Monitoring Update: Carnivore News From The Team The lion monitoring team has been tremendously busy these past few months. Both in the reserves and on community lands, carnivores are thriving. Our
Adding nuance to our conservation conversations
We’ve been speaking boldly about the ways in which the conversation narrative has to change in Kenya and across Africa, most recently in the TED talk that featured Ewaso Lions work. But too often,
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Warrior Watch Impact Evaluation Study Published
We are pleased to announce that a journal article evaluating our Warrior Watch (WW) Programme has been published. The paper demonstrates that local people were significantly more likely to report
Our 2021 Annual Report is Out!
We are excited to share with you our 2021 Annual Report as told by the team. The African lion population has disappeared from 92% of their historical range* . It is estimated that only between 20,000 to 30,000 lions remain across the continent – a significant decrease from the possible 200,000 lions that roamed Africa a hundred years ago.
Drought relief response for communities and wildlife in Samburu and Isiolo counties
Our team has been supporting the staff working in reserves through fuel provision and rangers rations, the community through water provision, livestock, and wildlife during this tough season. We have continued to survey water levels and lion movements to know where we needed to put in the most effort.
Kura’s Pride – Big news and huge milestones
Kura’s Pride has grown in ways we had never dreamed of. As we began our dog vaccinations, ringfencing an outbreak of canine distemper that had claimed the lives of five endangered wild dogs, we were careful to ask the people living alongside this incredible wildlife how they felt we should grow the programme.
New Warriors – My Reflections
Over time, lions became much more to them. We all got to know these lions together. We drew their faces, marked their whisker spots, tracked them on parched sand along the banks of the Ewaso Nyiro.
Keeping animals wild vs ‘safe’ should be prioritized, lion biologists argue (commentary)
Contrary to what many assume, wilderness does not have to exclude humans: in many places, the rights, cultures, and lives of local people are exactly what maintains wildlife across these vast areas. Human presence does not negate what it means to be wild
The Resiliency of Conservation
GZT and EL have worked together before. They both operate in the same area and employ many of the same conservation techniques. This year, the pandemic forced both groups to adapt. Meetings they once held with locals to reduce conflict with lions now happened in smaller groups
WILD ELEMENTS Foundation launches with unprecedented approach to investing in Women Conservation Leaders
WILD ELEMENTS Foundation will use the power of storytelling to raise the voices of women pioneers paving their own sustainable path forward, changing the world one brilliant program at a time. Deemed WILD Innovators by the Foundation, ten women-led projects from across the globe will be partnered with WILD Advocates (artists and influencers) who will utilize their digital platforms to bring much-needed awareness to new audiences.
Innovator: Resson Kantai Duff, Kenya (Ewaso Lions)
Advocate: Elizabeth Gillies