REGIONAL LION CONSERVATION STRATEGY FOR WEST AND CENTRAL AFRICA
STRATEGIE DE CONSERVATION DU LION EN AFRIQUE DE L'OUEST ET CENTRAL (PDF)
CONSERVATION STRATEGY FOR THE LION IN WEST AND CENTRAL AFRICA (PDF)
AFRICAN LION CONSERVATION STRATEGIES
Nowell, K., Hunter, L. and Bauer, H. 2006. African Lion Conservation Strategies. Cat News 44: 14.
Hunter, L. 2006. The vanishing lion. Wildlife Conservation November/December: 32-38.
ABOUT THE AFRICAN LION CONSERVATION WORKSHOPS
Lion workshop description document (English) (900 KB)
IUCN ROSA's March 2006 final project report on the African Lion Conservation Workshops
First workshop for the regions of West and Central Africa: Douala, Cameroon, October 2005
Technical session 2-4 October 2005 Agenda (English) Participants List
Strategic planning session 5-7 October 2005 Agenda (English) Programme (Français) Participants List
Workshop Final Communiqué: English French
Won Wa Musiti, B., Garreau, J.-M., Nuopa, P., Sogbohossou, E., Fondjo, T. and
H. Bauer. 2006. ATELIER
SUR LA CONSERVATION DU LION EN AFRIQUE CENTRALE ET DE L'OUEST. Rapport d'UICN-BRAC,
Yaounde, Cameroun.
BACKGROUND PAPERS FOR THE WORKSHOP
STATUS AND DISTRIBUTION OF THE LION (Panthera leo) IN WEST AND CENTRAL AFRICA. By Hans Bauer, Philippe Chardonnet, Kristin Nowell and William Crosmary. 1 MB. English.
STATUT ET DISTRIBUTION DU LION (Panthera leo) EN AFRIQUE DE L'OUEST ET EN AFRIQUE CENTRALE. Par Hans Bauer, Philippe Chardonnet, Kristin Nowell, et William Crosmary. 1 MB Francais.
DIRECT AND INDIRECT INFLUENCES ON LION CONSERVATION
IN WEST AND CENTRAL AFRICA.
DRAFT. By Philippe Chardonnet, William Crosmary, Urbain Belemsobgo, Denis
Koulagna, and Kristin Nowell.(2.6 MB)
INFLUENCES DIRECTES ET INDIRECTES SUR LA CONSERVATION DU LION EN AFRIQUE DE l'OUEST ET EN AFRIQUE CENTRALE. FINAL. Par Philippe Chardonnet, William Crosmary, Urbain Belemsobgo, Denis Koulagna, and Kristin Nowell (2.6 MB)
ARTICLES ABOUT THE WORKSHOP
Species Survival Commission e-Bulletin
OTHER RECOMMENDED READING
Bauer, H., 2003. Lion Conservation in West an Central Africa. Integrating Social and Natural Science for Wildlife Conflict Resolution around Waza National Park Cameroon. (3.5 MB)
Bauer, H., DeIongh, H.H., Princee, F. and D. Ngantou. 2001. Status and conservation needs of the lion in West and Central Africa. Proceedings of an information exchange workshop, Limbe, Cameroon, June 2001. Conservation Breeding Specialist Group and African Lion Working Group. In english and French.
Bauer, H. and Nowell, K. 2004. Endangered classification for West African Lions. Cat News 41: 35-36
Bauer, H. and Van Der Merwe, S. 2004. Inventory of free-ranging lions P. leo in Africa. Oryx 38(1): 26-31.
Brugiere, D., Badjinka, I., Silva, C., Serra, A. and Barry, M. 2005. Distribution and status of lions and leopards in southern Guinea-Bissau and western Guinea, West Africa. Cat News 43: 13-17..
Chardonnet, Ph. 2002. Conservation of the African lion: Contribution to a status survey. International Foundation for the Conservation of Wildlife, France and Conservation Force, USA.
Ferreras, P. and Cousins, S.H. 1996. The use of a Delphi technique with GIS for estimating the global abundance of top predators: The lion in Africa. Unpublished report, International EcoTechnology Research Centre, Cranfield University, UK. (3.7 MB)
Sanderson, E. et al. 2002. Planning to save a species: the jaguar as a model. Conservation Biology 16(1): 58-72. (1 MB)
IUCN SSC African Elephant Specialist Group. 2003. Strategy for the conservation of West African Elephants.
UICN SSC Groupe des Specialistes d'Elephant d'Afrique. Strategie pour la conservation des elephants d'Afrique Occidentale.
IUCN SSC Cat Specialist Group. Lion, Panthera leo. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species.
ADDITIONAL RESOURCES
IUCN SSC Cat Specialist Group website
African Lion Working Group website