Lake Manpo and Lake Bonpo Important Bird Area

Nature reserve in North Korea

The Lake Manpo and Lake Bonpo Important Bird Area lies within the Rason Special Economic Zone on the coast of north-eastern North Korea, close to its borders with both China and Russia. The 5880 ha site comprises the freshwater lakes, which lie about 3 km apart, and encompasses the 3200 ha Lake Manpo and Lake Bonpo Protected Area. It has been identified by BirdLife International as an Important Bird Area (IBA) because it supports populations of various water- and wetland birds including swan geese, greater white-fronted geese, whooper swans, Oriental storks, white-naped cranes and red-crowned cranes. It is threatened by planned aquacultural development.

References

"Lake Manpo and Lake Bonpo". Important Bird Areas factsheet. BirdLife International. 2013. Retrieved 2013-05-05.

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Amrok River estuary Anbyon Field Batoggisem, Dansem and Zamori Islands Chongchon River Chongdan Field Daedong Bay Dok-do Kangryong Field Kumya Bay Lake Bujon Lake Kwangpo Lakes Manpo and Bonpo Lake Rangrim Lake Samilpo Lakes Tungjong and Chonapo Mayang Reservoir Mount Chilbo Mount Kumgang Mount Kuwol Mount Myohyang Mount Oga Mount Paekdu Oksem, Dongsolbatsem, Sesolbatsem and Namsolbatsem Islands Onchon Field Ongjin Bay Orangchon River estuary Panmun Field Rab-do and Muki-do Islands Ryonghung Gang estuary Sogam-do, Daegam-do, Zung-do, Ae-do and Hyengzedo Islands Taedong River estuary Unmu-do Unryul Kumsanpo

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