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Existing legislation & programmesIPAs and Key Biodiversity Areas: Birds, Butterflies, Dragonflies,and Herpetological SpeciesContextThe Important Bird Areas (IBA) project of BirdLife International has been a greatsuccess in Europe and other parts of the world. It has not only provided a list of prioritysites for bird conservation, but has also united a network of specialists, prompted legaland policy change at the highest level, and involved a range of stakeholders in groundlevelconservation.The Important Biodiversity Areas Forum held in Wageningen, theNetherlands, brings together representatives from the different groups and ensures thatthere is exchange of information on methodology, experience and progress.Progress so farBird Areas: 3619 sites in EuropePlant Areas: 788 sites in Europe in seven countries and preliminary projects or interest inmany countries in EuropeButterfly Areas: 433 PBAs in thirty-seven countries in EuropeDragonfly Areas: project in progressHerpetological Areas: project in progressReferencesEken, G. et al, 2004, Key Biodiversity Areasas Site Conservation Targets. BioScience,December 2004,Vol. 54, No. 12, pp. 1110-1118Heath, M.F. & Evans, M.I. 2000, ImportantBird Areas in Europe. Birdlife International(www.birdlife.org)Key Biodiversity Areas leaflet(www.sifiryokolus.org/pdf/key_biodiversity_areas.pdf)Van Swaay, C. & Warren, M. 2003, PrimeButterfly Areas in Europe. Dutch ButterflyConservation (www.vlinderstichting.nl)Butterfly Conservation (www.butterflyconservation.org)Key Biodiversity Areas (KBAs)IPAs, IBAs, PBAs, IDAs and IHAs all contribute to the emerging concept of keybiodiversity areas being developed by Birdlife International and ConservationInternational, which aims to be applicable to all major groups of taxa and to identify sitesimportant for all biodiversity.DANA TURONOVA97