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Important Bird and Biodiversity Areas in the Turks and Caicos Islands

The dataset comprise Important Bird and Biodiversity Areas for the Turks and Caicos Islands. An Important Bird and Biodiversity Area (IBA) is an area identified using an internationally agreed set of criteria as being globally important for the conservation of bird populations. IBAs are: 1) Places of international significance for the conservation of birds and other biodiversity 2) Recognised world-wide as practical tools for conservation 3) Distinct areas amenable to practical conservation action 4) Identified using robust, standardised criteria 5) Sites that together form part of a wider integrated approach to the conservation and sustainable use of the natural environment.

The data can be visualised at: https://webgis.gov.tc

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Last Updated August 13, 2021, 19:05 (UTC)
Created November 17, 2020, 15:53 (UTC)
Region TC
Language eng
Topic Category Environment; environmental resources, protection and conservation
Dataset Reference Date 2009
Lineage BirdLife’s Important Bird and Biodiversity Area (IBA) concept has been developed and applied for over 30 years. Considerable effort has been devoted to refining and agreeing a set of simple but robust criteria that can be applied worldwide. Initially, IBAs were identified only for terrestrial and freshwater environments, but over the past decade, the IBA process and method has been adapted and applied in the marine realm. BirdLife International maintains a GIS dataset of Important Bird Areas (IBAs) around the world on behalf of the BirdLife Partnership. This dataset is drawn largely from data provided directly by the Partners but also includes some data digitised by the BirdLife Secretariat or consolidated from 3rd party sources where other information were not available. Where possible a polygon for each IBA was included, however there remain some sites where it hasn’t yet been possible to create a boundary polygon, in these instances the site has been represented in a separate dataset by a point showing its approximate location.
West Longitude -72.23937
South Latitude 21.14563
East Longitude -71.07672
North Latitude 21.95451
Spatial Reference System WGS84
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Access Limitations Restricted, send data request to point of contact
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Resource Reference BirdLife International (2014) Important Bird and Biodiversity Areas: a global network for conserving nature and benefiting people. Cambridge, UK: BirdLife International. Available at http://datazone.birdlife.org/sowb/sowbpubs#IBA.
Data Format shape
Update Frequency as needed
Accuracy varies depending on the source
Resource Type Dataset
Metadata Date 2020-11-18
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