The Mysterious Man

Key Biodiversity Areas Key Biodiversity Areas (KBAs) is an umbrella term commonly used to include areas that contribute to the  global persistence of biodiversity , including vital habitat for threatened  plant and animal  species in  terrestrial, freshwater and marine ecosystems.  Globally KBAs are designated based on 11 criteria defined under  five broad categories  of  1.      Threatened biodiversity;  2.      Geographically restricted biodiversity;  3.      Ecological integrity;  4.      Biological processes; and,  5.      Irreplaceability.  KBAs are  identified nationally  using globally standardised criteria and thresholds. KBAs is an important approach to address biodiversity conservation at the  site scale  i.e. at the level of individual protected areas, concessions and land...

Endemic Bird Area   (EBA) An  Endemic Bird Area  (EBA) is an area of land identified by  BirdLife International  as being important for  habitat -based  bird conservation  because it contains the habitats of restricted-range bird species ( see below for definition ), which are thereby  endemic  to them. An EBA is formed where the distributions of two or more such restricted-range species overlap. Using this guideline, 218 EBAs were identified when Birdlife International established their Biodiversity project in 1987. A secondary EBA comprises the range of only one restricted-range species. EBAs contain about 93% of the world’s restricted-range bird species, as well as supporting support many more widespread species. Half the restricted-range species are threatened or near-threatened, with the other half especially vulnerable to the loss or degradation of their habitats because of the small size of their ranges. Most EBAs a...