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Section 4Summary of IPA data inseven partner countriesNumber and area of IPAs796 IPAs, covering a total area of 14,739,174 hectares, have been identified in theseven partner countries to date .Belarus Czech Estonia Poland Romania Slovakia SloveniaRepublicNo of IPAs 10 75 108 116 276 154 57Area of IPAs (ha) 698,330 154, 569 274,690 2,547,119 340,486 546,980 10,177,000The area range for IPAs is:• Up to 100 ha = 281 IPAs• >100 and < 1000 ha = 207 IPAs• >1000 and < 10,000 ha = 148 IPAs• >10,000 and < 100,000 = 111 IPAs• >100,000 = 43 IPAsMost countries have developed a mixture of larger mosaic IPAs to include particularspecies or habitats. In Slovenia, all the smaller IPAs have been amalgamated to create 57large IPAs, which contain zones of particular features or groups of features, as well aszones for other land uses.Qualifying criteria for IPA selectionIPAs can be identified for one qualifying feature, however the majority of IPAs haveseveral qualifying features. For example, in Slovakia the Slovensky Kras IPA has 64qualifying species and habitats, in Romania the Tinovul Lucs IPA has 55 qualifying speciesand habitats, and in the Czech Republic the Boletice IPA has 49 qualifying features.The following IPAs were identified under Criterion A, threatened species.There were atotal of 3846 records of Criterion A species in all the IPAs.The sources for Criterion Aare given in Section 2 on methodology.IPAs with Criterion A threatened speciesTotalCzechIPAs Belarus Republic Estonia Poland Romania Slovakia SloveniaA 641 9 64 86 100 208 127 44Ai 98 0 6 0 10 42 38 2Aii 544 9 47 85 98 164 97 44Aiii 141 0 8 0 2 95 35 1Aiv 203 0 19 1 0 107 73 0HD 454 9 42 83 96 91 92 41BC 465 9 35 78 90 160 54 39Bryophytes 86 7 8 28 13 19 11 0Lichens 24 1 0 1 0 6 16 0Fungi 20 0 3 7 0 10 0 024[Ai = global threat;Aii = European threat;Aiii = threatened endemic;Aiv = threatened near endemic/limited range;HD = Habitats Directive species; BC = Bern Convention species]