Mapping Key Biodiversity Areas helps focus conservation where it’s most needed! 🌳 💡#KBAs guide conservation planning, minimize biodiversity loss, and help the financial sector avoid impacting fragile natural areas. 📷 𝘈𝘵𝘦𝘭𝘦𝘴 𝘧𝘶𝘴𝘤𝘪𝘤𝘦𝘱𝘴 © Mike Krzychylkiewicz

#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

📄#CaseStudies |🐘In 2024, Malawi's Elephant Marsh Ramsar Site was recognised as a new global #KBA. This site is now the focus of community-based conservation planning, with 6 local Community Conservation Area committees now established. 🔗 bit.ly/4nPGfKA

#CaseStudies |💧The Nosivolo River is an AZE site for the CR 𝘙𝘩𝘦𝘰𝘤𝘭𝘦𝘴 𝘭𝘢𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘢𝘭𝘪𝘴, and a global KBA for 4 freshwater fish species. 👉The Nosivolo was also recognized as a Ramsar Site in 2010 – the 1st river in Madagascar to receive this designation. 🔗 bit.ly/4nPGfKA

📄 #CaseStudies | 👉A project to assess the conservation status and distribution of freshwater biodiversity in the Tropical Andes identified 86 freshwater #KBAs🐢 These include 26 AZE sites, and can serve to expand the Ramsar Site network in the region. 🔗 bit.ly/4nPGfKA

🌱 Migratory birds, wetlands and humans are all part of a delicate, interconnected ecosystem. The rich biodiversity supported by wetlands shapes natural systems and plays a vital role in sustaining the health of our planet. #WetlandsCOP15 #COP15Zimbabwe Via @ramsar.org

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

In the lead-up to the #RamsarCOP15, let's reflect on all that wetlands do, from protecting biodiversity to building climate-resilient cities. As the world prepares to come together to meet, reflect and act, let’s raise our voices and celebrate the power of wetlands. @ramsar.org

Tegucigalpa (June 25-27) hosted the 1st KBA National Workshop in Honduras. Led by Aves Honduras, the project will help identify key sites for biodiversity. Supported by @birdlifeglobal.bsky.social and funded by Global Affairs Canada through the Conserva Aves initiative. Read more👉 bit.ly/4lSkgRp

Peter Soroye @wcscanada.org explains how @inaturalist.bsky.social data factors into Key Biodiversity Areas (@keybiodiversity.bsky.social). Join them in Blitz The Gap 2025! blitzthegap.org #CSEE2025

New paper showing Key Biodiversity Areas are valuable in marine environments even for broadly distributed species. KBAs could be recognized for 3/4 threatened & 2/3 non-threatened restricted-range sharks using range maps conbio.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.... @keybiodiversity.bsky.social

We are Hiring! We are looking for a #KBA Regional Focal Point for Africa, who will also support our work in Francophone countries elsewhere in the world. 🌎 ‼️Application deadline: Sunday, 20 July 2025– 22:59 GMT Find More information and apply here➡️ bit.ly/4liHAYe #ConservationCareers

👉We are looking for a KBA Regional Focal Point for Africa, who will also support our work in Francophone countries elsewhere in the world.🌎 Location: Dakar, Senegal ‼️Application deadline: 20 July 2025– 22:59 GMT Find more information and apply here:➡️ bit.ly/4liHAYe @birdlifeglobal.bsky.social

🌊 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

Ecuador recently identified 147,000 km2 marine KBA covering the waters around the Galapagos islands. Also, the Ecuadorian government has incorporated marine KBAs in its Natural Heritage Strategic Management Manual.🌊 More about Ecuador's marine KBAs🔗 bit.ly/43JB1XQ

🌊 This World Ocean Day, we want to highlight how marine KBAs can be used by governments all over the world 🌎 as a strategic tool for nature-positive spatial planning, sustainable development and international compliance. #WorldOceanDay #SaveOurOcean

🌿 We want to hear from YOU! 🌿 Have you used the Key Biodiversity Areas (KBA) website? Help us make it even better by taking a quick survey! Your feedback will guide improvements and help protect the world’s most critical biodiversity hotspots. 🌎✨ 👉 www.surveymonkey.com/r/NWYQSWR

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

The KBA identification process is highly inclusive, consultative, and nationally driven. National Coordination Groups, and anyone with appropriate data, may propose a site as a KBA. Discover more about the proposing process here 🌐 bit.ly/4dhash3

IPLCs play a key role in the identification of many KBAs. ✅A great example is Ecuador, where the participation of the Confederation of Indigenous Nationalities of Ecuador in the KBA process, resulted in the identification of 13 KBAs in the territories of Amazonian nationalities.

KBAs are a cornerstone for achieving the 23 action targets of the Global Biodiversity Framework (KMGBF) and the 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), reinforcing the interconnectedness of biodiversity conservation and sustainable development. 🗺️

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.

What makes a place a true haven for birds—and how do we protect it? 🐦🏝️ Join our free webinar “The IBA/KBA Journey” to learn how global standards guide local action for Caribbean Seabirds 22 May 12:00 EST bit.ly/CaribKBAs-We... @keybiodiversity.bsky.social @worldseabirdunion.bsky.social

💡Join us on to explore how sovereign debt pressures are accelerating industrial expansion into some of the world’s most vital ecosystems and Indigenous Territories. 🗓 Wednesday, May 21 🕘 9:00 am GMT-4 | 2:00 pm GMT+1| 9:00 pm GMT+8 👉 Register Now: zoom.us/webinar/regi...

#DYK | Prioritizing KBAs in National Biodiversity Strategies and Action Plans (NBSAPs) accelerates progress toward the KMGBF targets and the SDGs, ensuring no one is left behind in the transition to a sustainable future. 🌎🌿 Discover more 🌐 bit.ly/3HZgxzN

👉 #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

The upcoming #BiodiversityDay is everyone’s day! Let’s work together for a world where biodiversity thrives, ecosystems flourish, and people live in harmony with nature. 🌍 Via @unbiodiversity.bsky.social

The latest update of the KBA Dashboard, available on the KBA website, is live. As of March 2025, we went from 16,510 to 16,589 KBAs. Discover more in our latest Newsletter 🌐 bit.ly/44qftB9 And don't forget to visit the KBA Dashboard 📊 www.keybiodiversityareas.org/kba-data

🌏 This #EarthDay, let’s shine a light on the places that matter most for life on Earth: KBAs🌿 KBAs are the planet’s most critical habitats—home to unique species. Protecting these irreplaceable sites is essential to stopping biodiversity loss and securing the natural world we all depend on.

The #KBA Community Newsletter 18 is out! 📰 💡Discover global and regional efforts to identify and conserve KBAs. Learn about new tools like the Marine Megafauna Conservation Toolkit and updates on KBA designations worldwide. 🌎 Learn more here 🌐 bit.ly/44qftB9

🌎 The Guidelines for using A Global Standard for the Identification of KBAs provide an overview of the steps for identifying and delineating KBAs and explain how the KBA criteria, thresholds, and delineation procedures should be applied in practice. Download them for free here 🌐 lnkd.in/eTVCzwaA

🌊 Excited to share the Marine Megafauna Conservation Toolkit! 🐧 It contains step-by-step methods with R code (including for tracking data) for identifying critical sites (e.g. Key Biodiversity Areas) & guidance for conservation practice, policy & advocacy. ➡️tinyurl.com/MMFCToolkit

The main drivers of biodiversity loss are: 📉Habitat loss 🪰Invasive species 🪵Overexploitation 🏭Pollution 🌎Climate change We can tackle these threats by focusing our conservation efforts on the most important places for nature: 𝗞𝗕𝗔𝘀 🌿

The 2025 @weforum.org Global Risk Report ranks Biodiversity loss and ecosystem collapse as the 2nd most severe risk over the next decade. ​#KBAs are key to tackling this risk. They help focus conservation in the right spots, lending to reducing biodiversity loss and sustaining our livelihoods. 🌱

🌎 The Global Standard for the Identification of KBAs (IUCN, 2016) is a comprehensive framework to identify sites that significantly contribute to the global persistence of biodiversity. Discover more and download the KBA Standard for free here 🌐 portals.iucn.org/library/node...

🔍 KBAs are identified following scientific criteria focused on both species and ecosystems. 🌱 By pinpointing and preserving these special sites, we're taking a giant leap toward tackling the worldwide biodiversity crisis. 🌎🐘 📸 Marc Cronje

Key Biodiversity Areas #KBAs are nature's safe havens – crucial spots on our planet where unique species and ecosystems thrive. 🌎 As we face a global environmental crisis, it’s crucial to focus our collective efforts on protecting these vital places. 🌿 ▶️ bit.ly/4iqIu3A

I am delighted to share my first PhD paper! We found that Key Biodiversity Areas cover the distributions of the world’s terrestrial birds excellently, representing 99.7%. #KBAs are incredibly useful for conservation planning and policy. 🧪🦤🦉🌍🌐 conbio.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10....

In a recent study, scientists identified 30 potential Key Biodiversity Areas in the Southern Ocean, crucial for seabirds and pinnipeds. This research highlights the urgent need for conservation efforts to combat threats like fishing and climate change. 📰 bit.ly/3FhdioZ 📷 © Ryan F. Mandelbaum

The Arabian Oryx Conservation Area KBA is home to one of the UAE's most precious creatures: the Arabian Oryx. With its striking black and white markings and elegant horns, the oryx was once on the brink of extinction, but luckily, its fate changed. 🌐 bit.ly/4boIZJg #WorldWildlifeDay

Forests provide resources for 1.6 billion people, & fisheries sustain millions of livelihoods. Yet, biodiversity loss threatens our economic and ecological stability. This #WWD2025, let’s spotlight the need to invest in wildlife conservation for a sustainable future .🌱 Poster by Marc Petrelis

The Polar Bear inhabits icy landscapes like the Northeast Svalbard Nature Reserve, a Norwegian KBA of international significance. However, this and other key sites for polar bears are threatened by an unstoppable force: climate change. Discover more: bit.ly/3EXij6c #InternationalPolarBearDay

#DYK that protecting Key Biodiversity Areas helps us achieve the UN Sustainable Development Goals! 🎯 From clean water to climate action, KBAs are key to a sustainable future. 🌿 🌎 #KBAs #SDGs 📷 © Gwen Weustink

🌱Some #KBAs are the last refuge for endangered species; protecting them can be the difference between survival and extinction. 📷 1. Grey Parrot (EN) © Karim Attouche 2. Albanian water frog (VU) © Guillaume Labeyrie 3. Mongoose Lemur (CR) © Frank-Roland Fließ 4. Scalloped hammerhead (CR) © ErikvanB

Key Biodiversity Areas provide essential data that help businesses assess their environmental impact, manage risks, and identify opportunities for positive action in biodiversity conservation. Discover more 🌐 bit.ly/3RFt9Sh

Mapping Key Biodiversity Areas helps focus conservation where it’s most needed! 🌳 💡KBAs guide conservation planning, minimize biodiversity loss, and help the financial sector avoid impacting fragile natural areas. 🌎Discover more: bit.ly/4aRo7d6 #KBAs 📷 𝘛𝘳𝘢𝘤𝘩𝘦𝘮𝘺𝘴 𝘥𝘦𝘤𝘰𝘳𝘢𝘵𝘢 © Pedro Genaro Rodriguez

#KBAs are vital for meeting national and international conservation goals. By identifying and protecting these sites, we safeguard healthy ecosystems and conserve globally significant species and habitats. 🌐 bit.ly/3HZgxzN 📷 Dimonika Biosphere Reserve, Congo © jbdodane

💡 Ecuador innovates in conservation The workshop "Ecosystem Services in KBAs under Climate Change Scenarios" explored ecosystem services' benefits for local communities and the threats of climate change. Discover more 👉 bit.ly/3Px0Mny