Key Biodiversity Areas (KBA) are 'sites contributing significantly to the global persistence of biodiversity’, in terrestrial, freshwater and marine ecosystems. The Global Standard for the Identification of Key Biodiversity Areas (IUCN 2016) sets out globally agreed criteria for the identification of KBAs worldwide.

• Source/link:
  View web page
• Unit:
  km2 and %
• Data type:
  Statistics
• Geographical scope:
  Global (~13 world regions)
• Frequency of data aggregation:
  NA
• Time coverage (from year):
  2015
• Time coverage (to year):
  2015
• Available for download in xls/csv:
  NO
• Can be disclosed in other formats:
  YES
• Interactive map/graph available:
  YES