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Introduction: The importance of birds to biodiversity
- Important Bird Areas for globally threatened species: Blue Swallow
- Important Bird Areas including habitat fragments and the surrounding matrix: an example from Kenya
- Important Bird Areas are also important for other terrestrial vertebrates in East Africa
State: What we know about the changing state of birds
Pressure: Why birds are declining
Response: What can be done to improve the status of birds
- The impact of Important Bird Area directories
- Improved livelihoods at Arabuko-Sokoke Forest in Kenya
- Securing the future of Amboseli National Park by stimulating public debate
- In Africa, recognition of the value of IBAs is resulting in the designation of new protected areas
- In Kenya, IBA monitoring shows the value of formal protection for biodiversity conservation
- Protected-area designation may not be the full, or best, solution for conserving African IBAs
- BirdLife Partners have developed a monitoring framework for IBAs worldwide
- Citizen scientists help push conservation forwards
- Developing sustainable livelihood options will help communities adapt to climate change
- Effective IBA monitoring is vital and Africa is leading the way
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Key publications
References
- Bennun, L. and Njoroge, P. (1999) Important Bird Areas in Kenya. Nairobi: Nature Kenya.
- Nature Kenya and The East Africa Natural History Society (2010) Kenya's Important Bird Areas. Status and trends 2009. Nairobi.
- Nature Kenya and The East Africa Natural History Society (2008) Kenya's Important Bird Areas. Status and trends 2007. Nairobi.
- Nature Kenya and The East Africa Natural History Society (2007) Kenya's Important Bird Areas. Status and trends 2006. Nairobi.
- Nature Kenya and The East Africa Natural History Society (2006) Kenya's Important Bird Areas. Status and trends 2005. Nairobi.
Recommended Citation:
BirdLife International (2013) Country profile: Kenya. Available from: http://www.birdlife.org/datazone/country/kenya. Checked: 2013-05-24
Kenya at a glance
Capital
NairobiArea
580,367km2BirdLife Partner
NatureKenyaSpecies | |
| Total number of birds | 1026 |
| Globally threatened birds | 34 |
| Country endemics | 8 |
Important Bird Areas | |
| Number of IBAs | 61 |
| Total IBA area | |
Endemic Bird Areas | |
| Number of EBAs | 8 |
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