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Smartphones, ancient tracking skills and a future for desert lions

Rangers in Namibia are combining smartphone-based real-time data with long-standing local tracking knowledge. They are using that combination to help farmers coexist with and protect a recovering desert lion population.

Original reporting: Positive News · 1 min read

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Why this is good news

The effort is explicitly aimed at helping farmers coexist with and protect a recovering desert lion population, so the direct beneficiaries named are farmers and the desert lions. Framing technology alongside local tracking highlights an attempt to align monitoring tools with existing local expertise to address human-wildlife interactions.

What happens next

How will the combination of smartphone-based real-time data and long-standing local tracking knowledge be evaluated to determine its effectiveness in helping farmers coexist with and protect desert lions?

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