Examining Human-Elephant Conflict in Southern Africa.

Finally, we offer conclusions on the human and ecological dimensions of wildlife conflict in Africa and make research recommendations to improve the database on human-elephant conflict. The need for this research to be cost-effective and participatory is especially challenging given the complexity.

The pattern of human-elephant conflict, as expected, is intermittent. Teams respond as needed, often driving wild elephants back into the forest using the camp elephants, and recording detailed assessments of any site damage. Immediate response to human-elephant conflict incidents has become a routine CRU activity in the area. The team found.

Review of literature 7 Human-wildlife conflict is a global issue, which has been extensively studied all over the world. Recent literature on human-wildlife conflict and its control measures are given below. 2.1. Global perspective Conover (2002) reviewed the conflict between humans and wildlife and the science of wildlife management was discussed. According to Dublin and Hoare (2004), it is a.

In order to meet this challenge, in 1997 the African Elephant Specialist Group (AfESG) officially inaugurated a five-member Human-Elephant Conflict Task Force. In 2002 this was re-named the Human-Elephant Conflict Working Group (HECWG) to more accurately reflect the ongoing nature of its work.

Chapter 4 Human Elephant Conflict in Assam: Identifying Reasons of Occurrence 95 (2008) in eight2 RFs in Golaghat district presents a very lucid picture of loss of elephant habitat over three decades. The study used satellite imagery of 1974, 1991 and 2004 to.

Human-elephant conflict (HEC) occurs when people and wildlife compete for space and resources. HEC is on the rise as the space in the Mara diminishes and the population continues to increase. In the Kenya portion of the ecosystem (the Maasai Mara and surrounding areas), people and wildlife peacefully co-existed for years when space for both.

In 2007, I began working on a document, Action Plan for the Mitigation of Elephant-human Conflict in India, with Professor R. Sukumar.Since researchers had studied elephants and their impacts on agricultural produce for nearly three decades, I had assumed it could be a role model for solving problems with other conflict-prone animals.

THE human-elephant conflict appears to be aggravating daily causing an increasing number of deaths of humans as well as elephants. Regularly we hear of elephants straying into villages, destroying cultivation and causing death and destruction. In some instances elephants have pulled down walls of houses or caused considerable damage to houses.

What is Human-Elephant Conflict? As prime elephant habitats are shrinking across Asia and human developments are on the rise, both species are increasingly coming into close contact. Human-elephant conflicts (HEC) arise with complex interactions between humans and elephants often resulting in detrimental impacts for both species.

Human-Elephant Conflict in Africa. The African elephant is perhaps the most iconic migratory land mammal on the continent. Catastrophic poaching in the 1970’s and 80’s saw their populations plummet to a mere fraction of pre 1970’s numbers.

Wildlife-human conflict (WHC), which refers to hostile interactions between humans and wildlife, is a serious obstacle to wildlife conservation worldwide and is becoming more prevalent as human populations increase, development expands, the global climate changes and other human and environmental factors put people and wildlife in greater direct competition for a shrinking resource base.

Human-elephant Conflict (HEC) is a significant problem in Nepal, with approximately two-thirds of households being impacted by elephants (Elephas maximus), particularly during the winter.In addition to elephant casualties, more than 10% of the households surveyed have had human casualties (injury or death) during the past 5 years.