The KBA Global Standard was developed by the International Union for Conservation of Nature, and provides criteria to identify Key Biodiversity Areas.

Adapted from the Global KBA Standard, the equally rigorous and quantitative National Standard allows us to comprehensively include Canadian conservation priorities in our work, such as species and ecosystems at risk in Canada that aren’t threatened globally. A French translation of the National Standard will be made available soon.

The KBA Guidelines were developed to help users apply the KBA criteria. These guidelines explain the key terms in each of the criteria, and how to measure the criteria using different assessment parameters.

This one-page PDF provides the relevant background information for Key Biodiversity Areas and describes the work plan for the identification of KBAs in Canada.