The Secretariat shall:
a) Subject to external funding and in collaboration with African Lion Range States, and the International Union for the Conservation of Nature (IUCN), and on matters falling within the remit of CMS, collaborate with the Secretariat of the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES) to:
i. Investigate possible mechanisms to develop and support the implementation of joint lion conservation plans and strategies, taking into consideration existing lion conservation plans and strategies;
ii. Develop an inventory of African Lion populations across its range, taking due consideration of existing inventories developed by African Lion Range States;
iii. Support the development of relevant databases by African Lion Range States;
iv. Develop strategies to reinforce international cooperation on the management of Lions;
v. Undertake a comparative study of Lion population trends and conservation and management practices, such as lion hunting, within and between countries, including the role, if any, of international trade;
vi. Support capacity-building in Lion conservation and management, including where appropriate, the making of nondetriment findings where a Range State requests it;
vii. Support public awareness raising as well as education programmes in African Lion Range States, in order to support coexistence between humans and lions and to promote measures for the conservation and recovery of African Lion populations;
viii. Promote fundraising, as part of its overall fundraising initiatives, to support the effective implementation of conservation and management plans and strategies for African Lion;
ix. Consult with the CITES Secretariat on developing a joint web portal to permit, amongst other things, the posting and sharing of information regarding conservation and management of African Lions; and
b) Report to the Standing Committee at its 48th and 49th meetings on the implementation of the above Decisions.