Lions
WHS where lions live in the wild. The lion population has to be still present, also after the inscription of the park as a WHS. Describe sublocation where they can be found and indication of numbers.
Connected Sites
| Site | Rationale | Link |
| Kenya Lake System | Lake Nakuru NP: 18-22 individuals in 2017 (see link) | |
| Mana Pools | Estimate of of 67 adult and sub-adult lions (2008-2011) | |
| Mapungubwe | "Within the area of the Greater Mapungubwe Transfrontier Conservation Area (GMTFCA) there are approximately 70 free roaming lions." | |
| Mount Kenya | Lewa Wildlife Conservancy : "There are currently 44 lions acros the Lewa-Borana Landscape." | |
| Ngorongoro | "Studied almost continuously since 1963, it is the best-known, best-studied lion population in the world." and "By April 2022 there are four prides and a total of 45 lions in the Ndutu region (not including visiting groups and nomads)."(see link) | |
| Niokolo-Koba National Park | Not enough data for estimation of Lion population, but "93 observations involving 253 lion sightings were made by NKNP guides and their clients over a period of four and a half years in the central tourist area of the Park which represents about 3% of the total area of NKNP." (see link) | |
| Okavango Delta | Large numbers and they can swim. The nom file reports several hundred from an aerial survey. More background is in the link. | |
| Selous Game Reserve | "It is estimated that there are close to 1,700 to 6,900 Lions in Nyerere National Park and surrounding Selous Game Reserve." | |
| Serengeti | "Serengeti National Park forms a Lion Conservation Unit since 2005 together with Maasai Mara National Reserve.[10] More than 3,000 lions live in this ecosystem." (wiki) | |
| Victoria Falls | In Zambezi NP: rare | |
| Virunga National Park | Tree-climbing ones. Once there were 100, a few seem to have returned to the Ishasha Valley (no recent data available). | |
| W-Arly-Pendjari Complex | Pendjari NP: 70-100 | |
| iSimangaliso Wetland Park | uMkhuze section: reintroduced in 2013, now there are about 16 specimens (2022) | |
| ǂKhomani Cultural Landscape | "A report compiled in 2015 .. estimated that the national population of lions stood at around 3,500 individuals, with approximately ... 750 in the Kgalagadi." (see link) |
Suggestions?
Do you know of another WHS we could connect to Lions?
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- Not be "self evident"
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