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Leo Foundation submits two motions for the IUCN World Conservation Congress

12.13.20

Leo Foundation submitted two motions to the IUCN World Conservation Congress, in close collaboration with a number of other IUCN members;

Lion distribution vs. human conflicts

11.13.20

Lion distribution ranges shrunk drastically over the last decades. Also, human conflicts became more and more apparent in Africa. But how do those two processes affect each other?

Article published! Divergent trends of large carnivore populations within the Bénoué Complex, North Cameroon, shown by long-term fine-scale monitoring

11.06.20

Leo Foundation is happy to announce that the results of our large carnivore studies in North Cameroon had finally been published! In this study we show the long term trends of large carnivore populations in space and time. This new baseline is essential for determining conservation efforts in the area in the future.

Large carnivore research in 2019 and 2020; Student reports

06.28.20

Last year, several students from Antwerp University did research on Lions in Meru NP, Kenya and Tigers in Chitwan NP, India. Those researched were supported by Leo Foundation, and hereby we would like to share the results by the below abstracts.

Banding goshawks in the Hoge Veluwe

06.28.20

In the context of the yearly Globe Guard auction, the Leo Foundation offers an unique experience: the banding of northern goshawks at the Hoge Veluwe. Three sponsors contributed to one of our projects, on conservation of leopards and fishing cats in Nepal, and to thank them for this generous contribution, together with board member Laura Bertola, they were able to join ornithologists Ralph Buij and Peter van Geneijgen for a day.

Tigers in India

05.11.20

Read more about our bio-social study to tigers in India. In this study we answer questions in how tigers survive in urban environments and how local people are coping with the presence of these large cats.

Succesfull lion collaring to prevent Lion-Livestock conflicts in Kenya

03.05.20

Chair of Leo Foundation, Hans de Iongh was in Kenya between 15 to 24 february 2020 for a mission to collar three lions. One male (Loek Lotir) and one female (Seffie) were collared in lake Nakuru NP and one female (Betty) was collared in Soysambu Conservancy.

Collaboration between Leo Foundation and Lewa Borena Conservancy in Kenya

02.23.20

Chair of the Leo foundation Hans de Iongh met on the 23th of Februari with dr Tuqa Jirmo (the assistant CEO of Lewa Borena conservancy). Dr. Tuqa Jirmo received support during 2007-2012 from the Leo foundation for a monitoring and conflict prevention program for lion populations in Amboseli under a PhD research program at Leiden university.

Lion research in Kenya, 2019: Summaries of student reports

01.30.20

Last year, several students of Leiden University traveled to different National Parks in Kenya to do their internships for their Master degree. Here, they studied different aspects of lion ecology. All those studies have been supported through Leo Foundation. Now, since everybody is back and all reports are written we could like to share you some of the results though the abstracts below.

From camelherder to doctor

01.16.20

In december, Francis Lesilau defendid his PhD thesis on the coexistence between Lions can local communities in Kenya. Leo Foundation has been closely involved in this study.