More than $1 billion needed annually to secure Africa's protected areas with lions
Autor: | Amy Dickman, Philipp Henschel, Luke T. B. Hunter, Lauren Coad, Hugo W. Van Zyl, Andrew J. Loveridge, Michael V. Flyman, Jennifer R. B. Miller, David W. Macdonald, Peter A. Lindsey, Roseline L. Mandisodza-Chikerema, Kathryn Knights, Lisanne S. Petracca, Andrew J. Plumptre, Paul J. Funston, Kathleen H. Fitzgerald, Samuel Kasiki, Sean Nazerali, Riko Stevens |
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Rok vydání: | 2018 |
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Lions
0106 biological sciences Conservation of Natural Resources Models Statistical Multidisciplinary biology 010604 marine biology & hydrobiology Datasets as Topic International community 010603 evolutionary biology 01 natural sciences Economic benefits Proxy (climate) Ecosystem services Geography PNAS Plus biology.animal Africa Animals Panthera Socioeconomics Ecosystem |
Popis: | Protected areas (PAs) play an important role in conserving biodiversity and providing ecosystem services, yet their effectiveness is undermined by funding shortfalls. Using lions (Panthera leo) as a proxy for PA health, we assessed available funding relative to budget requirements for PAs in Africa’s savannahs. We compiled a dataset of 2015 funding for 282 state-owned PAs with lions. We applied three methods to estimate the minimum funding required for effective conservation of lions, and calculated deficits. We estimated minimum required funding as $978/km(2) per year based on the cost of effectively managing lions in nine reserves by the African Parks Network; $1,271/km(2) based on modeled costs of managing lions at ≥50% carrying capacity across diverse conditions in 115 PAs; and $2,030/km(2) based on Packer et al.’s [Packer et al. (2013) Ecol Lett 16:635–641] cost of managing lions in 22 unfenced PAs. PAs with lions require a total of $1.2 to $2.4 billion annually, or ∼$1,000 to 2,000/km(2), yet received only $381 million annually, or a median of $200/km(2). Ninety-six percent of range countries had funding deficits in at least one PA, with 88 to 94% of PAs with lions funded insufficiently. In funding-deficit PAs, available funding satisfied just 10 to 20% of PA requirements on average, and deficits total $0.9 to $2.1 billion. African governments and the international community need to increase the funding available for management by three to six times if PAs are to effectively conserve lions and other species and provide vital ecological and economic benefits to neighboring communities. |
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