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):
Andrew J. Loveridge, Marion Valeix, Nicholas B. Elliot, David W. Macdonald
Date of record entry: 2024-07-24