Kafue National Park and surrounding game management areas represent one of the sites with the greatest potential for recovery for lions on the continent. There has been increasing NGO activity in the ecosystem in recent years to help support the efforts of the wildlife authority to tackle key threats to wildlife such as poaching. Lion … Continued
The Luangwa Valley is an important stronghold for lions. However, the species is threatened by a wide-range of threats – and most notably depletion of prey as a result of snaring. Recently, however, human-lion conflict has become an increasing problem due to an incursion of livestock into the game management areas. ZCP and CSL requested … Continued
Malawi is a country where until recently, lions were at real risk of going extinct. During 2017, the LRF provided support for the reintroduction of lions into Liwonde and Majete national parks. The future is thus brighter for the species, but significant threats remain. Lions in Malawi are threatened by severe poaching of their prey … Continued
Kenya holds one of Africa’s largest and most robust lion populations. However, little is known about the status and distribution of lions in the country – precluding effective conservation planning. Kenya Wildlife Trust (KWT) are going to implement a national lion survey, which will feed directly into conservation planning. KWT requested funding towards the surveying … Continued
Over recent years there has been a marked spike in targeted poaching of lions for their body parts. However, little is currently known about the trade – the source of the demand, the trade routes, the types of body parts most in demand, or the nature of the players involved in the trade. TRAFFIC has … Continued
Chad’s Zakouma National Park is becoming an incredible story of recovery thanks to the collaboration between the NGO African Parks and the Chadian government. From a situation where poaching was rife and wildlife populations declining steeply, the area is now secure with increasing wildlife populations. African Parks are in the process of planning a major … Continued
CLAWS works in the Wildlife Management Areas north of the Okavango Delta, Botswana. This area is of key importance to lion conservation, both as a result of housing part of one of the continent’s largest populations, but also as a connectivity pathway with nearby Namibia and Angola. CLAWS engages communities to promote human-lion coexistence and … Continued
South Sudan still contains significant lion populations but receives very little conservation attention due to the ongoing civil war. The country is still home to one of the largest terrestrial mammalian migrations (involving >1 million white eared kob), though populations of sedentary wildlife have taken a hammering in recent years from bushmeat poachers. WCS have … Continued
There is a plan underway to partner with other key funders to establish a collaborative lion database that will be used to provide a continually updated assessment of the abundance and distribution of lions in Africa. This information will be highly valuable for conservation planning and for assessing the impact of conservation investments. The database … Continued
Panthera has recently secured an agreement with the Zambian government to provide financial and technical support for law enforcement in the vast (8,600 square mile) Kafue National Park (which is part of a 25,600 square mile complex of protected areas). The LRF provided Panthera with a grant that supported the salaries of community scouts who … Continued