Human-Wildlife Conflict Prevention

Every day, lions and other large carnivores are killed as their habitats collide with expanding human communities. APW reduces human-wildlife conflict through innovative solutions that balance science and technology with traditional knowledge.

OUR IMPACT

1,200+

Living Walls positively impacting 16,000 people every day

500

lions in a local population protected

50

Warriors for Wildlife preventing human-wildlife conflict in 30 communities

Living Walls

Living Walls are environmentally friendly corrals that keep livestock safe. To build a Living Wall, community members plant a circle of trees to serve as posts for chainlink fencing. As the trees grow, they add height to the wall and create an impenetrable barrier. Living Walls prevent livestock attacks by large carnivores with a 99 percent success rate.

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Warriors for Wildlife

Warriors for Wildlife are community-led teams that prevent human-wildlife conflict across five programmatic areas. Team members guide the installation of Living Walls, collect real-time data about conflict events, and help locate lost livestock at pasture.

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APW's Warriors for Wildlife help prevent human-wildlife conflict in northern Tanzania.

APW's human-wildlife conflict prevention work protects lions, cheetahs, and leopards in northern Tanzania.

Northern Tanzania Big Cats Conservation Initiative

The Northern Tanzania Big Cats Conservation Initiative helps to preserve some of Tanzania’s most threatened big cat populations. Because lions, leopards, and cheetahs move widely outside of protected areas, community support is essential to saving these endangered species.

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“I am a widow. My cattle were staying with my neighbors because I didn’t have anyone to care for them. Now that I have a Living Wall, my cows can come home because they are safe.”

Human-Wildlife Conflict Prevention