Map of the Kavango Zambezi Transfrontier Conservation Area (KAZA)


ecosystems, and where you find lions you frequently find parrots. Furthermore, lions are of immense value for successful ecotourism in Africa, which can bring socio-economic benefits that outweigh any disadvantages to African people. In crude terms, a living lion is worth more than a dead one. However, all is not well with lions in


today’s world. Lions are potentially dangerous to humans, and the conflict which has existed for millennia has seen the progressive shrinking of their geographical distribution globally. In more recent times in Africa, ever more people converting more land for agriculture and other activities has increased the pressure on lion populations. A once widespread and


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common species is now under serious threat. Lions have vanished from more than 80% of their historic distribution, the population in Africa has undergone a reduction of approximately 45% over the past 25 years to 2018, and the total wild lion population is currently estimated to be as low as 23,000 mature individuals. This situation has led the Loro Parque


Fundación (LPF) to support a concerted effort to ensure that the lion never joins the ranks of extinct species. Helping to safeguard the natural integrity of large areas for lions can improve the protection of a cascade of other species, including parrots of course. The LPF has teamed-up with other organisations to obtain the information essential for wildlife managers to understand the distribution,


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