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