Using important plant areas and important bird areas to identify Key Biodiversity Areas in the Republic of Macedonia
An attempt is made to identify Key Biodiversity Areas in the Republic of Macedonia through the identification of internationally recognized important areas for biodiversity: Important Plant Areas (IPAs) and Important Bird Areas (IBAs). Forty two IPAs covering 6,495km2 and 24 IBAs covering 6,907km2...
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Wildlife Information Liaison Development Society
2012-08-01
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| author | L. Melovski M. Velevski V. Matevski V. Avukatov A. Sarov |
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| description | An attempt is made to identify Key Biodiversity Areas in the Republic of Macedonia through the identification of internationally recognized important areas for biodiversity: Important Plant Areas (IPAs) and Important Bird Areas (IBAs). Forty two IPAs covering 6,495km2 and 24 IBAs covering 6,907km2 have been identified in Macedonia. Thirty seven IPAs (6,152km2 or 24% of the country’s territory) and 15 IBAs (4,821km2 or 18.75% of the national territory), meet KBA criteria, between them yielding 42 KBAs. The remaining five IPAs and nine IBAs do not meet KBA criteria although have international significance. Together IPAs and IBAs total 10,698km2; those meeting the KBA criteria total 9,670km2. In total, 73% and 65% of the entire national protected areas (PAs) surface overlaps with IPAs and IBAs respectively. This proportion is 81% for the 42 KBAs. However, only 25% of the total size of protected areas overlaps with IPAs, only 21% overlap with IBAs, and only 19% with the combined 42 KBAs. This means that Macedonia’s protected areas system is not yet representative and comprehensive for safeguarding its botanical and avian diversity. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-3f221605469444a5b5402a23571ada142022-12-21T23:54:39ZengWildlife Information Liaison Development SocietyJournal of Threatened Taxa0974-78930974-79072012-08-01482766277810.11609/JoTT.o2997.2766-78768Using important plant areas and important bird areas to identify Key Biodiversity Areas in the Republic of MacedoniaL. MelovskiM. VelevskiV. MatevskiV. AvukatovA. SarovAn attempt is made to identify Key Biodiversity Areas in the Republic of Macedonia through the identification of internationally recognized important areas for biodiversity: Important Plant Areas (IPAs) and Important Bird Areas (IBAs). Forty two IPAs covering 6,495km2 and 24 IBAs covering 6,907km2 have been identified in Macedonia. Thirty seven IPAs (6,152km2 or 24% of the country’s territory) and 15 IBAs (4,821km2 or 18.75% of the national territory), meet KBA criteria, between them yielding 42 KBAs. The remaining five IPAs and nine IBAs do not meet KBA criteria although have international significance. Together IPAs and IBAs total 10,698km2; those meeting the KBA criteria total 9,670km2. In total, 73% and 65% of the entire national protected areas (PAs) surface overlaps with IPAs and IBAs respectively. This proportion is 81% for the 42 KBAs. However, only 25% of the total size of protected areas overlaps with IPAs, only 21% overlap with IBAs, and only 19% with the combined 42 KBAs. This means that Macedonia’s protected areas system is not yet representative and comprehensive for safeguarding its botanical and avian diversity.http://threatenedtaxa.org/index.php/JoTT/article/view/782 |
| spellingShingle | L. Melovski M. Velevski V. Matevski V. Avukatov A. Sarov Using important plant areas and important bird areas to identify Key Biodiversity Areas in the Republic of Macedonia Journal of Threatened Taxa |
| title | Using important plant areas and important bird areas to identify Key Biodiversity Areas in the Republic of Macedonia |
| title_full | Using important plant areas and important bird areas to identify Key Biodiversity Areas in the Republic of Macedonia |
| title_fullStr | Using important plant areas and important bird areas to identify Key Biodiversity Areas in the Republic of Macedonia |
| title_full_unstemmed | Using important plant areas and important bird areas to identify Key Biodiversity Areas in the Republic of Macedonia |
| title_short | Using important plant areas and important bird areas to identify Key Biodiversity Areas in the Republic of Macedonia |
| title_sort | using important plant areas and important bird areas to identify key biodiversity areas in the republic of macedonia |
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