Paratus helps protect Namibia’s desert lions through connectivity

The Desert Lion Conservation Trust (DLCT)’s work is effective partly because Paratus Namibia has been supporting the conservation of Namibia’s unique desert-adapted lions by providing satellite connectivity to the research station at Möwe Bay. Operating in remote north-west Namibia, the DLCT carries out its vital work monitoring the desert lions, but this vast, inaccessible terrain has no mobile coverage.

This critical link enables the project team to stay connected, coordinate operations and share essential data. For the past two decades, the organisation has been monitoring desert lions in the region. With the population currently estimated at fewer than 100 and as these lions move across large areas that overlap with communal land, managing human wildlife conflict is key to ensuring their survival and to protecting human communities and their livestock. This work is carried out in conjunction with on-the-ground partners and the Ministry of Environment, Forestry and Tourism (MEFT).