Key biodiversity areas of Iraq
Subtitle: priority sites for conservation and protection
By: Nature Iraq ; compilers of the inventory and KBA accounts N. Abdulhasan [and others] ; edited by A. Bachmann, Azzam Alwash and Ali Lami
Contributors: Nature Iraq (Nonprofit organization)
Publisher: Tablet House Publishing
Published: 2017
Place of publication: Sulaimaniyah, Iraq; Huntington Beach CA
Language: eng
Number of pages: 297
ISBN-13: 9780988651463
Copyright date: 2017
Subjects: Biodiversity conservation; Methodology; Biodiversity; Monitoring; Natural resources conservation areas; Natural resources surveys
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (pages 259-266) and index.
Table of contents: title: 1. Introduction; title: 2. Overview of the country; title: 3. Biodiversity protection in Iraq; title: 4. KBA methodology; title: 5. Overview of sites and species; title: 6. Summary and recommendations; title: 7. KBA assessments; title: References; title: Appendix 1. Criteria used in site selection; title: Appendix 2. List of survey sites, survey periods, sub-sites, and their GPS locations; title: Appendix 3. Breeding codes for bird observations during the summer survey; title: Appendix 4. Non-avian fauna reported in the KBA assessments; title: Appendix 5. The bird species of Iraq reported in the IBA assessments; title: Appendix 6. List of conservation concern freshwater and marine fish species mentioned in the KBA assessments; title: Appendix 7. The plant species of Iraq reported in the IPA assessments; title: Appendix 8. Threat assessment table.