The bushmeat trade is the single greatest threat to wildlife in Zambia. LRF provided WCP with a grant to develop a focussed bushmeat programme, designed to tackle the illegal and commercial trade in bushmeat. This threat affects lions both by reducing the prey on which they depend, and also by causing direct mortality of lions … Continued
LRF issued a grant to Wildcru to survey the lion population of Zimbabwe’s Zambezi Valley. This grant has the twin objectives of monitoring the impacts of our investments in the management of the Charara Safari Area and in assessing the status and distribution of lions across the vast complex of protected areas in the Zambezi … Continued
In 2021, LRF issued a grant to MWA designed to support the management of concession land within the vast Zambezi Delta complex of protected areas. This is an area where lions were reintroduced in 2018 and are increasing rapidly in number. LRF support will help increase the area of land under effective management and thus … Continued
The LRF provided Dr Moreangels Mbizah with a grant to purchase a vehicle for her field work. Morengels’s work revolves around tackling human-lion conflict in the communal lands adjacent to Matusadona NP and other protected areas in northern Zimbabwe. Her work involves responding to conflict incidents, reinforcing livestock corrals, working with communities to improve livestock … Continued
The LRF issued a grant of $25,000 to Deo Tarimo through Lion Landscapes. The purpose of this grant is to help kickstart the lion conservation project of a promising Tanzanian national in a key landscape, and to allow for significant capacity building and training via engagement with the Lion Landscapes Tanzania team. Deo will use … Continued
In recent years the lions of Limpopo National Park have suffered from intense poaching for their body parts. In response to this, the LRF provided Endangered Wildlife Trust with a grant to monitor lions in Limpopo to guide law enforcement efforts to allow for targeted protection. The landscape has enormous potential for lion recovery, but … Continued
The LRF has already invested heavily in tackling human lion conflict in North West Namibia, but in late 2020 the fund also invested in a novel approach to incentivize coexistence between people and lions in community conservancies. Recognizing the significant cost that comes with living with lions, WWF have designed a program that rewards communities … Continued
A key component of the LRF strategy is to help catalyse conservation efforts in landscapes where there is currently little or no management presence. Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS) were recently delegated the authority to manage a vast block of land in northern Central African Republic, including Bamingui-Bangoran National Park (10,700 km2) and Manovo-Gounda St Floris … Continued
Botswana has a massive protected area network, which includes vast wildlife management areas (WMAs) in addition to national parks and game reserves. Varying degrees of human settlement and livestock production are permitted in the WMAs, which requires management and planning to ensure that over time, options for wildlife conservation are not foreclosed. Cheetah Conservation Botswana … Continued
African Parks recently assumed management of the vast 10,000 km2 Parc W in Benin, which is one of the most important remaining patches of habitat for the Critically Endangered West African lion. LRF issued a grant of nearly $200,000 to African Parks to help them manage the issue of illegal livestock grazing and to closely … Continued