This page contains a library of conservation strategies and plans related to African lion conservation and may help to guide managers and decision makers when researching existing policies and planning future conservation strategies. The links included contain downloadable PDFs and reports, with each document tagged by country.
A link to the Strategic Guidelines for Lion Conservation in Africa will be published here as soon as the document is developed by a working group coordinated by the Cat Specialist Group, involving members from lion Range States and experts.
More information on previous and existing lion conservation strategies and plans can be found in the Cat Specialist Group library.
CMS
Decisions 13.88 to 13.91 - Conservation and Management of the African Lion (Panthera leo)
Decisions 13.86 to 13.87 - Joint CITES-CMS- African Carnivores Initiative
Resolution 13.4 Joint CITES-CMS African Carnivores Initiative
CITES
Decisions 19.205 to 19.210 African lions (Panthera leo)
African Lion Range State Meeting
© Jacques-André Dupont
Regional Lion Conservation Strategies
The Conservation Strategies and Action Plans which follow the IUCN guidelines (as stated in the Strategic planning for Species Conservation) and the guidance of the Cat SG are marked with an asterisk.
Spatially Explicit Conservation Action Plan for the Northern Lion in Central and West Africa (SECAP) (2023 English / French)*
Review of Lion Conservation Strategies (2015)
Conservation strategy for Eastern and Southern Africa (2006)*
Conservation strategy for West and Central Africa (2006)*
Conservation strategy for West and Central Africa (2006) (French)*
National Action Plans
Benin
Conservation Action Plan (2014) (French)
Cameroon
Conservation Action Plan (2007) (French)
Ethiopia
National Action plan (2012)
Kenya
Lion and hyena conservation planning*
Mozambique
Conservation Strategy and Action Plan (2010)
National Action Plan for the Conservation of the African Lion (Panthera leo leo) in Mozambique (2016)
Namibia
Human-lion conflict management plan for north west Namibia (2016)
South Africa
Management plan for the African lion (2015)
Tanzania
Proceedings of the first Tanzanian Conservation Action plan (2007) © Vanessa Mignon
Conservation Action plan (2009)
Zambia
Conservation strategy and Action Plan (2009)
Zimbabwe