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11 Jan 2011
IMPORTANT BIRD AREAS
By Rory Mccann
8 Publications, 6 Available to Buy There are approximately 11,000 Important Bird Areas (IBA's) worldwide. IBA's are key sites for conservation – small enough to be conserved in their entirety and often already part of a protected-area network. This series of publications gives details of each IBA in each region. The following regions are documented: Americas, Europe, Asia, Africa, Middle East and Caribbean. There is also a separate publication on the IBA's of Timor Leste. To view the Important Bird Area publications, click here To view all BirdLife's publications, click here
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