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Plate 7-2
Ferula kyzylkumica
at Dzhankeldy
7.1.2
Birds
7.1.2.1
Regional Context
In order to analyse the potential impacts on avifauna, the spatial context around the project
site was assessed including Important Bird Areas (IBAs).
A number of Important Bird Areas were highlighted that exist in the immediate area as well as
several in the larger region.
Figure 7-2 IBAs within 100km of the Project Site
The following IBAs are within a 100km buffer zone of the project site:
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Karakyr Lakes, located 30km
to the south, a prominent wintering site for waterfowl
and waterbirds;
Buzaubay, located 80km to the north; a stretch of desert steppe
habitat wherein
36 species of birds have been recorded to breed;
Ayakagitma lake
and surrounding desert, located 85km to the east; a prominent
wintering site for waterfowl and waterbirds; and
Gorelde, located 85km
to the west; about 160 species have been recorded from
the IBA (29% of the avifauna of Central Asia), the site is
part of the major migratory
flyway of waterbirds and waterfowl along the Amudarya valley.
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