Lubomia [luˈbɔmja] is a village and the seat of Gmina Lubomia , Wodzisław County , Silesian Voivodeship , southern Poland near the Czech border. It lies approximately 12 kilometres (7 mi) west of Wodzisław Śląski and 56 km (35 mi) south-west of the regional capital Katowice .
7-586: Within its borders, it contains the Wielikąt Nature Reserve, an Important Bird Area , as well as part of the Natura 2000 Network. The earliest signs of settlement in the area come from the neolithic period. Between the 7th and 9th Centuries, there appeared to exist a village, a gord and other traces of the Golensizi tribe. The tribe abandoned the gord around 874-855. Lubomia was first mentioned in 1303,
14-509: 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 is completely lacking. In 1985, following a specific request from the European Economic Community , Birdlife International drew up
21-662: 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 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,
28-495: A site must satisfy at least one of the following rating criteria: The site qualifies if it is known, estimated or thought to hold 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,
35-537: 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 the United States the program is administered by the National Audubon Society . Often IBAs form part of
42-407: The presence of more than threshold numbers at a site is necessary to trigger selection. The site forms one of 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
49-482: Was owned by the Reiswitz Noble Family from 1572 onwards, then got sold to Prince Karl Franz Leopold Bernhard Lichnowsky in 1730. This Wodzisław County location article is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Important Bird Area An Important Bird and Biodiversity Area ( IBA ) is an area identified using an internationally agreed set of criteria as being globally important for
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