circa 8000 BCE - 2022 CE
"Once they ranged through Africa, Europe, Asia and the Americas. American lions disappeared ten thousand years ago European lions went extinct two thousand years ago and wild Barbary lions were hunted to extinction in 1922. A few hundred Asian lions still exist in one park in India and the African lion is vanishing. The ever–increasing human population eats the lion's wild prey and destroys its habitat with overgrazing. Lions turn to killing livestock and are speared or poisoned in retaliation. There are fewer than 30 thousand African lions left and they could become extinct in the wild in the next 20 years."
Support conservation groups that protect habitat and the natural prey of the lion, and help farms build protection for their livestock.
Visit Living With Lions and Panthera.
Cornell Lab of Ornithology
Learn about Maya Lin’s fifth and final memorial: a multi-platform science based artwork that presents an ecological history of our world - past, present, and future.
Discover ecological histories and stories of former abundance, loss, and recovery on the map of memory.
Learn how we can reduce our emissions and protect and restore species and habitats – around the world.
See how art can help us rethink the problems we face, and give us hope that each one of us can make a difference.
Help make a global memorial something personal and close to home. Share your stories of the natural world.