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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.
Download the CIP Final Report
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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.
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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📷: @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.
𝙲𝚊𝚖𝚎𝚛𝚊 𝚃𝚛𝚊𝚙 𝙲𝚑𝚛𝚘𝚗𝚒𝚌𝚕𝚎𝚜: ![]()
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𝙏𝙝𝙞𝙨 𝙬𝙖𝙧𝙩𝙝𝙤𝙜 𝙘𝙡𝙚𝙖𝙧𝙡𝙮 𝙙𝙞𝙙𝙣’𝙩 𝙜𝙚𝙩 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙢𝙚𝙢𝙤, 𝙞𝙩’𝙨 𝙖 𝙡𝙞𝙤𝙣 𝙨𝙪𝙧𝙫𝙚𝙮 𝙢𝙖𝙩𝙚!![]()
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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.
