Project objectives

The project will increase knowledge of the occurrence of elephants and their use of different land-use types within and surrounding ERL. By creating maps and sharing this information with stakeholders, the grantee can determine which areas are important or unsuitable for human – elephant co-existence, thereby initiating plans to establish and protect appropriate elephant conservation corridor(s).

Farmers and others living close to elephants will be better informed about elephants, their ecology and conservation status, and better equipped to address conflicts, leading to reduced elephant translocations and mortalities.