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The results of our 3 year Conservation Incentive Payments (CIP) trial are out.
KopeLion and the TAWIRI lion research project presented them to stakeholders, including community leaders, NCAA, TANAPA, TAWIRI, MNRT, and tourism operators, in Karatu, and to present them to all the villages that participated.
Largely supported by The Lion Recovery Fund and others, we additionally thank the 6 villages who participated, the NCA Authority, and KopeLion staff, Ingela Jansson, Adam Pekor, William Ole Seki and Ololotu Munka who poured their hearts and time into the project.
95% of respondents reported that they were satisfied with the CIP program, 97% reported that they had a more positive view of lions as a result of the CIP program, and 99% reported that they would like the CIP program to continue in their village.
Human-lion coexistence was greatest where the CIP program was piloted – during the three years of the pilot, there was not a single retaliatory lion killing, hunt, or attempted hunt in the CIP villages, despite 29 such events in KopeLion’s wider area of operations’.
Funding for education elevated the CIP programme, – a conservation intervention can only help promote coexistence if people are aware of the benefits they are earning from wildlife. Here, awareness of the CIP program was extremely high, with over 90% of respondents from CIP villages reporting having heard of the program or the fact that their village was earning money from the lions on their land. Anecdotally, we noticed a substantial uptick in both awareness of and enthusiasm for the program once the participating villages began using their earnings to support students to attend secondary school.
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KopeLion Inc. (short for Korongoro People’s 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.
Merry Christmas and happy holidays from all of us at KopeLion 🦁🎄![]()
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Thank you to our wonderful supporters, partners and friends for being part of the KopeLion family this year. Your support, encouragement and belief in our work mean more to us than we can say.![]()
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We hope your festive season is full of joy, laughter and time with those you love. Thank you for being on this journey with us and for sharing another year together.
Right now in Kakesio, one of the most important lion corridors in the Greater Serengeti has suffered a devastating blow. Between August and November, three male lions were lost, most likely poisoned in retaliation after rising livestock conflict. These are lions that help keep lion populations connected between Ngorongoro, Serengeti, Maswa and Kakesio and their loss ripples through the whole ecosystem. ![]()
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For three years we watched this corridor come back to life. Lion sightings increased. Community tolerance grew. But now conflict has surged and the future of coexistence hangs in the balance. ![]()
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Lion update from Ndutu 🦁![]()
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A great day out on patrol with Ndolok bringing us a positive lion update from Ndutu.![]()
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A total of 12 lions were seen across two areas and all are looking healthy and doing well.![]()
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In Injura, two lions were spotted including female Nang’ida alongside TWH 45.![]()
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In Esusunoto, a larger group of ten lions was found made up of six females and four males. Among them were Lopukudet, Hermes M 22 Q and M 22 Q moving confidently with the group.![]()
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Strong males, relaxed females and a pride clearly doing well in their landscape. Always encouraging to see.![]()
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📷: @ndolokikoyo
