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dc.contributor.authorLindsey, PA
dc.contributor.authorMiller, JRB
dc.contributor.authorPetracca, LS
dc.contributor.authorCoad, L
dc.contributor.authorDIckman, AJ
dc.contributor.authorFitzgerald, KH
dc.contributor.authorFlyman, MV
dc.contributor.authorFunston, PJ
dc.contributor.authorHenschel, P
dc.contributor.authorKasiki, S
dc.contributor.authorKnights, K
dc.contributor.authorLoveridge, AJ
dc.contributor.authorMacDonald, DW
dc.contributor.authorMandisodza-Chikerema, RL
dc.contributor.authorNazerali, S
dc.contributor.authorPlumptre, AJ
dc.contributor.authorStevens, R
dc.contributor.authorVan Zyl, HW
dc.contributor.authorHunter, LTB
dc.date.accessioned2019-07-04T12:42:01Z
dc.date.available2019-07-04T12:42:01Z
dc.date.issued2018
dc.identifier.issn0027-8424
dc.identifier.doi10.1073/pnas.1805048115
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10072/382369
dc.description.abstractProtected 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/km2 per year based on the cost of effectively managing lions in nine reserves by the African Parks Network; $1,271/km2 based on modeled costs of managing lions at ≥50% carrying capacity across diverse conditions in 115 PAs; and $2,030/km2 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/km2, yet received only $381 million annually, or a median of $200/km2. 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.
dc.description.peerreviewedYes
dc.languageEnglish
dc.language.isoeng
dc.publisherNational Academy of Sciences
dc.publisher.placeUnited States
dc.relation.ispartofpagefromE10788
dc.relation.ispartofpagetoE10796
dc.relation.ispartofissue45
dc.relation.ispartofjournalProceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America
dc.relation.ispartofvolume115
dc.subject.fieldofresearchZoology not elsewhere classified
dc.subject.fieldofresearchcode310999
dc.titleMore than $1 billion needed annually to secure Africa's protected areas with lions
dc.typeJournal article
dc.type.descriptionC1 - Articles
dc.type.codeC - Journal Articles
dcterms.licensehttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/
dc.description.versionAccepted Manuscript (AM)
gro.facultyGriffith Sciences, Environmental Futures Research Institute
gro.rights.copyright© The Author(s) 2018.
gro.hasfulltextFull Text
gro.griffith.authorLindsey, Peter


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