{1922687A-899F-4FAB-B6B0-5E0FCD182C31}2004060810481100FALSE20040825161304002004082516171400Microsoft Windows 2000 Version 5.1 (Build 2600) Service Pack 1; ESRI ArcCatalog 8.2.0.700enTo provide the conservation community with a national scale polygon dataset for use in bird conservation planning.This layer represents *generalized* boundaries of Important Bird Areas (IBA) in Canada. IBAs, in Canada and elsewhere, are evaluated and designated on the basis of internationally criteria. The polygons contained in the dataset meet these criteria and are therefore deemed significant at the national, continental, or global level. In Canada, IBAs are not legally recognized entities and therefore do not have any regulatory status. Nevertheless, they are extremely useful for conservation planning for birds.
Polygon boundaries were digitized on-screen in ArcView GIS 3.2 by using NTDB 1:50K or 1:250K digital layers for reference. If NTDB coverage was not available (e.g., far north), the Digital Chart of the World (1:1M) was used. The boundaries of IBAs in this dataset are intentionally generalized to reflect the importance of the surrounding ecosystem on the values present within IBAs. For example, small islands supporting colonies of seabirds might be buffered by 1 or 2 km to form an IBA.
Boundaries for a very small minority of IBAs were available in paper form as part of IBA conservation plans that had been developed previously. In such cases, we visually estimated their boundaries against the NTDB or other base layers. Many IBAs are already recognized as other types of protected areas, e.g., National Wildlife Areas, National and Provincial Parks, Migratory Bird Sanctuaries, conservation reserves, and so on. In these cases, we used digital boundaries from other sources (e.g., WWF Canada's Designated Areas Database, Environment Canada's Canadian Conservation Areas Database) as reference points when digitizing IBA boundaries.
Please cite as follows: Bird Studies Canada and The Canadian Nature Federation. 2004. Important Bird Areas of Canada Database. Port Rowan, Ontario: Bird Studies Canada. To access the Canadian IBA directory: http://www.bsc-eoc.org/iba/ibasites.html. Full metadata for this layer: http://www.bsc-eoc.org/website/metadata/caniba_poly.xmlAndrew Couturier2004Important Bird Areas of Canada Databasecaniba_poly_g83_webvector digital dataKerrie Wilcox1.0Port Rowan, Ontario, CanadaBird Studies Canada and the Canadian Nature Federation\\GIS1\C$\ArcIMS\gisdata\caniba_poly_g83_web.shppublication date2004As needed-141.237629-52.66697778.10591341.671768-141.237629-52.66697741.67176878.105913NonebirdsconservationsitesIBABirdLifeCanadaNoneNone, but proper acknowledgement to Bird Studies Canada and the Canadian Nature Federation would be appreciated. See the citation details.ShapefileAndrew CouturierBird Studies CanadaGIS Analystmailing and physical addressP.O. Box 160Port RowanOntarioN0E 1M0Canada115 Front St.+01-519-586-3531+01-519-586-3532acouturier@bsc-eoc.orgMonday-Friday 0830-1700Email preferredBird Studies Canada gratefully acknowledges the financial support of the Canadian Information System for the Environment in the development of the IBA polygons. Canadian Important Bird Areas DatabaseAndrew CouturierKerrie Wilcox20041.0vector digital dataPort Rowan, Ontario, CanadaBird Studies Canada and the Canadian Nature FederationMicrosoft Windows 2000 Version 5.1 (Build 2600) Service Pack 1; ESRI ArcCatalog 8.2.0.700caniba_poly_g83_web-141.237629-52.66697778.10591341.6717681-141.237629-52.66697778.10591341.6717681enFGDC Content Standards for Digital Geospatial MetadataFGDC-STD-001-1998local timemailing and physical addressPort RowanOntarioN0E 1M0P.O. Box 160115 Front St.Canada+01-519-586-3531Andrew CouturierBird Studies CanadaGIS Analyst+01-519-586-3532acouturier@bsc-eoc.orgMonday-Friday 0830-1700Email preferred20040825NoneNonehttp://www.esri.com/metadata/esriprof80.htmlESRI Metadata ProfileISO 19115 Geographic Information - MetadataDIS_ESRI1.0datasetIBA Polygon Database2.4522.452NoneProspective users must email the distributor their request for the data along with a description of their project and how the data will be used. Finally, users must agree to not distribute the data to third parties and to acknowledge Bird Studies Canada and the Canadian Nature Federation in publications, reports, etc. in which the data are used. See the citation entry for details.2-3 daysP.O. Box 160mailing and physical address115 Front St.Port RowanOntarioN0E 1M0CanadaAndrew CouturierBird Studies CanadaGIS Analyst+01-519-586-3531+01-519-586-3532acouturier@bsc-eoc.orgMonday-Friday 0830-1700Email preferred002file://\\GIS1\C$\ArcIMS\gisdata\caniba_poly_g83_web.shpLocal Area Network2.452ShapefileVectorSimplePolygonFALSE550TRUEFALSEPolygons in this layer represent the generalized boundaries of IBAs.G-polygon550GCS_North_American_1983Decimal degrees0.0000010.000001North American Datum of 1983Geodetic Reference System 806378137.000000298.257222GCS_North_American_1983550caniba_poly_g83_webFeature Class550IBA polygon boundariesBird Studies CanadaFIDFIDOID400Internal feature number.ESRISequential unique whole numbers that are automatically generated.ShapeShapeGeometry000Feature geometry.ESRICoordinates defining the features.SITEIDSITEIDString6IBA Site IdentifierBird Studies Canada100 percentThe IBA Site Identifier is a static attribute that has been checked for accuracy by several individuals.None plannedNAMENAMEString50Name of the IBABird Studies Canada100 percentNone plannedLINKLINKString64Hyperlink to obtain more information about the featureBird Studies Canada100%Based on the static Site Identifier fieldNone planned20040825