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Panthera leo

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List of Habitats:
1 Forest
1.5 Forest - Subtropical/Tropical Dry
2 Savanna
2.1 Savanna - Dry
3 Shrubland
3.5 Shrubland - Subtropical/Tropical Dry
3.7 Shrubland - Subtropical/Tropical High Altitude
4 Grassland
4.5 Grassland - Subtropical/Tropical Dry
4.7 Grassland - Subtropical/Tropical High Altitude
8 Desert
8.1 Desert - Hot
List of Conservation Actions:
1 Land/water protection
1.1 Site/area protection (in place)
1.2 Resource & habitat protection (in place)
2 Land/water management
2.1 Site/area management (in place)
2.3 Habitat & natural process restoration (in place)
3 Species management
3.1 Species management
3.1.1 Harvest management (in place)
3.1.2 Trade management (in place)
3.1.3 Limiting population growth (in place)
3.2 Species recovery (in place)
3.3 Species re-introduction
3.3.1 Reintroduction (in place)
3.4 Ex-situ conservation
3.4.1 Captive breeding/artificial propagation (in place)
4 Education & awareness
4.2 Training (in place)
4.3 Awareness & communications (in place)
5 Law & policy
5.1 Legislation
5.1.2 National level (in place)
5.1.3 Sub-national level (in place)
5.4 Compliance and enforcement
5.4.1 International level (in place)
5.4.2 National level (in place)
5.4.3 Sub-national level (in place)
List of Threats:
1 Residential & commercial development
1.1 Housing & urban areas
2 Agriculture & aquaculture
2.1 Annual & perennial non-timber crops
2.1.1 Shifting agriculture
2.1.2 Small-holder farming
2.3 Livestock farming & ranching
2.3.1 Nomadic grazing
2.3.2 Small-holder grazing, ranching or farming
5 Biological resource use
5.1 Hunting & trapping terrestrial animals
5.1.1 Intentional use (species is the target)
5.1.2 Unintentional effects (species is not the target)
5.1.3 Persecution/control
5.3 Logging & wood harvesting
5.3.5 Motivation Unknown/Unrecorded
6 Human intrusions & disturbance
6.2 War, civil unrest & military exercises
8 Invasive & other problematic species & genes
8.2 Problematic native species
9 Pollution
9.3 Agricultural & forestry effluents
9.3.4 Type Unknown/Unrecorded
Citation: 2012. Panthera leo. In: IUCN 2012. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2012.2. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 24 May 2013.
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