Africa Needs Lions
The challenges facing lions can most effectively be met by uniting community and policy makers with conservation managers, researchers and business leaders. In doing so we can make the best decisions for Africa’s people, its environment and its wildlife.
Charity information: African Lion & Environmental Research Trust
African lion populations might still exist in theoretical numbers to support their conservation status as “vulnerable” by IUCN standards. But analyses of population structure, geographical fragmentation, risks from inbreeding depression and subsequent loss of evolutionary potential, and probable/actual disease threats, provide many additional causes of concern for the long-term viability of this species.
ALERT, while supporting international recommendations, will also be a demanding proponent for relevant African solutions. After all, it is our wildlife heritage, our need to protect and conserve, and our solutions that will be relevant to how African wildlife populations are responsibly managed in the future.
We are convinced this is the only positive way forward.
Work with African lion range states towards sound conservation management
Activities» carefully assess their commitment to the survival of the African lion balancing human population demands against wildlife conservation needs
» decide where to conserve lion populations with designated buffer zones or fences to provide secondary levels of protection
» monitoring the numbers of lions within their borders
» committed to locally relevant lion conservation programs and report on the objectives, methods and effectiveness of such actions in a transparent way
Demonstrable commitment to lion conservation through e.g. the development of national lion strategies
By means of a responsible development approach we aim to realize the species’ potential to provide substantial social, cultural, ecological and economic benefits.
Lack of funding to facilitate discussions with stakeholders and to develop location specific management strategies
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Budget - Project Cost: £500,000Loading graph....
Amount Heading Description £100,000 Malawi Kusungu National Park carnivore program £100,000 Kenya Masai Mara carnivore program £100,000 Zambia Nsumbu National Park carnivore program £100,000 Ethiopia Awash National Park carnivore program £100,000 Ghana Mole National Park carnivore program
We believe that the challenges facing Africa can most effectively be met by uniting community and policy makers with conservation managers, researchers and business leaders. In doing so we can make the best decisions for Africa’s people, its environment and its wildlife.
In most cases the challenges facing Africa’s wildlife and its people are too great and too complex, and they require too many resources, for any one organization to address.
By acting collectively the stakeholders of Africa can combine expertise, knowledge and funding to generate real, long-lasting, cost efficient and responsible solutions that are reflected in policy of national governments all the way through the structure of society to the actions of the individual.
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ALERT takes a holistic approach to conservation