KopeLion News
Up to now the hard work of the KopeLion team has paid off and resulted in having no lions lost this year to retaliatory or traditional hunts...but the toughest work, this December, is still to come.
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KopeLion Inc. (short for Korongoro Peopleโs Lion Initiative) is a non-profit NGO registered in USA and in Tanzania. Our mission is to foster human-lion coexistence through participatory research and sustainable community-based conservation.
Building stronger bomas, building coexistence.![]()
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In the Ngorongoro region, KopeLion works with local communities to reinforce traditional livestock enclosures, known as bomas. Strengthening these enclosures helps protect livestock from predators and reduces conflict between people and carnivores.![]()
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Every reinforced boma means fewer losses, safer livestock, and stronger coexistence between lions and the people who share the landscape with them.![]()
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๐ท: @bobbyjophotography
Team Optimisation Workshop![]()
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Fourteen members of our management team recently took part in a three-day Team Optimisation Workshop with the Maliasili Initiative.![]()
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It was an inspiring few days of learning, reflection and collaboration as we strengthened communication, clarified roles and built trust, with plenty of laughs along the way.![]()
We are heading forward as a stronger team, ready to keep growing and working together for people and lions across the Ngorongoro landscape.
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๐๐๐๐จ ๐ฌ๐๐ง๐ฉ๐๐ค๐ ๐๐ก๐๐๐ง๐ก๐ฎ ๐๐๐๐ฃโ๐ฉ ๐๐๐ฉ ๐ฉ๐๐ ๐ข๐๐ข๐ค, ๐๐ฉโ๐จ ๐ ๐ก๐๐ค๐ฃ ๐จ๐ช๐ง๐ซ๐๐ฎ ๐ข๐๐ฉ๐!![]()
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Earlier in the year, KopeLion participated in a camera trap survey to help count lions in the Ngorongoro Conservation Area. Not only did we capture lions, but we also spotted a variety of incredible species on the traps.![]()
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This inquisitive warthog decided to take a closer look and gave us one of our favourite captures from the survey.![]()
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Keep an eye out as we share more of our favourite moments from the Camera Trap Chronicles.
