Welcome to KBAs of Turkey Website

Doğa, BirdLife Turkey launched a KBA Update Programme in 2018, in cooperation with national and international stakeholders. The aims of the programme are:

• Establish an informal working group on identification, monitoring and safeguarding of Turkey’s KBAs, supported by species expert groups
• Refine and update the list of KBAs and associated criteria based on the new KBA standard of IUCN
• Identify new KBA trigger species populations, based on up to date taxonomy, red-list assessments and population data, and, wherever needed, describe new KBAs
• Assess pressures and responses at KBAs in cooperation with local conservation groups and other stakeholders
• Refine site boundaries and accounts of KBAs, wherever needed
• Publicize the new KBA inventory of Turkey by mid-2019.

First activities of the project will involve establishment of the informal working groups and launch of the species expert groups by early 2018.