Sites - Important Bird Areas (IBAs)

Site description This IBA is very distinctive and with its characteristics and size it represents the most unique region in Moravia. It is an extensive and, with some small exceptions, uninhabited area. Its only city is Libavá, the seat of the military training area administration. The whole area is covered with a mosaic of more or less coherent forests and open areas with herbaceous vegetation and intermixed shrubs and overgrowth. Wetlands are abundant and represented in many forms. The network of streams with valleys absolutely free of any man-made structures are quite unique in the context of the surrounding cultural and densely inhabited landscape. Equally unique is the number of pools that originate after shooting at the shooting ranges.

Populations of IBA trigger species

Protected areas

Protected area	Designation	Area (ha)	Relationship with IBA	Overlap with IBA (ha)
Horni Odra - CZ0813810	Habitats Directive	9	protected area overlaps with site	2
Libava - CZ0711019	Birds Directive	32,724	is identical to site	32,724
Libava - CZ0714133	Habitats Directive	10,774	protected area contained by site	10,774
Smolenska luka	Nature Reserve	11	protected area contained by site	11
Udoli Bystrice - CZ0714772	Habitats Directive	751	protected area is adjacent to site	0

Habitats

Land use

Protection status There is one small-scale protected area within the IBA. IBA is covered by SPA.

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Recommended citation  BirdLife International (2013) Important Bird Areas factsheet: Libava. Downloaded from http://www.birdlife.org on 25/05/2013

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