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This KBA is vital during spring migration for waterfowl, with over 50,000 birds seen each year 🪿
More than 20 species of waterfowl either stop or breed here, including Northern Pintail, American Wigeon, and American Green-winged Teal, among others #30DaysofKBAs
The Fraser River Estuary KBA is among Canada's most crucial ecosystems for migrant and wintering waterbirds✨
It hosts globally and nationally significant populations of fifteen species, such as American Wigeon, Northern Pintail, Mallard, Brant, and Snow Goose 🪿#30DaysofKBAs
Musquodoboit KBA, a tidal inlet on the Atlantic coast in NS, is surrounded by a barrier sand beach & wooded islands.
It's a crucial site for wintering geese & waterfowl 🪿 Around 8,000 Canada geese stop here during their spring migration #30DaysofKBAs
This KBA is one of 120 sandhill complexes in Alberta, Saskatchewan & Manitoba.
It was formed after the melting of the Laurentide Ice Sheet, which created lakes that later dried up, leaving sand deposits. Wind processes have shaped its sand dunes over time 💨 #30DaysofKBAs
📍 KBA Parque Nacional Cordillera Azul 🇵🇪
✅Covers 13538.934 km²
✅Encompasses tropical forest ecosystems: High Jungle - Yunga and Amazon Rainforest
✅It's a natural protected area, preserving headwaters, montane and lowland forests and several endangered species
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🌱236 KBAs have been confirmed in Peru, covering almost 35% of the country's territory 🇵🇪
This is a big step towards preserving the most important sites on the planet for biodiversity and achieving the 30×30 target.
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This #KBA has a history of water level fluctuations, but through partnerships with @DucksUnlimited, industry, and government, it's spared from drainage and is one of the most important wetlands in southern Alberta✨ #30DaysofKBAs
Misty Lake Lentic Threespine Stickleback & Misty Lake Lotic Threespine Stickleback are endemic species found only at this #KBA.
Both are listed as Endangered by @cosewic and ranked G1 & N1 by @natureserve. As a result, Misty Lake is a global Key Biodiversity Area✨ #30DaysofKBAs
Skookumchuck Prairie is in southeastern BC's Rocky Mountain Trench. It's a rare native grassland amidst forests, hosting breeding populations of Long-billed Curlews and Lewis’s Woodpecker 🐦
Around 226 species of birds have been recorded in this KBA! #30DaysofKBAs
Wainfleet Bog KBA is the last remaining habitat for the Endangered Massasauga rattlesnake (Sistrurus catenatus pop. 2) in Canada 🐍
Protecting this KBA is crucial for preserving not only this species but also others like Blanding's Turtle and Snapping Turtle #30DaysofKBAs
📍KBA Amacayacu Natural National Park, Colombia 🇨🇴
✅Occupies a large part of the Amazonian Trapezoid, in the extreme south of the country
✅The vegetation throughout the park is classified as tropical rainforest; it is characterized by a high diversity of species
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Ivvavik National Park KBA lies within the Beringia Refugium, an unglaciated area from Siberia to North America. As a result, the Firth River in the park is one of Canada’s oldest rivers 🏞️
It also includes the core calving grounds of Caribou ❤️ #30DaysofKBAs
Dolly Varden, an anadromous fish, travels from sea to freshwater in fall for wintering.
Sites like Big Fish River KBA and Rat River KBA are crucial for their survival. The presence of perennial groundwater prevents freezing, facilitating their overwintering🐟 #30DaysofKBAs
🌱𝟭𝟲𝟮 𝗞𝗕𝗔𝘀 𝗵𝗮𝘃𝗲 𝗯𝗲𝗲𝗻 𝗰𝗼𝗻𝗳𝗶𝗿𝗺𝗲𝗱 𝗶𝗻 𝗖𝗼𝗹𝗼𝗺𝗯𝗶𝗮, covering almost 12% of the country's territory 🇨🇴
This is a big step towards preserving the most important sites on the planet for biodiversity and achieving the 30×30 target. 🌎
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This KBA is Ontario's largest National Wildlife Area, covering 3,284 ha on a sandy peninsula on Lake Erie.
Established in 1980, it's a crucial stop along the Atlantic Flyway, with hundreds of thousands of migrating birds passing through each spring & fall 🪶 #30DaysofKBAs
📍KBA Galapagos Archipelago and Marine Reserve🇪🇨
✅Around 138,000 km² of territorial waters surrounding #Galapagos are protected
✅World natural heritage since 1978
✅Single-island endemic species on Fernandina, Santiago, Genovesa, Floreana, Española, San Cristóbal
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📍 KBA Jatunyacu-Piatúa-Anzu (Kichwa Amazonian Territory), Ecuador
✅Main ecosystems: evergreen foothill forest and lower-montane forest of the northern Andean cordillera.
✅Surrounded by: Llanganates-Sangay Ecological Corridor and other National reserves.
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Bickford Oak Woods Conservation Reserve is Canada's largest protected Carolinian clay plain forest 🌳
It's home to rare species like the pin oak, Shumard oak, and swamp cottonwood, which was first found in Canada there in 2002 #30DaysofKBAs
📍 KBA (PAKKIRU) Kichwa Territory of Pastaza Province 🇪🇨
✅Located in the base of the eastern Andes
✅Main ecosystem is the evergreen lowlands forests of Tigre and Pastaza rivers
✅Reptiles, amphibians, birds, aquatic mammals and freshwater fishes trigger this KBA
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The KBA is in Quttinirpaaq National Park and stands as Canada's northernmost location 🧭
It's home to the unique Porsild's Bryum and other biodiversity, including Peary Caribou and Arctic Hare 🐇 #30DaysofKBAs
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