Conflict

The Influence of Livestock on Predation Risk from Endangered Asiatic Lions on Chital Deer in Gir National Park and Sanctuary, Western India

This project aims to study how chital predation risk and habitat selection is influenced by presence of livestock population due to predation by critically endangered Asiatic lions in the Gir Protected Area.

An investigation of carnivore – human conflicts in Kargil and Drass areas of Jammu and Kashmir.

This survey is proposed to collect information on status, distribution of snow leopard and other large carnivores and extent of carnivore – human conflicts in these areas.

Rhino Conservation through Livelihood Enhancement, Poor’s Education and Awareness Creation by Mobilizing Youth and Community Based Organization

This project focuses on educating poor children, empowering and creating awareness amongst local people for rhino conservation through youth and community based organization involvement.

Sustainable community conservation of Palabek-Kal forest reserve in Kitgum District, Northern Uganda

The aim of this project is to promote community participation in the sustainable conservation of Palabek-Kal forest reserve and to evaluate the economic and environmental prospects for the forest reserve.

Scaling out/up environmental education and awareness campaign in fighting against poaching of threatened wildlife species and environmental degradation on the Zambian side of Kasungu Wildlife Reserve through community participation, Malawi

This project aims to address adverse wildlife and environmental problems that are being experienced on the Zambian side of Kasungu Wildlife Reserve through promoting environmental education and community participation.

Evaluating habitat and human-bear conflict in North Gujarat, India, to seek solutions for human-bear coexistence.

This project aims to assess the distribution of Sloth bear population and human –bear conflicts in northeast Gujarat, with the goal of finding solutions to human-bear conflicts that will benefit both people and wildlife.

Assessment of a unique conflict between gaur (Bos frontalis) and humans in the Western Ghats, India

This project aims to identify factors determining variation in the intensity of gaur-human conflict, assess its socio-economic impact on people, and partner with the Maharashtra Forest Department to evolve and execute a conflict alleviation strategy.

Schools Awareness Program

The objective of the Program is to create an awareness amongst the children on the: 1)of the value of elephants, 2)their ecology, biology and physiology 3)their role in the religion and culture of the country; 4)that only a few elephants cause damage to crops and houses, and cause human fatalities; 5)of the need to conserve elephants for the future as part of their and the world’s heritage.

Field trials of a beehive fence to deter crop-raiding elephants in Kenya

This study investigates a unique but simple design for a beehive fence aimed to deter crop-raiding elephants from entering small scale farms and to help enhance livelihoods through the sale of honey and bee products.

Mitigating human-wildlife conflicts in wildlife corridors: The case of Tarangire-Manyara Basin Ecosystem, northern Tanzania

The aim of this project is to test on the ground the newly developed Buffer Zone Land Use Planning (BUZLUP) Framework so that lessons learnt can be extrapolated to other parts of the world with similar socio-economic and environmental setting.