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Securing the greater North Luangwa landscape for the protection of black rhinos (Diceros bicornis minor) in North Luangwa National Park, Zambia . Funds under this award are to be used to maintain effective monitoring and protection for this population of the South Central black rhino subspecies. Activities include support for rhino monitoring, patrols, and anti-poaching activities in order to ensure security of the rhino population with the goal of maintaining a zero-poached status
Collaborative Development and Application of Genetic Tools, Forensic Capacity, and Local Expertise to Combat Big Cat Trafficking in Eastern and Southern Africa (1) ongoing development of a genetic tool to identify the source populations for trafficked lions and developing the same tools for leopards and cheetahs; (2) application of these methods to identify the source populations for 391 samples in hand from killed big cats in Zambia; (3) capacity development in Zambia by training relevant individuals in the use of genetic methods to combat wildlife trafficking; and (4) data collection on the geographic origin of big cat samples to the relevant officials to support targeted enforcement efforts
Reducing the illegal wildlife trade across southern Lake Tanganyika LAKE TANGANYIKA IS LOCATED IN NORTHERN ZAMBIA ANDIS THE SE
Enhancing elephant protection in South Luangwa Valley, Zambia, through training new recruits, increasing the effectiveness of anti-poaching patrols and augmenting anti-poaching patrol support This project is aimed at urgently addressing the critical shortage of wildlife police officers in and around South Luangwa National Park in eastern Zambia in order to combat an upsurge in elephant poaching. Specific activities will include coordinating and funding the screening, selection, and initial training of fifty new recruits; providing refresher training for existing officers and for local community scouts who patrol with them in adjacent Game Management Areas; and by providing much needed patrol equipment for anti-poaching and operational expenses for patrols by vehicle, boat, and on foot. Conservation South Luangwa is a non-governmental organization that has supported Zambias Department of Wildlife and National Parks for 15 years by providing technical and financial assistance to supplement the inadequate budget provided by the Zambian government for operation of the parks and adjacent wildlife areas.
Prevention of Wildlife Trafficking in Zambia (1) facilitating analysis and training workshops to enhance the research and enforcement capacity within the Department of National Parks and Wildlife and Wildlife Crime Prevention Units for continuous data collection, analysis, and mapping of the illegal wildlife trade in Zambia; and (2) improving detection, investigation, and prosecution of wildlife trafficking by enforcement officials through stakeholder engagement, supply chain mapping, and development of a suite of situational crime prevention measures.
Strengthening law enforcement efforts in the Lower Zambezi National Park, Zambia This project supports village scout and Zambia Department of Wildlife and National Parks activities in the Lower Zambezi National Park and surrounding Game Management Areas of Chiawa and Rufunsa in southern Zambia. Activities include 1) supporting a new detection and tracking dog unit to operate throughout the Lower Zambezi Valley, 2) establishing a courtroom monitoring program to track the outcome of wildlife cases, 3) supporting operational costs for scout patrol teams, 4) aerial patrols over the park and game management areas, and 5) facilitate coordination of activities between Zambias wildlife agency and counterparts on the Zimbabwe side of the ecosystem.
Intensifying anti-snaring efforts in the Luangwa Valley, Zambia to reduce by-catch mortalities of African Wild Dogs This project will conserve and increase the Luangwa Valley population of African wild dogs through increasing and improving anti-snaring patrols by community village scouts in game management areas and the national park. The project will also rescue snared and injured wild dogs.
AFRICAN ELEPHANT CONSERVATION THE PURPOSE OF THIS PROJECT IS TO MAINTAIN ANTI POACHING PRESSURE TO CONSERVE ZAMBIA S LARGEST ELEPHANT POPULATION. ESTIMATED AT AROUND 100,000 ELEPHANTS IN THE 1970S, THE LUANGWA VALLEY STILL CONTAINS ZAMBIA S LARGEST POPULATION OF ELEPHANTS, WITH AROUND 14,000 INDIVIDUALS SURVIVING ACROSS A COMPLEX OF PROTECTED AREAS, GAME MANAGEMENT AREAS, AND VILLAGE LANDS. ADDITIONALLY, THE LUANGWA VALLEY IS HOME TO ZAMBIA S ONLY POPULATION OF BLACK RHINO. THIS PROJECT WORKS WITH THE GOVERNMENT OF ZAMBIA TO SUPPORT AN ANTI POACHING PRESENCE IN NORTH LUANGWA NATIONAL PARK, HOME TO AROUND 4,500 ELEPHANTS, WHERE SUSTAINED LONG TERM EFFORTS HAVE REDUCED POACHING IN THE PARK. POACHING INCIDENTS AND OTHER SIGNS OF ILLEGAL ACTIVITIES CONTINUE TO INCREASE IN ADJACENT AREAS, HOWEVER, AND THE ELEPHANT POPULATION IS CONSIDERED AT RISK OF AN ESCALATION IN ILLEGAL KILLING IF SUPPORT FOR ANTI POACHING EFFORTS WERE TO DECREASE. SPECIFIC ACTIVITIES INCLUDE (1) OPERATIONAL SUPPORT FOR ANTI POACHING UNITS, INCLUDING PATROLS, RATIONS, EQUIPMENT, AND DEPLOYMENT VEHICLES AND (2) PARK INFRASTRUCTURE DEVELOPMENT AND MAINTENANCE, INCLUDING ROAD REPAIRS AND FIRE MANAGEMENT.
Restructuring law enforcement in Kasanka National Park to safeguard the last viable elephant.population in the Greater Bangweulu Wetland Area, Zambia Kasanka National Park in northern Zambia is home to the last viable population of African elephants in the Greater Bangweulu wetland landscape. Kasanka elephants are no longer connected to other elephant populations. Poaching has decimated the wildlife in this park, reducing some species, like the puku antelope, by 90% in just five years. The objectives are to: 1) Develop a new law enforcement strategy focused on safeguarding elephants and in turn delivering conservation benefits to other species; 2) Establish a well-trained, well-equipped and well-motivated ranger team capable of tackling the poaching crisis; 3) Improve ranger accommodation and communication infrastructure to enable greater oversight and enhance coordination of anti-poaching operations; and, 4) Conduct efficient and effective intelligence-based anti-poaching activities to reduce poaching in and around the park.
Rhinoceros & Tiger Conservation-Species Conservation Grant Improving intelligence and investigations capacity in the North Luangwa Conservation Program operational area, Zambia
ENHANCING LAW ENFORCEMENT TO SAFEGUARD ELEPHANTS AND OTHER THREATENED SPECIES INTHE LOWER ZAMBEZI, ZAMBIA THE PURPOSE OF THIS PROJECT IS TO SUPPORT AN ELEPHANT CONSERVATION EFFORT IN LOWER ZAMBEZI NATIONAL PARK AND SURROUNDING GAME MANAGEMENT AREAS BY STRENGTHENING ELEPHANT PROTECTION AND BIOLOGICAL MONITORING, AND IMPROVING PROTECTED AREA CAPACITY DEVELOPMENT. AS PART OF THE LUANGWA-ZAMBEZI VALLEY SAVANNA ELEPHANT STRONGHOLD, THIS ECOSYSTEM IS HOME TO ZAMBIA S LARGEST POPULATION OF ELEPHANTS, WITH APPROXIMATELY 14,000 INDIVIDUALS. THIS PROJECT IS INTENDED TO CONSERVE AFRICAN SAVANNA ELEPHANTS AND THEIR HABITAT BY ADDRESSING THE IMPACTS OF POACHING, HABITAT LOSS, AND LOSS OF TOURISM REVENUE DUE TO THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC. SPECIFIC ACTIVITIES INCLUDE: (1) CONDUCTING GROUND AND AERIAL LAW ENFORCEMENT AND MONITORING PATROLS (2) DEVELOPING A LONG-TERM TRAINING PROGRAM FOR ALL LAW ENFORCEMENT UNITS, IN ADDITION TO CONDUCTING REFRESHER TRAININGS FOR THE DETECTION AND TRACKING DOG UNIT AND (3) PROVIDING CORE OPERATIONS SUPPORT FOR A FORWARD OPERATING BASE, OBSERVATION POINT, AND CONTROL CENTER.
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SUPPORT FOR COMMUNITY-INCLUSIVE CONSERVATION OF AFRICAN ELEPHANT IN THE NORTH LUANGWA ECOSYSTEM, ZAMBIA SUPPORT FOR COMMUNITY-INCLUSIVE CONSERVATION OF AFRICAN ELEPHANT IN THE NORTH LUANGWA ECOSYSTEM, ZAMBIA THE PURPOSE OF THIS PROJECT IS TO SUPPORT AN ELEPHANT CONSERVATION EFFORT IN NORTH LUANGWA NATIONAL PARK NLNP BY STRENGTHENING ELEPHANT PROTECTION AND BIOLOGICAL MONITORING, AND BUILDING A CONSTITUENCY FOR ELEPHANT CONSERVATION. AS PART OF THE LUANGWA-ZAMBEZI VALLEY SAVANNA ELEPHANT STRONGHOLD, THIS ECOSYSTEM IS HOME TO ZAMBIA S LARGEST AND MOST STABLE POPULATION OF ELEPHANTS APPROXIMATELY 14,000 INDIVIDUALS AND ITS ONLY BLACK RHINO POPULATION. THIS PROJECT IS INTENDED TO CONSERVE AFRICAN SAVANNA ELEPHANTS AND THEIR HABITAT BY ADDRESSING THE IMPACTS OF POACHING, HABITAT LOSS, HUMAN-ELEPHANT CONFLICT HEC , AND LOSS OF TOURISM REVENUE DUE TO THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC. SPECIFIC ACTIVITIES INCLUDE 1 PROVIDING AERIAL ELEPHANT MONITORING SUPPORT FOR HEC-AFFECTED COMMUNITIES IN NLNP ADJACENT GAME MANAGEMENT AREAS 2 PURCHASING RATIONS MAIZE MEAL FROM HEC-AFFECTED COMMUNITIES TO ESTABLISH LINKS BETWEEN RURAL FARMING LIVELIHOODS AND ELEPHANT CONSERVATION AND 3 CONDUCTING HEC MITIGATION AND CONSERVATION EDUCATION AND OUTREACH WITH LOCAL COMMUNITIES, INCLUDING CONSTRUCTION OFELEPHANT-PROOF GRAIN STORES, PURCHASE OF MOTORCYCLES TO ENABLE SAFE DELIVERY OF COMMUNITY-LED MINI-CHANGE PROJECTS, AND REGIONAL EXCHANGES.
Combatting increasing pressures on the threatened elephant population in Zambia's south Luangwa National Park, with improved technology and strengthening local law enforcement capacity (1) operational anti-poaching support for wildlife police officers and community scouts, including patrol equipment and rations, service for patrol vehicles, and coordination with the government parks authority; and (2) upgrade of radio communication system, including conversion to digital radios, and specialized training for control room operators.
COLLABORATIVE DEVELOPMENT AND APPLICATION OF GENETIC TOOLS, FORENSIC CAPACITY, AND LOCAL EXPERTISE TO COMBAT BIG CAT TRAFFICKING IN EASTERN AND SOUTHERN AFRICA Funds under this award are to be used for (1) ongoing development of a genetic tool to identify the source populations for trafficked lions and developing the same tools for leopards and cheetahs; (2) application of these methods to identify the source populations for 391 samples in hand from killed big cats in Zambia; (3) capacity development in Zambia by training relevant individuals in the use of genetic methods to combat wildlife trafficking; and (4) data collection on the geographic origin of big cat samples to the relevant officials to support targeted enforcement efforts.
African Elephant Conservation Fund Operational vehicles and aerial support for elephant (Loxodonta africana) conservation in North Luangwa National Park, Zambia
COMBATTING INCREASING PRESSURES ON THE THREATENED ELEPHANT POPULATION IN ZAMBIA'S SOUTH LUANGWA NATIONAL PARK, WITH IMPROVED TECHNOLOGY AND STRENGTHENING LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT CAPACITY Operational anti-poaching support for wildlife police officers and community scouts, including patrol equipment and rations, service for patrol vehicles, and coordination with the government parks authority; and to upgrade of radio communication system, including conversion to digital radios, and specialized training for control room operators.
Reducing the Illegal Wildlife Trade Across Southern Lake Tanganyika Lake Tanganyika is located in northern Zambia and is the second largest freshwater lake in the world. It is home to an immense amount of biodiversity including hundreds of cichlid species. Many of the cichlid species are in high demand for the worldwide aquarium trade. In the first quarter of 2018, half of all illegal incidents in Nsumbu National Park (one of only three protected areas around Lake Tanganyika) were aquatic in nature. To address the illegal harvesting of protected cichlid species in Nsumbu National Park, this one-year grant will support: recruitment and training of rangers at Chunga Wildlife College, a requirement for rangers in Zambia; boat operation and aquatic training for existing rangers, including how to identify species and trade routes of cichlids to better direct law enforcement operations; workshops with relevant national wildlife and fisheries authorities on methods of live fish collection, international export routes, and value of fish exports; provision of fuel, rations, and boat engine maintenance to ensure continuity of aquatic patrols of Lake Tanganyika; and integration of the aquatic patrols into the wider law enforcement strategy for Nsumbu National Park to ensure intelligence and investigations are streamlined.
ENHANCING LAW ENFORCEMENT TO SAFEGUARD ELEPHANTS AND OTHER THREATENED SPECIES INTHE LOWER ZAMBEZI, ZAMBIA The purpose of this project is to support an elephant conservation effort in Lower Zambezi National Park.and surrounding Game Management Areas by strengthening elephant protection and biological.monitoring, and improving protected area capacity development. As part of the Luangwa-Zambezi Valley.savanna elephant stronghold, this ecosystem is home to Zambias largest population of elephants, with.approximately 14,000 individuals. This project is intended to conserve African savanna elephants and.their habitat by addressing the impacts of poaching, habitat loss, and loss of tourism revenue due to the.COVID-19 pandemic. Specific activities include: (1) conducting ground and aerial law enforcement and.monitoring patrols; (2) developing a long-term training program for all law enforcement units, in addition.to conducting refresher trainings for the Detection and Tracking Dog Unit; and (3) providing core.operations support for a forward operating base, observation point, and control center.
Combatting Illegal Wildlife Trade Through Capacity Building and Strengthening of the DNPW Operational Unit in the Lower Zambezi, Zambia (1) building capacity in DNPWs Operational Unit in the Lower Zambezi through the support and coordination of a technical advisor; (2) building capacity within the two specialized DNPW Anti-Poaching Units to target higher-level criminals and trafficked products; and (3) ongoing operational support to the Canine and Rapid Response Units.
African Elephant Conservation Fund Support for law enforcement activities and protection of elephant in North Luangwa National Park, Zambia
Engaging the communities living around North Luangwa National Park to foster support for black rhino conservation initiatives in Zambia North Luangwa is home to Zambias largest and most stable elephant population and the countrys only black rhino population (reintroduced in 2003). In addition to traditional security, anti-poaching, and wildlife management, the North Luangwa Conservation Program in Zambia works to promote support among local people for conservation through outreach and education. To increase support for black rhino conservation and the protected areas, this grant supports the production of lesson plans and resource materials for 21 local schools, school visits by the programs outreach officer, training and mentoring for the officer and for appointed conservation teachers at each school, holding conservation celebration days; and conducting field trips with school or community groups into North Luangwa National Park.
Black rhino population monitoring and protection management operations in North Luangwa National Park, Zambia This grant will fortify protection of the North Luangwa ecosystem for the protection of Zambia's only black rhino population. Funds will support specialized training courses on site for senior and junior rangers from the national wildlife authority and from local communities, refurbishment and running costs of an airplane for surveillance and security patrols, annual veterinary operations to deploy security tracking equipment on individual rhinos, and operating costs for rhino monitoring and for anti-poaching ground patrols.
African Elephant Conservation Fund Law enforcement and field support for African elephant conservation in Nsumbu National Park, Zambia
Law Enforcement Operational Support for Elephant Security in the Nsumbu-Tanganyika Ecosystem , conserve an isolated, genetically distinct population of elephants in northern Zambia.
AFRICAN ELEPHANT CONSERVATION The purpose of this project is to maintain anti-poaching efforts to conserve Zambias largest elephant population. Estimated at around 100,000 elephants in the 1970s, the Luangwa Valley still contains Zambias largest population of elephants, with around 14,000 individuals surviving across a complex of protected areas, game management areas, and village lands. Additionally, the Luangwa Valley is home to Zambias only population of black rhino. This project works with the Government of Zambia to support an anti-poaching presence in North Luangwa National Park, home to around 4,500 elephants, where sustained long-term efforts have reduced poaching in the park. Poaching incidents and other signs of illegal activities continue to increase in adjacent areas, however, and the elephant population is considered at risk of an escalation in illegal killing if support for anti-poaching efforts were to decrease. Specific activities include: (1) operational support for anti-poaching units, including patrols, rations, equipment, and deployment vehicles; and (2) park infrastructure development and maintenance, including road repairs and fire management.
African Elephant Conservation Fund The purpose of this project is to support a conservation effort in Luangwa Valley, Zambia, by maintaining anti-poaching patrols and by developing a detection dog unit to reduce illegal killing of elephants and to disrupt the illegal trade in wildlife. Specific activities include: (1) rations for ground patrols to support law enforcement in the South Luangwa National Park and the Lupande Game Management Area; (2) support for game scouts at remote fly camps in the park to provide anti-poaching surveillance in areas targeted by poachers; and (3) development of a detection dog unit to be deployed at roadblocks, borders, the airport, and other wildlife contraband hotspots. Handlers and dogs will be trained to detect ivory, bushmeat, rhino horn, and animal skins.
AFRICAN ELEPHANT CONSERVATION THE PURPOSE OF THIS PROJECT IS TO MAINTAIN ANTI-POACHING PRESSURE TO CONSERVE ZAMBIA S LARGEST ELEPHANT POPULATION. ESTIMATED AT AROUND 100,000 ELEPHANTS IN THE 1970S, THE LUANGWA VALLEY STILL CONTAINS ZAMBIA S LARGEST POPULATION OF ELEPHANTS, WITH AROUND 14,000 INDIVIDUALS SURVIVING ACROSS A COMPLEX OF PROTECTED AREAS, GAME MANAGEMENT AREAS, AND VILLAGE LANDS. ADDITIONALLY, THE LUANGWA VALLEY IS HOME TO ZAMBIA S ONLY POPULATION OF BLACK RHINO. THIS PROJECT WORKS WITH THE GOVERNMENT OF ZAMBIA TO SUPPORT AN ANTI-POACHING PRESENCE IN NORTH LUANGWA NATIONAL PARK, HOME TO AROUND 4,500 ELEPHANTS, WHERE SUSTAINED LONG-TERM EFFORTS HAVE REDUCED POACHING IN THE PARK. POACHING INCIDENTS AND OTHER SIGNS OF ILLEGAL ACTIVITIES CONTINUE TO INCREASE IN ADJACENT AREAS, HOWEVER, AND THE ELEPHANT POPULATION IS CONSIDERED AT RISK OF AN ESCALATION IN ILLEGAL KILLING IF SUPPORT FOR ANTI-POACHING EFFORTS WERE TO DECREASE. SPECIFIC ACTIVITIES INCLUDE 1 OPERATIONAL SUPPORT FOR ANTI-POACHING UNITS, INCLUDING PATROLS, RATIONS, EQUIPMENT, AND DEPLOYMENT VEHICLES AND 2 PARK INFRASTRUCTURE DEVELOPMENT AND MAINTENANCE, INCLUDING ROAD REPAIRS AND FIRE MANAGEMENT.
Rhino & Tiger Contributed Funds This grant will fortify protection of the North Luangwa ecosystem for the protection of Zambia's only black rhino population. Funds will support specialized training courses on site for senior and junior rangers from the national wildlife authority and from local communities, refurbishment and running costs of an airplane for surveillance and security patrols, annual veterinary operations to deploy security tracking equipment on individual rhinos, and operating costs for rhino monitoring and for anti-poaching ground patrols.
Engaging community support for North Luangwas black rhino conservation activities In addition to traditional security, anti-poaching and wildlife management, the North Luangwa Conservation Program in Zambia works to promote support among local people for conservation through outreach and education. To increase support for black rhino conservation and the protected areas, this grant supports the production of lesson plans and resource materials for 21 local schools, school visits by the NLCP outreach officer, training and mentoring for the officer and for appointed conservation teachers at each school, Conservation Celebration Days held; and field trips by school or community groups into North Luangwa National Park.
Developing a wildlife contraband detaction dog unit and supporting SLCS's anti-poaching efforts to reduce the escalating ivory and bush meat trade emanating from the Luangwa Zambia The purpose of this project is to support a conservation effort in Luangwa Valley, Zambia, by maintaining anti-poaching patrols and by developing a detection dog unit to reduce illegal killing of elephants and to disrupt the illegal trade in wildlife. Specific activities include: (1) rations for ground patrols to support law enforcement in the South Luangwa National Park and the Lupande Game Management Area; (2) support for game scouts at remote fly camps in the park to provide anti-poaching surveillance in areas targeted by poachers; and (3) development of a detection dog unit to be deployed at roadblocks, borders, the airport, and other wildlife contraband hotspots. Handlers and dogs will be trained to detect ivory, bushmeat, rhino horn, and animal skins.
Prevention of Wildlife Trafficking in Zambia Facilitating analysis and training workshops to enhance the research and enforcement capacity within the Department of National Parks and Wildlife and Wildlife Crime Prevention Units for continuous data collection, analysis, and mapping of the illegal wildlife trade in Zambia; and improving detection, investigation, and prosecution of wildlife trafficking by enforcement officials through stakeholder engagement, supply chain mapping, and development of a suite of situational crime prevention measures.
Strategic law enforcement and monitoring operations for black rhino conservation in North Luangwa National Park, Zambia North Luangwa is home to Zambias largest and most stable elephant population and the countrys only black rhino population (reintroduced in 2003). Funds will support operating costs for the specially trained rapid response security team, the Rhino and Elephant Protection Unit, and veterinary and aerial support for rhino immobilization operations in order to deploy tracking devices which improve likelihood of locating rhinos for security purposes.
COLLABORATIVE DEVELOPMENT AND APPLICATION OF GENETIC TOOLS, FORENSIC CAPACITY, AND LOCAL EXPERTISE TO COMBAT BIG CAT TRAFFICKING IN EASTERN AND SOUTHERN AFRICA Big cats in Africa (lions, cheetahs and leopards) are declining across their range due to an array of human impacts, including poaching. The purpose of this project is to counter the trafficking of big cats in Eastern and Southern Africa (using Zambia as the model) through developing and applying a genetic tool to identify source populations of trafficked big cats and building in-country capacity for forensics and prosecutions of wildlife crimes. This project is intended to conserve lions, leopards, and cheetahs by reducing the impact of illegal offtake from poaching, driven in part by a growing market for body parts of big cats other than tigers. Specific activities of this two-year grant include: (1) ongoing development of a genetic tool to identify the source populations for trafficked lions and developing the same tools for leopards and cheetahs; (2) application of these methods to identify the source populations for 391 samples in hand from killed big cats in Zambia; (3) capacity development in Zambia by training relevant individuals in the use of genetic methods to combat wildlife trafficking; and (4) data collection on the geographic origin of big cat samples to the relevant officials to support targeted enforcement efforts.
Engaging community support for North Luangwas black rhino conservation activities central Mexico is the only known mating site. The