Pendjari National Park in Benin forms part of the 10,488 square mile W-Arly-Pendjari (WAP) protected area complex that straddles Benin, Burkina Faso, and Niger and which holds 90% of West Africa’s lions. This complex is two and half times the size of Yellowstone National Park. Pendjari retains the largest wildlife population in the WAP complex, … Continued
The vast 3,513 square mile Niokolo-Koba National Park holds the last remaining population of lions in Senegal and encompasses an area 10x larger than that of New York City. The LRF provided funding to Panthera for their protected area management support project that encompasses infrastructure (a radio network and ranger bases), bonuses for rangers, equipment … Continued
Africa is reaching a critical stage; with expanding human populations and increasing demands for land; protected areas and other wildlife areas will soon face enormous pressures to be reallocated for other land uses. Equilibrium Research has proposed a project to collect available data on the multiple revenue streams that accrue to African governments as a … Continued
Musekese Conservation is a not-for-profit conservation initiative that provides support to Zambia's Department of National Parks and Wildlife (DNPW) to secure core populations of big cats and other wildlife from poaching, ensuring their long-term viability in contributing to both conservation and sustainable tourism. To date the Lion Recovery Fund has provided Musekese Conservation with five … Continued
Conservation Lower Zambezi (CLZ) is a non-governmental organization committed to the conservation of wildlife and the environment in the Lower Zambezi, Zambia. CLZ was founded to provide support to the national wildlife protection authority—Department of National Parks and Wildlife (DNPW), to mitigate threats to wildlife from poaching in the region. The Lower Zambezi National Park … Continued
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