible
Whole site assessed?	State assessed by	Accuracy of information
yes	habitat	-

State (condition of the trigger species' habitats)
Habitat	Quantity (% remaining)	Quality (% carrying capacity)	Result
Marine Neritic	good (> 90%)	poor (40-69%)	unfavourable

Pressure (threats to the trigger species and/or their habitats)
Threat	Timing	Scope	Severity	Result
Natural system modifications	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
Little/none of site covered (<10%)	No management planning has taken place	Very little or no conservation action taking place	negligible

IBA Protection

Year	Protected Area	Designation	% overlap with IBA
1979	Minamisanriku-Kinkazan	国定公園	100
2004	Common fishery right area(Miyagi)	共同漁業権区域	100
2006	Oisehama	都道府県指定鳥獣保護区	100
2013	Sanriku Fukko (reconstruction)	国立公園	37

Habitats

Habitat¹	Habitat detail	% of IBA
Marine Intertidal		major (>10)
Marine Neritic		major (>10)

1. IUCN Habitat classification.

Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: South Sanriku coast (Japan). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/south-sanriku-coast-iba-japan on 23/11/2024.