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Education
Learn more about the educational outreach of Niassa Lion Project
By developing fun, locally-relevant educational tools and providing an opportunity for children and adults to spend time in the bush away from the stresses of the villages, we hope to build appreciation for Niassa Reserve and to provide information on ways they can live safely with wild animals. We see education and outreach as the paths to increasing tolerance and promoting successful coexistence between people and carnivores.
We are starting to see results due to steady efforts to engage local people with our projects and build trust through field visits, development of educational materials, and fun activities. Mbamba school children are producing conservation plays. Collars of lions and leopards that have been snared are being returned and teachers are including conservation messages in their classrooms. The seeds have been planted and now need to be nurtured.
Read more about Niassa's outreach efforts here.
Learn more about the Niassa Lion Project
Interested in learning more about wildlife ecology and behavior?
Check out our Snapshot Safari educational materials, perfect for day camps, informal classroom settings, and students who wish to extend their knowledge of the African savannah.
Want to learn more about Snapshot Safari parks and conservation history?
Explore our timeline at https://www.tiki-toki.com/timeline/entry/979721/Snapshot-Safari/
Would you like to use our data for research?
One of the primary goals of Snapshot Safari is to generate spatial and temporal data on the dynamics of numerous African wildlife species living under varying ecological conditions that will be useful to scientists across the globe. If you are a student or researcher interested in using the camera trapping data from our project to test new and exciting hypotheses, email Sarah Huebner at huebn090@umn.edu to tell us more about your project. Please include the names of all researchers, a brief abstract, and a list of the Snapshot sites from which you'd like data.