The Directory of 150 North American IBAs presents the initial
results of the North American Important Bird Areas (IBA) program that
were supported by the Commission for Environmental Cooperation (CEC).
The IBA initiative is a program of BirdLife International, a global
partnership of non-governmental conservation organizations. In North
America the IBA program has been developed by Consejo Internacional
para la Preservación de las Aves-Sección México (CIPAMEX) in
Mexico, The National Audubon Society and American Bird Conservancy in
the United States, and Bird Studies Canada and the Canadian Nature
Federation in Canada. With the Canadian IBA program, Bird Studies
Canada has the lead responsibility for site identification and field
research activities, while the Canadian Nature Federation has the lead
responsibility for site conservation and advocacy. The 50 Canadian
IBAs presented in this publication represent the first sites that were
completed. Site summaries for an additional 150 Canadian IBAs can be
viewed on the Canadian
electronic IBA directory.
For an electronic version of the CEC publication North American
Important Bird Areas: A Directory of 150 Key Conservation Sites click
here.
