The Bay of Vlorë ( Albanian : Gjiri i Vlorës , pronounced [ˈɟiɾi i ˈvlɔɾəs] ) is a large bay of the Adriatic Sea situated along the Albanian Adriatic Sea Coast on the Mediterranean Sea in Southern Europe . It opens to the sea in the northwest and is largely surrounded by the lagoon of Narta in the north, the city of Vlorë in the northeast, the mountains of the Ceraunians in the east and southeast, and the peninsula of Karaburun in the southwest and west.
12-558: The bay is categorized as an Important Bird and Plant Area by virtue of it provides excellent habitats for a vast array of bird and plant species. The Karaburun Peninsula , which stretches at the meetingpoint of the Adriatic and Ionian Sea , encompasses the western shoreline of the bay that is highly hilly and irregular in structure and is home to the Karaburun-Sazan Marine Park . In classical antiquity
24-481: A population of a species categorized by the IUCN Red List as Critically Endangered , Endangered or Vulnerable . In general, the regular presence of a Critical or Endangered species, irrespective of population size, at a site may be sufficient for a site to qualify as an IBA. For Vulnerable species, the presence of more than threshold numbers at a site is necessary to trigger selection. The site forms one of
36-429: A set selected to ensure that all restricted-range species of an Endemic Bird Area (EBA) or a Secondary Area (SA) are present in significant numbers in at least one site and preferably more. The site forms one of a set selected to ensure adequate representation of all species restricted to a given biome, both across the biome as a whole and for all of its species in each range state. The assessment by expert individuals
48-409: Is an area identified using an internationally agreed set of criteria as being globally important for the conservation of bird populations. IBA was developed and sites are identified by BirdLife International . There are over 13,000 IBAs worldwide. These sites are small enough to be entirely conserved and differ in their character, habitat or ornithological importance from the surrounding habitat. In
60-618: Is completely lacking. In 1985, following a specific request from the European Economic Community , Birdlife International drew up a list of sites to be protected as a matter of priority. In 1989, a repertoire of IBAs of Europe was released. At first the official name of this type of site was Important Bird Area , hence the acronym IBA, then at the BirdLife World Congress held in Canada in 2014 it
72-565: Is however not entirely reliable and a study in South America found that the coverage needed for at-risk bird conservation as chosen by computational algorithms rarely overlapped with IBAs and suggested that such methods should be used to complement expert driven IBA site choices. Birdlife International Too Many Requests If you report this error to the Wikimedia System Administrators, please include
84-789: The University of Vlora in the last few years. The southwestern end of the Bay, at the naval base of Pashaliman , has been used as a harbor since antiquity. The city was called Oricum . During the Cold War , it was temporarily a Soviet naval base, the only one in the Mediterranean sea . This article about a specific location in Vlorë County , Albania, is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Important Bird Area An Important Bird and Biodiversity Area ( IBA )
96-657: The Bay of Vlorë constituted the southern limit of the Illyrian coast. The Bay is delimited by the mountainous area of the Karaburun Peninsula (ancient Akrokeraunia ) to the southwest and the Ceraunian Mountains to the south, which represented a natural frontier separating Illyria from Epirus . The coastal area of the Bay was settled by Ancient Greek colonists , who traditionally founded Oricum , Thronion and Aulon . Illyrians were found in
108-650: The Bay of Vlorë from Brundusium across the Adriatic, in order to carry on the Civil War against Pompey in Illyricum and the oncoming Battle of Dyrrhachium on 10 July 48 BC. Ptolemy mentions Aulon ( Vlorë ), locating it in Taulantian territory. In one account, 18 ships full of merchandise have sunk in the Bay. Studying the Bay of Vlorë, it has been one of the main projects of the navigation department of
120-550: The United States the program is administered by the National Audubon Society . Often IBAs form part of a country's existing protected area network, and so are protected under national legislation. Legal recognition and protection of IBAs that are not within existing protected areas varies within different countries. Some countries have a National IBA Conservation Strategy, whereas in others protection
132-634: The hinterland of the Bay. The area at the foot of the Akrokeraunian Mountains including the Dukat plain in the south of the Bay was inhabited by the southernmost Illyrians, while Chaones and their territory, Chaonia , were located to the south of the Akrokeraunia. In Roman times , the region was a significant place and was the scene, for example, of some of Caesar's battles. It has been suggested that Julius Caesar landed inside
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#1732779762849144-408: Was decided to adopt the name Important Bird and Biodiversity Area , without changing the acronym. IBAs are determined by an internationally agreed set of criteria. Specific IBA thresholds are set by regional and national governing organizations. To be listed as an IBA, a site must satisfy at least one of the following rating criteria: The site qualifies if it is known, estimated or thought to hold
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