Species Use Database

Lion
Panthera leo

Used for Recreation and Monetary, Retaliatory in Zimbabwe

A. Species

Scientific name: Panthera leo

Common name(s): Lion

Global IUCN Red List Threat Status: Vulnerable


B. Location of use

Geographic location(s):

  • Zimbabwe

Country/Region:


C. Scale of assessment

Scale of assessment: Sub-national / Sub-region / Sub-State

Name/Details of location: Hwange National Park, Zimbabwe


D. Timescale of use

Start Year: 1999

End Year: 2012


E. Information about the use

How is the wild species sourced?: Wild species sourced from its natural habitat

Type of use: Extractive

Practice of use: Targeted fishing harvesting/exploiting or collecting wild aquatic resources

Lethal or non-lethal: Lethal

Does this use involve take/extraction of: Only parts or products of the organism

Purpose(s) of end use: Recreation and Monetary, Retaliatory

Motivation of use: Basic subsistence, Income generation from trade (individual/household/community) and Largescale commercial exploitation for trade

Is this use legal or illegal?: Some use is legal and some is illegal


F. Information about the Users

Which stakeholder(s) does the record primarily focus on?: Local people


G. Information about the sustainability of use

Is there evidence that the use is having an impact on the target species?: Wild species sourced from its natural habitat

Has an assessment (or judgement) of sustainability of the use of the target species from an ecological perspective been recorded?: No, sustainability not determined

Details of assessment carried out: CITES Livelihood Case Study findings

Brief summary on why the use has been assessed/judged to be sustainable or unsustainable: A project is being put in place that aims to make the use sustainable through the implementation of hunting quotas and monitoring, but as of the study it has yet to be implemented.

Has an assessment (or judgement) of sustainability of the use of the target species from an economic perspective been recorded?: not recorded

Details of assessment carried out: CITES Livelihood Case Study Findings

Has an assessment (or judgement) of sustainability of the use of the target species from a social perspective been recorded?: not recorded

Brief summary on why the use has been assessed/judged to be sustainable or unsustainable: While the record

Has an assessment (or judgement) of sustainability of the use of the target species from a human health perspective been recorded?: not recorded

Has an assessment (or judgement) of sustainability of the use of the target species from an animal health/welfare perspective been recorded?: not recorded


Recommendations provided in the record to maintain or enhance the sustainability of the use of the target species

Resource-limited antipoaching activities should prioritize wildlife-rich areas close to human settlement Managing human-wildlife conflict Implementing hunting quotas Rigorous monitoring


Record source

Information about the record source: formal_data_stats

Date of publication/issue/production: 2016-01-01T00:00:00+0000

Source Reference(s):

October 6th, 2016
Andrew J. Loveridge, Marion Valeix, Nicholas B. Elliot, David W. Macdonald

Date of record entry: 2024-07-24