Table 3.
Summary of the trends reported in the scientific literature (systematic review) for scientific knowledge, and for ILK, percentages of population trends by ILK holders and the Trend Index Average. Due to rounding, percentages (per row, across columns) may not add up to 100%
| Species | Scientific knowledge | Indigenous and Local Knowledge (ILK) | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Population trend: difference between current abundance and abundance in ILK holder’ childhood | ||||||
| Systematic review | N | Decrease | Stable | Increase | Trend index average | |
| Trend (literature source) | (− 1) | (0) | (1) | |||
| % | % | % | ||||
| Caracal | – | 78 | 2.56 | 92.31 | 5.13 | 0.03 |
| Cheetah | Decrease and locally extinct (IUCN 2017; Willnerd 2018) | 71 | 35.21 | 63.38 | 1.41 | − 0.34 |
| Jackal | – | 80 | 6.25 | 87.50 | 6.25 | 0 |
| Leopard | Locally extinct (Cabeza et al. 2016b) | 77 | 38.96 | 61.04 | 0.00 | − 0.39 |
| Lion | Decrease and locally extinct (Dolrenry et al. 2014; Cabeza et al. 2016b; IUCN 2017; Willnerd 2018) | 79 | 79.75 | 17.72 | 2.53 | − 0.80 |
| Spotted hyaena | Decrease (Willnerd 2018) | 76 | 3.95 | 77.63 | 18.42 | 0.14 |
| Striped hyaena | Decrease (Willnerd 2018) | 75 | 6.67 | 84.00 | 9.33 | 0.03 |