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Kasungu National Park

Contributing IUCN constituents: BirdLife InternationalWildlife and Environmental Society of Malawi

Project Details

NameKasungu National Park
Description
Contributing IUCN ConstituentBirdLife InternationalWildlife and Environmental Society of Malawi
Start Date5/12/2005
End Date12/31/2029
Conservation Actions
Needed annual budget-
Total annual budget-
Staff♀ - | ♂ -
Beneficiaries♀ - | ♂ -

Potential reduction of species extinction risk resulting from threat abatement actions

Absolute value (STAR)

2.8

0% of the total biodiversity conservation potential of Africa is covered by this project.

233,189.9

19.1% of global biodiversity conservation potential is from Africa.

This stacked bar chart represents the relative disaggregation of the selected contribution's total potential opportunity for reducing global species extinction risk through taking actions to abate different threats to species within its boundaries. The percentages refer to the amount of the total opportunity that could potentially be achieved through abating that particular threat.

% Contribution of threats to species extinction

3.08%
Invasive non-native/alien species/diseases
3.20%
Agricultural & forestry effluents
3.70%
War, civil unrest & military exercises
4.25%
Housing & urban areas
4.37%
Other
5.53%
Dams & water management/use
9.03%
Logging & wood harvesting
9.52%
Livestock farming & ranching
19.07%
Hunting & collecting terrestrial animals
19.57%
Annual & perennial non-timber crops

Threat type