Problems including urban encroachment had warranted the inscription of the site on the World Heritage List in Danger in 2000, at the request of the Pakistani government.

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The rising human-wildlife conflict, coupled with a fast-growing urban encroachment, means that Kenya is now home to less than 2, 000 lions, a massive drop compared to the 15, 000 that lived there just a decade ago.

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