Connecticut Projects

Important Bird Areas (IBAs) in CT

Our Goals
Identify habitats that will protect sustainable populations of birds.
What We鈥檙e Doing
Ensuring that IBAs are protected and stewarded as healthy places for birds to nest, forage, and rest.

约炮视频's Important Bird Areas (IBA) Program is a global effort to identify and protect habitats that will protect sustainable populations of birds. The IBA Program is built around an adaptable, science-based blueprint that allows 约炮视频 and other conservation partners to make sound conservation decisions in the face of considerable uncertainty from the changing climate, the economy, and gaps in our knowledge of the abundance and distribution of our highest priority species.

Connecticut's IBA Program strives to complement the conservation programs of our state, federal, and nonprofit partners. By connecting people with nature, working with land stewards to develop conservation strategies, and supporting the implementation of these plans at a local level, the IBA Program fills an important niche in statewide conservation efforts by working to protect areas that aren't easily protected under other conservation programs.

The IBA program is overseen by BirdLife International, with 约炮视频 as the partner designate in the United States, and has become a key component of many bird conservation efforts, including, Partners in Flight, North American Waterbird Conservation Plan, and the U.S. Shorebird Conservation Plan.