Description: OverviewKey Biodiversity Areas (KBAs) are 'sites contributing significantly to the global persistence of biodiversity’, in terrestrial, freshwater and marine ecosystems. Data on the KBAs are managed in the World Database on Key Biodiversity Areas (WDKBAs). For further details, see www.keybiodiversityareas.org. MethodologySites qualify as global KBAs if they meet one or more of 11 criteria, clustered into five categories: A - threatened biodiversity; B - geographically restricted biodiversity; C- ecological integrity; D - biological processes; and, E - irreplaceability. The KBA criteria can be applied to species and ecosystems in terrestrial, inland water and marine environments. Although not all KBA criteria may be relevant to all elements of biodiversity, the thresholds associated with each of the criteria may be applied across all taxonomic groups (not micro-organisms) and ecosystems.The different criteria address different ways in which sites contribute significantly to the global persistence of biodiversity. Sites are assessed against all relevant criteria for which data are available and those, which meet the thresholds under one of the criteria or sub-criteria sufficient for the site, become recognised as KBAs. Visit KBA website and learn about how KBAs are identified.For the full documentation, please click here
Copyright Text: BirdLife International (2021). Digital boundaries of Key Biodiversity Areas from the World Database of Key Biodiversity Areas. Developed by the KBA Partnership: BirdLife International, International Union for the Conservation of Nature, American Bird Conservancy, Amphibian Survival Alliance, Conservation International, Critical Ecosystem Partnership Fund, Global Environment Facility, Global Wildlife Conservation, NatureServe, Rainforest Trust, Royal Society for the Protection of Birds, Wildlife Conservation Society and World Wildlife Fund. March 2021 Version. Available at www.keybiodiversityareas.org/site/requestgis.
Description: OverviewKey Biodiversity Areas (KBAs) are 'sites contributing significantly to the global persistence of biodiversity’, in terrestrial, freshwater and marine ecosystems. Data on the KBAs are managed in the World Database on Key Biodiversity Areas (WDKBAs). For further details, see www.keybiodiversityareas.org. MethodologySites qualify as global KBAs if they meet one or more of 11 criteria, clustered into five categories: A - threatened biodiversity; B - geographically restricted biodiversity; C- ecological integrity; D - biological processes; and, E - irreplaceability. The KBA criteria can be applied to species and ecosystems in terrestrial, inland water and marine environments. Although not all KBA criteria may be relevant to all elements of biodiversity, the thresholds associated with each of the criteria may be applied across all taxonomic groups (not micro-organisms) and ecosystems.The different criteria address different ways in which sites contribute significantly to the global persistence of biodiversity. Sites are assessed against all relevant criteria for which data are available and those, which meet the thresholds under one of the criteria or sub-criteria sufficient for the site, become recognised as KBAs. Visit KBA website and learn about how KBAs are identified.For the full documentation, please click here
Copyright Text: BirdLife International (2021). Digital boundaries of Key Biodiversity Areas from the World Database of Key Biodiversity Areas. Developed by the KBA Partnership: BirdLife International, International Union for the Conservation of Nature, American Bird Conservancy, Amphibian Survival Alliance, Conservation International, Critical Ecosystem Partnership Fund, Global Environment Facility, Global Wildlife Conservation, NatureServe, Rainforest Trust, Royal Society for the Protection of Birds, Wildlife Conservation Society and World Wildlife Fund. March 2021 Version. Available at www.keybiodiversityareas.org/site/requestgis.