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2.5 Existing strategies and need for additional transboundary strategies (Chapters 3 & 4)

Christine Breitenmoser-Würsten

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First Range State Meeting of the Joint CMS-CITES African Carnivores Initiative (ACI) 5-8 November, Bonn, Germany

First Range State Meeting of the Joint CMS-CITES African Carnivores Initiative (ACI) 5-8 November, Bonn, Germany

Objective 1. To conserve current populations of free ranging African lions;

Objective 2. To conserve current lion habitat and prey base;

Objective 3. To minimise human-lion conflict;

Objective 4. To equitably distribute the costs and benefits of long-term lion management;

Objective 5. To have global, regional and national policies and legal frameworks provide for lion conservation and associated socio-economic benefits;

Objective 6. To promote institutional strengthening towards an enabling environment for lion conservation;

Objective 7. To minimize illegal trade in lion bones and body parts.

Table 3.2.1. Countries with National Action Plans for lions or other strategic planning documents that

consider lions.

Country Scope Year Remarks

Benin Lion 2014

Cameroon Lion 2007

Ethiopia Lion 2012

Guinea Large carnivores ?

Kenya Lion & spotted hyaena 2009 Revision in process (2018)

Mozambique Lion 2010 Revision in 2016

Namibia Lion 2008 Draft, not endorsed by government

Rwanda Biodiversity 2016 No specific actions for lions

South Africa Lion 2015

Tanzania Lion & leopard 2006 Part of the 2009 Tanzania Carnivore Conservation Action Plan

Uganda Large carnivores 2012

Zambia Lion 2009

Zimbabwe Lion 2006 Revision workshop planned for late 2018

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Any other NAPs in the near future?

First Range State Meeting of the Joint CMS-CITES African Carnivores Initiative (ACI) 5-8 November, Bonn, Germany

Transboundary populations: 23 in CMS lion proposal

KAZA

WAP

and 7 additional ones with potential

Large Carnivore Conservation Strategy for KAZA (publication coming soon)

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18 site-based priority projects

(i) Carnivore populations and their prey are stable or growing in key habitats; (ii) Connectivity pathways among key habitats are active and secured; and (iii) Communities are empowered as active conservation and business players and partners in securing populations of carnivores and their prey.

First Range State Meeting of the Joint CMS-CITES African Carnivores Initiative (ACI) 5-8 November, Bonn, Germany

First Range State Meeting of the Joint CMS-CITES African Carnivores Initiative (ACI) 5-8 November, Bonn, Germany

W-Arly-Pendjari Transboundary Biosphere Reserve (WAP)

Plan d’Action pour la Conservation des Grands Carnivores au niveau du complexe WAPO

First Range State Meeting of the Joint CMS-CITES African Carnivores Initiative (ACI) 5-8 November, Bonn, Germany

Transboundary populations: 23 in CMS lion proposal and 7 additional ones with potential

Is there a need for more planning for transboundary populations?