Water reservation of Northern Chu Valley (Kyrgyzstan)

Water reservation of Northern Chu Valley

Current view: Data table and detailed info

IBA Justification

The site was identified as important in 2010 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
Mallard Anas platyrhynchos	LC	resident	1977-2006	2,500-5,000 breeding pairs	A4i

1. The current IUCN Red List category. The category at the time of the IBA criteria assessment (2010) may differ.

IBA Conservation

Ideally the conservation status of the IBA will have been checked regularly since the site was first identified in 2010. The most recent assessment (2006) is shown below.

IBA conservation assessment
Year of assessment	State	Pressure	Response
2006	not assessed	high	negligible
Whole site assessed?	State assessed by	Accuracy of information
no	unset	unknown

Pressure (threats to the trigger species and/or their habitats)
Threat	Timing	Scope	Severity	Result
Human intrusions and disturbance	happening now	majority/most of area/population (50-90%)	slow but significant deterioration	high
Natural system modifications	happening now	some of area/population (10-49%)	slow but significant deterioration	medium
Biological resource use	happening now	some of area/population (10-49%)	slow but significant deterioration	medium

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%)	Unknown	Unknown	negligible

Habitats

Habitat¹	Habitat detail	% of IBA
Wetlands (inland)	Standing fresh water	90
Artificial/Terrestrial	Forestry plantations	10
Desert	Desert & semi-desert - clay	-

1. IUCN Habitat classification.

Land use

Land use	% of IBA
fisheries/aquaculture	50
tourism/recreation	50
urban/industrial/transport	50
forestry	10
hunting	10
nature conservation and research	-

Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Water reservation of Northern Chu Valley (Kyrgyzstan). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/water-reservation-of-northern-chu-valley-iba-kyrgyzstan on 23/11/2024.