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            <gco:CharacterString>Gagnasafn (GDB) NI_F25v_mikilvaegFuglasvaedi:

Flákalag. Alls er 121 svæði á Íslandi sem telst alþjóðlega mikilvægt fyrir fugla. 70 svæði teljast til sjófuglabyggða (SF), 25 svæði eru fjörur eða grunnsævi (FG) og 31 svæði er votlendi eða önnur svæði inn til landsins (VOT). Nokkur svæði falla undir tvo eða þrjá flokka. Mikilvæg fuglasvæði er að finna í 65 af 74 sveitarfélögum landsins. 
Afar misjafnt er hversu mörg mikilvæg svæði eru skilgreind fyrir hverja fuglategund. Hjá varpfuglum eru langflest svæði skilgreind fyrir  fýl (38) og hjá fargestum eru þau flest fyrir rauðbrysting (átta svæði). Fyrir 40 tegundir hafa engin mikilvæg svæði verið skilgreind. Alþjóðleg töluleg viðmið hafa ekki verið sett fyrir 21 þeirra en hinar 19 eru það fáliðaðar hér á landi að engin svæði teljast alþjóðlega mikilvæg fyrir þær. 
Kóðar fyrir fitjueigindir ‚Staða fitju‘ (stadaFitju) eru: 
0 = ekki skilgreind áður sem mikilvæg fuglasvæði;  
1 = skilgreind áður sem mikilvæg fuglasvæði, útlínur notað; 
2 = skilgreind áður sem mikilvæg fuglasvæði, útlínum breytt;  
3 = skilgreind áður sem mikilvæg fuglasvæði, útlínur NÍ;  
4 = friðlýst, á náttúruminjaskrá eða votlendisskrá (getur auk þess verið skilgreind áður sem IBA), útlínur notað; 
5 = friðlýst, á náttúruminjaskrá eða votlendisskrá (getur auk þess verið skilgreind áður sem IBA), útlínum breytt eða búið til; 
6 = svæðið er hluti af öðru svæði sem er friðlýst, á náttúruminjaskrá eða votlendisskrá (getur auk þess verið skilgreind áður sem IBA) eða hluti þess er friðlýst, á náttúruminjaskrá eða votlendisskrá (getur auk þess verið skilgreind áður sem IBA), útlínur NÍ.

[A total of 121 IBAs are defined. 70 IBAs are seabird colonies (SF), 25 IBAs are primarily intertidal zones and adjacent shallow marine waters (FG), 31 IBAs are inland, predominantly fertile wetlands and surface inland waters. A few IBAs fall under two or three categories. These IBAs lay in 65 of the 74 municipalities of Iceland.
The number of IBAs designated for each species varies; by far, most breeding sites of Fulmarus glacialis (38). No areas were designated for 40 species. For more than half of those IBA-criteria have not been defined; others do not meet the criteria due to their small populations in Iceland.
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Þessi gögn eru hluti af verkefninu Natura Ísland en það snýst einkum um að kortleggja útbreiðslu og meta verndargildi vistgerða, plantna og dýra og tilgreina net verndarsvæða á grunni þeirrar vinnu. Meginmarkmið hvað fugla varðar er að (1) fá yfirsýn yfir dreifingu og stofnstærð fugla á landsvísu, (2) skilgreina verndarsvæði og lýsa fuglalífi þeirra á magnbundinn hátt og (3) leggja grunn að reglulegri vöktun svæðanna og viðkomandi fuglastofna. Hér er bent á svæði sem teljast alþjóðlega mikilvæg fyrir þær fuglategundir sem dvelja hér á landi að staðaldri (81 tegund) og birt er nýtt mat á öllum íslenskum fuglastofnum. 
Mat á því hvaða svæði teljast mikilvæg byggist á viðmiðum alþjóðlegu fuglaverndarsamtakanna, BirdLife International. Það veltur einkum á stofnmati, þ.e. hversu margir fuglar nýta svæðin hér á landi og hversu hátt það hlutfall er af heildarstofni. Fyrir sumar tegundir eru hvort tveggja traust en fyrir margar tegundir byggir matið á takmörkuðum og oft áratugagömlum gögnum.
Mörk margra svæða eru fremur lauslega og oft gróflega dregin. Fyrir tegundir sem verpa mjög dreift, eins og mófuglar og ránfuglar, verða verndarsvæði óhjákvæmilega mjög stór ef þau eiga að hýsa umtalsverðan hluta viðkomandi stofns. Aftur á móti er oftast auðvelt að afmarka sjófuglabyggðir.
Allmörg svæði, eða 55, hafa verið skilgreind áður sem mikilvæg fuglasvæði, eru friðlýst, á náttúruminjaskrá eða votlendisskrá og þá vegna auðugs fuglalífs að hluta eða öllu leyti. Um 65 mikilvæg fuglasvæði hafa hins vegar ekki verið skilgreind áður.
Í ritinu Mikilvæg fuglasvæði á Íslandi (PDF, 5,7 MB: utgafa.ni.is/fjolrit/Fjolrit_55.pdf ) er gerð grein fyrir þekkingu og aðferðum sem notast er við val svæða, fjallað er um allar tegundir eða hópa og lagt mat á fyrirliggjandi þekkingu. Þá er fjallað um öll svæðin sem teljast alþjóðlega mikilvæg fyrir eina eða fleiri tegundir.  

[This is the first edition, a more detailed demarcation of IBAs will be given with the 2nd edition.
This data is a part of a large scale project (Natura Iceland) involving mapping and evaluating the conservation value of habitat types, plants and animals in Iceland; forming a basis for selecting a network of protected areas. The main objectives with regard to birds were to (1) get a reasonable overview of distribution and population sizes of most Icelandic bird species, (2) designate protection areas for priority species, (3) describe the bird fauna of those areas and (4) lay groundwork for monitoring programs and regular status reports for those areas as well as the relevant bird populations. Here, we present a selection of internationally IBAs and new population estimates for 81 species of birds that occur regularly in Iceland. Most notably estimates for breeding waders and songbirds.
Almost half of the areas (55) have previously been designated as IBAs, are protected or on the Register of areas of conservation interest, partially or wholly, due to rich birdlife.
See also the English summary in Fjölrit ‘Mikilvæg fuglasvæði á Íslandi’ (PDF, 5,7 MB: utgafa.ni.is/fjolrit/Fjolrit_55.pdf ).]</gco:CharacterString>
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