Wound treatment training at Kakesio.
Wound treatment training Kakesio

Wound treatment training Kakesio

Three new ilchokuti in Kakesio

With the success of our first ‘corridor of tolerance’ to ensure that lions can connect safely between the crater and the Serengeti, we are now working on a second – from the highland areas of Ngorongoro Conservation Area all the way to Maswa Game Reserve/ Makao Wildlife Management Area and the Mwiba concession.

We have little knowledge of the lions in the villages of Kakesio and Osinoni, so with support from IUCN Save Our Species, co-funded by the European Union, we have recently employed three new Ilchokuti to work, within their communities, to help protect people, livestock and lions, monitor lions traversing across this landscape and to secure this corridor for lion connectivity.

Kakesio is an area of contrasts, from short grass plains to thick forests, featuring seasonal rivers and rocky outcrops, supporting traditional pastoralists, livestock and wildlife. With lions listed as threatened on the IUCN Red list, it is crucial to ensure that metapopulations are connected. It is equally important to secure healthy landscapes for lions to roam and live in, which then help maintain services such as water sources, and carbon storage to mitigate climate change, support food security and protect communities against weather-related disasters.

KopeLion put people first, engaging them in conservation, opening channels for conversations and supporting them to live alongside lions. By working so closely with the traditional pastoralist people of Ngorongoro, we have won their trust, and there is now high demand for the Ilchokuti.

Kakesio have welcomed us into their villages to expand our area of work in Ngorongoro. While we aim to maintain lion populations, we also help to keep herds out of danger, treat livestock wounded by lions, find lost livestock, improve livestock enclosures and elevate cultural practices focused on safety. In areas with high levels of poverty, while lions are a threat, we believe that we can support peoples’ livelihoods and we hope that we can make all the difference to the families in Kakesio.

 

A rest from telemetry training Kakesio

 

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Tanzania is one of the most important countries for the lion’s long-term survival. It has about one-third of the world’s lions, and 3/5 of the remaining large extensive populations (of >2,000 lions each). #Ngorongoro#Communityconservation#Ngorongorocrater#Ngorongoroconservationarea#Lionconservation#Humanwildlifecoexistence#Ngorongorodistrict#Corridoroftolerance ... See MoreSee Less
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5 days ago

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An increase in tolerance within pastoralist communities has enabled lions to disperse between the hubs of the Crater and Ndutu. The engagement of the Ngorongoro people to create a ‘corridor of tolerance’ between the crater and the Serengeti, has yielded considerable success and we have seen an average increase of 8% per year in lion observations, since 2017, in areas occupied by people.📸 @breathenaturemia #Ngorongoro#Communityconservation#ngorongorocrater #Ngorongoroconservationarea#Lionconservation#Humanwildlifecoexistence#Ngorongorodistrict#CorridoroftoleranceIUCN Save Our Species @iucnsos EU_Partnership Lion Recovery Fund ... See MoreSee Less
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Our new expansion into Kakesio Ward, increasing lion connectivity through a new corridor of tolerance, is proving useful. Here Julius reports immaculately his lion observations through the month of April. On the file, you can see the name of the lion, the gender, the GPS coordinates and whether the lion was spotted/identified thanks to telemetry, tracks found, hair left behind or visually.#Ngorongoro#Communityconservation#Ngorongorcrater#Ngorongoroconservationarea#Lionconservation#Humanwildlifecoexistence#Ngorongoro@iucnsos #CorridoroftoleranceIUCN Save Our Species @iucnsos ... See MoreSee Less
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