Goal: identify hidden hotspots and Key Biodiversity Areas ( #KBAs) to improve conservation strategies across #Macaronesia 💚

Every effort brings us closer to understanding and protecting the Manx Shearwater — turning data into action.
#conservation #seabirds

🌍A decade after IUCN launched the Global Standard for #KBAs, a new paper led by @birdlifeglobal.bsky.social takes stock of progress.

📍16,596 KBAs
🌱22.1 million km²
🦋18,365 trigger species

Discover more 🔗 onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...

Companies can access KBA data through the Integrated Biodiversity Assessment Tool (IBAT). This powerful tool combines information from three key 🌎 biodiversity datasets: the World Database of #KBAs, the @protectedplanet.bsky.social database, and the IUCN Red List.

💻 www.ibat-alliance.org

4) El #tracking se consolida como herramienta fundamental para delimitar #KBAs, evaluar riesgos y avanzar en la planificación espacial marina.

Y aún queda mucho por hacer.

2) La #RAMPE cubre bien algunas zonas costeras de alta concentración de aves marinas, pero tiene menor cobertura en zonas pelágicas (especialmente en Canarias).

El solapamiento con las #KBAs es alto para algunas especies, pero insuficiente para muchas otras.

🤝Con la financiación de @fbiodiversidad.bsky.social y @miteco.gob.es ob.es, a través del programa #Pleamar, cofinanciado por #FondosEuropeos #FEMPA.

#MarineConservation #GPStracking #KBAs #Natura2000 #FundaciónBiodiversidad #Pleamar

Did you know? Key Biodiversity Areas #KBAs protect irreplaceable sites for threatened species—like spider monkeys in Andean forests or vaquitas in Gulf waters. They hold globally significant populations we can't lose!

On #ReverseTheRedDay, commit to KBAs to reverse biodiversity loss! 🌍🦒

Explore the latest breakthroughs in identifying and protecting the world's most critical biodiversity sites. From newly discovered #KBAs to inspiring conservation actions in Ecuador, Africa, and beyond.

📖: bit.ly/KBANewslette...

🚀 𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗞𝗕𝗔 𝗖𝗼𝗺𝗺𝘂𝗻𝗶𝘁𝘆 𝗶𝘀 𝗺𝗼𝘃𝗶𝗻𝗴!

Join us on our new platform, Discourse, to chat directly with the KBA team and share your insights. Sign up is quick and easy — start today: community.keybiodiversityareas.org/signup

#KBACommunity #Biodiversity #KBAs

Our team from @ub.edu has recovered #GLS devices to better understand their migration. These data will help identify Key Biodiversity Areas ( #KBAs ) that are essential for their conservation.

Lord Howe Rise and South Tasman Sea seabird tracking data call for KBA assessment - Seabird Tracking Database BirdLife International are leading a project to support efforts to delineate marine Key Biodiversity Areas (KBAs) in the Lord Howe Rise and South Tasman Sea

BirdLife are hosting a workshop on a project we are leading to identify #KBAs in the Lord Howe Rise and South Tasman Sea region on the 6th Nov at 07:00 UTC.

For more details and registration visit: www.seabirdtracking.org/lord-howe-ri...

#HighSeas #seabirdtracking #Tasman

After hundreds of incredible submissions, the judges have spoken✨

Find out soon who captured the winning shots in the 2025 KBA Photo Contest 🏆🤎

#KeyBiodiversityAreas #KBAs #2025KBAPhotoContest

Businesses play a key role in protecting nature🌿

Companies are increasingly using #KBAs to guide their actions to reduce their impact on nature. Thanks to #IBAT, companies are working smarter to protect the places wildlife depends on.

🔗https://www.ibat-alliance.org/

📢 We are excited to be at the #IUCNCongress!

If you are around, please come visit @andyplumptre.bsky.social at our booth (#188) and discover more about #KBAs. 🌿

🌿 The new Key Biodiversity Areas website is here! Explore updated information, inspiring stories & vital data to help protect our planet's most precious places. Everyone can join the fight for nature! 🌍

Check it out and spread the word! ➡️ www.keybiodiversityareas.org

#KBAs

#KBAs at the #IUCNCongress | 𝗛𝗼𝘁 𝗼𝗳𝗳 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗽𝗿𝗲𝘀𝘀 - 𝗔𝗿𝗲𝗮𝘀 𝗼𝗳 𝗶𝗺𝗽𝗼𝗿𝘁𝗮𝗻𝗰𝗲 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗯𝗶𝗼𝗱𝗶𝘃𝗲𝗿𝘀𝗶𝘁𝘆: 𝘄𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗮𝗿𝗲 𝘄𝗲 𝗺𝗶𝘀𝘀𝗶𝗻𝗴?

📅10/10/2024
🕘10.30–11.10am
📍Learning Zone Pavilion

#KBAs at the #IUCNCongress | 𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗿𝗼𝗹𝗲 𝗼𝗳 𝗞𝗲𝘆 𝗕𝗶𝗼𝗱𝗶𝘃𝗲𝗿𝘀𝗶𝘁𝘆 𝗔𝗿𝗲𝗮𝘀 𝗶𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗶𝗺𝗽𝗹𝗲𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗼𝗳 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗚𝗹𝗼𝗯𝗮𝗹 𝗕𝗶𝗼𝗱𝗶𝘃𝗲𝗿𝘀𝗶𝘁𝘆 𝗙𝗿𝗮𝗺𝗲𝘄𝗼𝗿𝗸 🌿

📅09/10/2025
🕘14.00–15.00pm
📍Learning Zone Pavilion

#KBAs can guide countries in three main areas of the GBF:

a. Identification of sites of importance for biodiversity to guide expansion of protected and conserved areas to 30% by 2030
b. Identification of #OECMs
c. National spatial planning

Discover more bit.ly/3HZgxzN

📄 #CaseStudies | 🌿Uganda is actively using #KBAs to conserve its freshwater biodiversity by identifying, mapping, and prioritising these areas for conservation investments. 👉 For instance, the government is using KBA data for the NBSAP II.

🔗 bit.ly/4nPGfKA

How do #KBAs link to the @ramsar.org & #KMGBF? 🌿

✅ Ramsar Sites in Key Biodiversity Areas (KBAs) boost KMGBF goals.
✅ KBA data guides Ramsar Site designation, protection & funding.
✅ Biodiversity data from KBAs helps manage Ramsar Sites to protect vital species.

💧Inland waters, including wetlands, are key to maintaining 🌎biodiversity and provide vital ecosystem services. Recognition of #KBAs can ensure that inland waters of importance for biodiversity are protected for future generations.🌿

👉 Discover more bit.ly/4nPGfKA

The Warblers Podcast logo - which is a blue square with a scattering of warbler illustations and text The Warblers: A Birds Canada Podcast

The Wake-up Call: Long-billed Curlew: join in on a road trip to Skookumchuck Prairie in search of the Long-billed Curlew, where we explore this Key Biodiversity Area and uncover the curlew’s story.
www.buzzsprout.com/1784269?clie...
#birds #conservation #speciesatrisk #KBAs

#BiodiversityFramework #ISRAs #KBAs #SharkScience #MarineConservation

🛠️ 𝗧𝗮𝗹𝗹𝗲𝗿 𝗻𝗮𝗰𝗶𝗼𝗻𝗮𝗹 𝘀𝗼𝗯𝗿𝗲 á𝗿𝗲𝗮𝘀 𝗰𝗹𝗮𝘃𝗲 𝗽𝗮𝗿𝗮 𝗹𝗮 𝗯𝗶𝗼𝗱𝗶𝘃𝗲𝗿𝘀𝗶𝗱𝗮𝗱 𝗲𝗻 𝗠á𝗹𝗮𝗴𝗮 🗺️

UICN apoya al Grupo Nacional de Coordinación #KBAs para un 𝗣𝗹𝗮𝗻 𝗘𝘀𝘁𝗿𝗮𝘁é𝗴𝗶𝗰𝗼 2025-2030 y Hoja de ruta en España

@seobirdlife.bsky.social @keybiodiversity.bsky.social @MITECO

Más 👉 tinyurl.com/2m5p6ssb

🌊 IUCN's recent brief calls “for the effective conservation of at least 30% of the ocean, including all #KBAs, through effective and equitable, ecologically representative and connected systems of marine protected areas and OECMs.”🌎

🔗 bit.ly/4dDq4vm

📸Ivan Stecko/Pexels

#IUCN #MarineConservation

Healthy seas provide vital resources and services for all. 🌏Using #KBAs within planning processes can ensure ocean benefits are protected for future generations.🌊

👉 Read our latest brief, “Scaling up Ocean Conservation using Key Biodiversity Areas”:🔗 bit.ly/43JB1XQ

By prioritizing #KBAs in land-use and marine spatial planning, governments and stakeholders can ensure that development activities minimize impacts on critical habitats, enhance connectivity between ecosystems, and support the ambitious targets of the #KMGBF.

👉 #KBAs are key to achieving Sustainable Development Goals (#SDGs) and the Global Biodiversity Framework (#KMGBF), as they pinpoint and help conserve the most significant places in the world for the persistence of nature. 🌎

#BiodiversityDay

@unbiodiversity.bsky.social @unep.org

Esta información ayudará a identificar nuevas #KBAs proteger mejor sus hábitats.

Pero, además, nos permitirá encontrar posibles zonas de nidificación 🥚🐣 de esta especie entre la inaccesible laurisilva 🌳de los barrancos de #LaPalma.

#AMPLIAMAR #MACPuffinus
#Pleamar #FondosEuropeos #FEMPA

Season 1 - Bogbean Buckmoth: Bold and Beautiful — www.rarefiedpod.com

🎙️Podcast alert!

Peter Soroye, our KBA Assessment & Outreach Coordinator, joins the Rarefied podcast to discuss the Bogbean Buck Moth - an endangered moth reliant on wetland habitats 🦋

Learn how #KBAs & community science are essential for protecting Canada’s rich biodiversity 🌿🌎🧪

🔗 loom.ly/CrNGufI