Lions are facing a catastrophic decline, with their population in Africa dropping by an unprecedented and unsustainable 50% in 20 years. DSWF works with boots-on-the-ground projects based in Zambia and Tanzania. Our support and funding goes towards protecting lions in these vital habitats, preventing human-wildlife conflict, and enabling communities to live wildlife enriched lives through education and sustainable livelihood initiatives, including eco-tourism.
Removing snares, protecting lion strongholds
Monitoring key behaviours and pride patterns, establishing territories and distributions.
Anti-poaching and anti-trafficking operations to ensure criminal groups are apprehended in Africa
DSWF has been funding lion conservation since 1998. In Tanzania, people have shared the iconic landscape of the Ngorongoro crater with lions for over 2,000 years. But even this protected refuge is being impacted irepairably by climate change, habitat destruction, human encroachment, and increasing poverty. DSWF support and funding enables pioneering and long-lasting human-wildlife co-existence programmes that engage the local Masaai and other communities. It also enables the renewing of wildlife corridors, providing safe passage for wandering males from the Serengeti to visit the previously isolated ‘crater’ lions and keep their population viable – bringing new hope to a landscape known as ‘the cradle of life’.
In Zambia’s iconic Kafue National Park, DSWF support and funding enables the protection of lions through anti-poaching units, as well as much-needed research into the lion population and other core species. Beyond this, our project partners work with local communities, intergrating their rural livelihoods and knowledge with habitat restoration, preservation, and eco-tourism so they benefit directly from living alongside wildlife. Together, we are also heralding progressive programmes that champion women empowerment as we take on the wider challenges of fighting wildlife crime and managing this incredible landscape, its animals, and communities.
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