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| Kasiki, S.; Hamunyela, E. | |
| CITES periodic review of the status of African lion across its range | |
| 2014 Full Book | |
At its 25th meeting in July 2011, the CITES Animals Committee approved the inclusion of African lion (_Panthera leo_) in the Periodic Review and agreed that this Review should be conducted expeditiously. Kenya and Namibia volunteered and were accepted to conduct this Periodic Review by the 26th meeting of the CITES Animals Committee (March 2012). In accordance with Resolution Conf 14.8, on Periodic Review of the Appendices, Kenya and Namibia requested input from range States and other stakeholders regarding African lions. A call for information was sent out to all range States for the African lion on 27 October 2011 with set timelines for the production of the consolidated report. The request for information was directed to the CITES Management Authorities as contacts of the range States and to the African lion experts known to have studied the species in its range. Specifically, range States were requested to send in electronically, their reports to Dr. Samuel Kasiki (Kenya) and Ms. Elly Hamunyela (Namibia), on the status of their respective national populations by 27 December 2011 following which, received information would be compiled and shared with the range States for any further input and validation before submission to the Animals Committee. A questionnaire was used to guide in the presentation of the requested information. At the time of compiling this report, responses for information had been received from fifteen (15) range States namely: Benin, Central Africa Republic, Cote d'Ivoire, Gabon, Kenya, Malawi, Mozambique, Nigeria, Namibia, Rwanda, South Africa, South Sudan, United Republic of Tanzania, Zambia and Zimbabwe. Information provided is presented detailing the source and range State that information relates to with respect to the status of the species as requested in the questionnaire sent out to range States. |
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