Editing Cheetah (section)

===In Africa===
[[File:CCF Field and Research Centre.jpg|thumb|The [[Cheetah Conservation Fund]]'s Field and Research Centre in [[Otjiwarongo]] (Namibia)|alt=A cheetah sculpture in front of two buildings at the Cheetah Conservation Fund's Field and Research Centre in Otjiwarongo, Namibia]]

Until the 1970s, cheetahs and other carnivores were frequently killed to protect livestock in Africa. Gradually the understanding of cheetah ecology increased and their falling numbers became a matter of concern. The De Wildt Cheetah and Wildlife Centre was set up in 1971 in South Africa to provide care for wild cheetahs regularly trapped or injured by Namibian farmers.<ref name=marker1/> By 1987, the first major research project to outline cheetah conservation strategies was underway.<ref>{{cite journal |last1=Wildt |first1=D. E. |last2=Grisham |first2=J. |name-list-style=amp |title=Basic research and the cheetah SSP program |journal=Zoo Biology |date=1993 |volume=12 |issue=1 |pages=3–4 |doi=10.1002/zoo.1430120103}}</ref> The [[Cheetah Conservation Fund]], founded in 1990 in Namibia, put efforts into field research and education about cheetahs on the global platform.<ref name=marker1/> The CCF runs a cheetah genetics laboratory, the only one of its kind, in [[Otjiwarongo]] (Namibia);<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.cnn.com/2020/03/19/world/namibia-saving-cheetahs-extinction/index.html |title=A lab in a remote Namibian city is saving the cheetah from extinction |author1=Beighton, R. |author2=Wood, R. |website=[[CNN]]|access-date=19 March 2020|name-list-style=amp|archive-date=19 March 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200319192916/https://www.cnn.com/2020/03/19/world/namibia-saving-cheetahs-extinction/index.html|url-status=live}}</ref> "Bushblok" is an initiative to restore habitat systematically through targeted bush thinning and biomass utilisation.<ref name=FSC>{{cite web |title=Leading the race for the survival of the cheetah |url=https://fsc.org/en/newscentre/stories/leading-the-race-for-the-survival-of-the-cheetah |website=[[Forest Stewardship Council]] |date=9 February 2018|access-date=18 May 2020|archive-date=2 October 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231002043848/https://fsc.org/en/newscentre/stories/leading-the-race-for-the-survival-of-the-cheetah|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Cheetah Conservation Fund BUSHBLOK Project |url=https://www.clintonfoundation.org/clinton-global-initiative/commitments/cheetah-conservation-fund-bushblok-project |website=[[Clinton Foundation]]|access-date=18 May 2020|archive-date=28 September 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200928040806/https://www.clintonfoundation.org/clinton-global-initiative/commitments/cheetah-conservation-fund-bushblok-project|url-status=live}}</ref> Several more cheetah-specific conservation programmes have since been established, like Cheetah Outreach in South Africa.<ref name=marker1/>

The Global Cheetah Action Plan Workshop in 2002 laid emphasis on the need for a range-wide survey of wild cheetahs to demarcate areas for conservation efforts and on creating awareness through training programs.<ref>{{cite report|editor1-last=Bartels|editor1-first=P. |editor2-last=Bouwer |editor2-first=V.|editor3-last=Crosier|editor3-first=A.|editor4-last=Cilliers|editor4-first=D.|editor5-last=Durant |editor5-first=S. M. |editor6-last=Grisham|editor6-first=J.|editor7-last=Marker|editor7-first=L.|editor8-last=Wildt|editor8-first=D. E.|editor9-last=Friedmann|editor9-first=Y. |date=2002 |url=http://www.cbsg.org/sites/cbsg.org/files/documents/Global%20Cheetah%20Conservation%20Plan%20Final%20Report%202002.pdf |publisher=IUCN/SSC Conservation Breeding Specialist Group |title=Global Cheetah Conservation Plan Final Report 2002|access-date=27 April 2020|archive-date=27 February 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210227083025/http://www.cbsg.org/sites/cbsg.org/files/documents/Global%20Cheetah%20Conservation%20Plan%20Final%20Report%202002.pdf|url-status=live}}</ref> The Range Wide Conservation Program for Cheetah and African Wild Dogs began in 2007 as a joint initiative of the IUCN Cat and Canid Specialist Groups, the [[Wildlife Conservation Society]] and the [[Zoological Society of London]]. National conservation plans have been developed for several African countries.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Groom |first1=R. |title=Rangewide Conservation Program for Cheetah and Wild Dog |work=[[National Geographic]] |date=2013 |url=http://voices.nationalgeographic.com/2013/09/27/rangewide-conservation-program-for-cheetah-and-wild-dog/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150324223152/http://voices.nationalgeographic.com/2013/09/27/rangewide-conservation-program-for-cheetah-and-wild-dog/ |url-status=dead |archive-date=24 March 2015 |access-date=26 March 2016}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |publisher=Rangewide Conservation Program for Cheetah and African Wild Dogs |url=http://www.cheetahandwilddog.org/regional-strategies-national-action-plans/ |title=Regional strategies and national action plans |access-date=26 March 2016 |archive-date=18 December 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191218123522/http://www.cheetahandwilddog.org/regional-strategies-national-action-plans/}}</ref> In 2014, the CITES Standing Committee recognised the cheetah as a "species of priority" in their strategies in northeastern Africa to counter wildlife trafficking.<ref name=cites>{{cite report |last1=Nowell |first1=K. |title=Illegal trade in cheetahs (''Acinonyx jubatus''). CITES sixty-fifth meeting of the Standing Committee Geneva (Switzerland), 7–11 July 2014 |publisher=CITES |pages=1–54 |year=2014 |url=http://www.cites.org/sites/default/files/eng/com/sc/65/E-SC65-39.pdf |access-date=4 June 2015 |archive-date=2 February 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160202194618/https://cites.org/sites/default/files/eng/com/sc/65/E-SC65-39.pdf |url-status=live}}</ref> In December 2016, the results of an extensive survey detailing the distribution and demography of cheetahs throughout the range were published; the researchers recommended listing the cheetah as [[Endangered]] on the IUCN Red List.<ref name=durant2017/>

The cheetah was reintroduced in Malawi in 2017.<ref>{{cite news |title=Cheetahs return to Malawi after decades |url=https://news.mongabay.com/2017/05/cheetahs-return-to-malawi-after-decades/ |last=Dasgupta |first=S. |work=[[Mongabay]] |date=2017 |access-date=8 January 2018 |archive-date=6 July 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170706045000/https://news.mongabay.com/2017/05/cheetahs-return-to-malawi-after-decades/ |url-status=live}}</ref>