Valuing Important Bird Habitats Measure 1 - Important Bird Areas Important Bird Areas (IBAs) are sites of global bird conservation importance and are priority areas for bird conservation. Each IBA meets one of four global criteria used by BirdLife International. The following IBAs are located in Victoria: Cheetham & Altona Nadgee to Mallacoota Inlet Anderson's Inlet Natimuk-Douglas Werribee & Avalon North Victorian Wetlands Avoca Plains Otway Ranges Barmah - Millewa Patho Plains Bellarine Wetlands Phillip Island Victorian Box-Ironbark Port Fairy to Warrnambool Carrum Wetlands Pukapunyal Corner Inlet Riverland Discovery Bay to Picanninnie Ponds Shallow Inlet Gabo & Tullaberga Island Swan Bay & Port Phillip Bay Islands Gippsland Lakes Terrick Terrick woodlands Lake Buloke Wandown Lake Corangamite Complex Westernport Bay Lawrence Rocks Wilson's Prom Islands Little Desert Wyperfeld, Big Desert & Ngarkat Lower Snowy & Brodribb Rivers Yambuk Murray-Sunset, Hattah & Annuello Victorian Alps Descriptor Data Descriptor Important bird area Important Not considered to be an important bird area Not Important Measure 2 - Migratory Shorebird Sites In addition to the five internationally significant shorebird sites occurring in Victoria (refer to Section 4.2), Birds Australia have listed an additional 12 sites considered important to migratory shorebirds (Birds Australia ~2009), namely: Lough Calvert Lake Tutchewop, Kerang Lake Martin Lake Buloke Lake Murdeduke Edithvale-Seaford Wetlands Ocean Grove to Barwon Heads Anderson Inlet Gippsland Lakes Hazelwood Cooling Pond Port Fairy to Warrnambool coast Lake Hindmarsh
Valuing Important Bird Habitats Measure 1 - Important Bird Areas Important Bird Areas (IBAs) are sites of global bird conservation importance and are priority areas for bird conservation. Each IBA meets one of four global criteria used by BirdLife International. The following IBAs are located in Victoria: Cheetham & Altona Anderson's Inlet Werribee & Avalon Avoca Plains Barmah - Millewa Bellarine Wetlands Victorian Box-Ironbark Carrum Wetlands Corner Inlet Discovery Bay to Picanninnie Ponds Gabo & Tullaberga Island Gippsland Lakes Lake Buloke Lake Corangamite Complex Lawrence Rocks Little Desert Lower Snowy & Brodribb Rivers Murray-Sunset, Hattah & Annuello Nadgee to Mallacoota Inlet Natimuk-Douglas North Victorian Wetlands Otway Ranges Patho Plains Phillip Island Port Fairy to Warrnambool Pukapunyal Riverland Shallow Inlet Swan Bay & Port Phillip Bay Islands Terrick Terrick woodlands Wandown Westernport Bay Wilson's Prom Islands Wyperfeld, Big Desert & Ngarkat Yambuk Victorian Alps Descriptor Data Descriptor Important bird area Important Not considered to be an important bird area Not Important Measure 2 - Migratory Shorebird Sites In addition to the five internationally significant shorebird sites occurring in Victoria (refer to Section 4.2), Birds Australia have listed an additional 12 sites considered important to migratory shorebirds (Birds Australia ~2009), namely: Lough Calvert Lake Martin Lake Murdeduke Ocean Grove to Barwon Heads Gippsland Lakes Port Fairy to Warrnambool coast Lake Tutchewop, Kerang Lake Buloke Edithvale-Seaford Wetlands Anderson Inlet Hazelwood Cooling Pond Lake Hindmarsh
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