Green Status Assessment of the Lion

The first-ever Green List Assessment for lions was published this week and is available online: Panthera Leo Green List Assessment

Lions are listed as "Largely Depleted" with a species recovery score of 30% (23% - 33%). This classification indicates that the lion population has significantly declined and is much lower than it historically was. The species may still exist in some areas but is at a fraction of its original population, facing substantial threats to its survival.

Each Green Status assessment measures the impact of past conservation on a species, a species' dependence on continuing support, how much a species stands to gain from conservation action within the next ten years, and the potential for it to recover over the next century. The IUCN Green Status of Species complements the Red List by providing a tool for assessing the recovery of species’ populations and measuring their conservation success. 

Reported by ALWG member Samantha Nicholson.