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WDKBA: World Database of Key Biodiversity Areas (KBAs) - March 2026
**If you are interested in accessing the KBA dataset please complete the [KBA data request form](https://www.keybiodiversityareas.org/request-gis-data) which will allow access directly in GEE once approved.** Key Biodiversity Areas (KBAs) are 'sites contributing significantly to the global persistence of biodiversity’, in terrestrial, freshwater and marine ecosystems. Sites can be identified as KBAs if they meet at least one of the KBA criteria set out in the KBA Standard (IUCN, 2016) for threat
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Licence: proprietary
Evidence quality: 22
Listed in gee public catalogue API on 2026-10-16; relevance/value screened (haiku).
Metadata checked: 2026-10-14T13:20:00.000Z
Evidence
- ee.FeatureCollection('projects/ee-kbas-in-gee/assets/current')
- https://developers.google.com/earth-engine/datasets/catalog/projects_ee-kbas-in-gee_assets_current
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