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| Sanderson, E.W. | |
| A Comparison of Range-Wide Priorities for Large Cat Conservation | |
| 2007 Conference Proceeding | |
Range-wide priority-setting is one mechanism for assessing the range-wide condition of felid species and working toward consensus on their conservation. The Wildlife Conservation Society, in collaboration with a wide variety of partners and cooperating specialists, has conducted rangewide priority-setting exercises recently for three of the world's large cats: jaguars (1999), lions (2005-2006), and tigers (2005-2006). These exercises document range-wide collapses in all three species over the last 100+ years, with range declines from 50% (jaguars), 80% (lions) to more than 90% (tigers), but also show that there are still robust populations, representative of diverse ecological settings, where conservation efforts can assure long-term survival. The status of these species and the variety of approaches which can be brought to their conservation highlights general trends in tropical conservation in Latin America, Africa and Asia; however, where for all these species, their existence depends on conservation efforts that reduce human-caused mortality and protect the prey base. This approach is applicable to many wide-ranging felid species including cheetahs (currently) and snow leopards (near future). |
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