Predator Conservation Trust in the UK have funded and supported a number of conservation projects. You can read about these projects by clicking on any of the links below.
Predator Conservation Trust have already made one grant to Lise Hanssen for her new project which aims to tackle the conflict between humans and large carnivores in Namibia's Caprivi region. Learn more about the Caprivi Carnivore Project and updates from 2008 , Updates from 2007
Predator Conservation Trust have provided several grants to help support the work of the Brown Hyena Research Project based in Luderitz, Namibia. The project studies the Brown Hyenas around the coast and inland in the Luderitz area and the diamond mining area known as the Sperrgebeit. PCT have supported the Brown Hyena Research Project for several years and have made grants for radio collars, video equipment, a digital camera and to help cover the cost of darting expeditions. Learn more about the Brown Hyena project
Predator Conservation Trust have made several grants to assist the work of the Painted Dog Research Project run by Greg Rasmussen and his team in Zimbabwe. The Painted Dog Conservation team work on education, research, anti-poaching initiatives, rescues and rehabilitations, and relocations of African Wild Dogs. Learn more about grants to Painted Dog Conservation and updates from 2007/8 , Updates from 2006
Predator Conservation Trust have made a grant to Cheetah Conservation Botswana to help with the costs of maintenance and running costs for their vehicles. Learn more about Cheetah Conservation Botswana.
A project to conserve the unique desert adapted lions of Namibia through eco tourism. This project is run by Dr Flip Stander.
Learn more about the Desert Lion Project and grants made to it by the Predator Conservation Trust
Progress Reports :2003 - 2004 or 2005.
The Large Carnivore Atlas of Namibia is recording observations on sightings of large carnivores from the general public. Presently this information is entered into a database and has already changed the known distribution of many of the large carnivores in Namibia. It is hoped that the Atlas can be developed into a carnivore monitoring system in the future. Learn more about the Large carnivore atlas project
Lise Hanssen and Flip Stander reintroduction of Cheetahs and Lions at the Kalahari Game Lodge in the south of Namibia. Learn more about the Lion and Cheetah reintroduction project
A steenbok survey was carried out at Kalahari Game Lodge, using a mixture of traditional and modern methods, including use of bushmen trackers, GPS positioning and computer modelling. Learn more about the Steenbok survey
Lise Hanssen and Flip Stander collaborated with a German masters student to use GIS (Geographical Information Systems) to help analyse leopard home range data. Learn more about the leopard home range study.
In late 2003 Flip Stander was involved in radio collaring a leopard that had been trapped on farmland.
Learn more about the Leopard collaring
Flip Stander and Lise Hanssen were invited to attend a workshop in Tanzania to discuss the conservation and management of Black Rhinos in the Ngorongoro crater. Learn more about the workshop
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