Human Elephant Conflict HEC What is human elephant conflict Human elephant conflict occurs when elephants and people live together in an area where they share the same resources Therefore they compete for the same food space and water ID: 767630
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Human Elephant Conflict (HEC) What is human elephant conflict?Human elephant conflict occurs when elephants and people live together in an area where they share the same resources. Therefore, they compete for the same food, space and water. Why does HEC happen? HEC occurs when people change elephant habitat into people habitat by clearing land to grow crops, building villages and adding roads.
What can happen when elephants are your neighbors? Elephants are attracted to many of the same food people grow. A family’s entire supply of crops can be eaten, leaving them with no food. Elephants can become upset and destroy homes and property. People can be hurt or even killed.
Project Study: Sumatra Elephant Conservation Response Units, Indonesia This elephant conservation project protects wild elephants and creates job opportunities for local people. It benefits both people and elephants. This is the mark of a successful conservation project.
Sumatran Conservation Response Unit (CRU) A strategy for Elephant Conservation in Sumatra The Conservation Response Unit is made up of rangers whose job it is to protect the wild elephants and the local people and their property by reducing and preventing human-elephant conflict. CRU rangers are elephant caregivers recruited from community. The CRU elephants are seen as partners in conservation, instead of a danger.
Conservation Response Unit Tools Wide variety of innovative tools and practices
Ability to plot exact locations Easily carried in forestAllows tracking of elephant movements Learn from local community members Use villager knowledgeAbility to create practical solutions Takes a picture as wildlife passes 24 monitoring of location CRU can focus elsewhere Handheld GPS Unit Interviewing Local Community Camera Trap Conservation Response Unit Tools Wide variety of innovative tools and practices
Mahouts can patrol an area in danger CRU elephants deter wild elephantsVillagers can be educated by ranger Available from any cellphone GPS, Date, TimeCRU use to discover elephant interactions CRU Patrol Geo-tagged Images Conservation Response Unit Tools Wide variety of innovative tools and practices
Human Elephant Conflict Solutions Practical & creative solutions used in unison Beehive Fence Biofence Education Leaflet Buffer Zone Crops Chili Planting Wildlife Corridor
Thick palm trees form a strong fence Adult palmyra trees are self-sufficientRequires community investment Creates green paths for elephants Protects historic migration routesDepends on community involvement CRU distribute to local villages To Do’s and Don’t Do’s Brings CRU into the village Biofencing Wildlife Corridor Education Leaflets Human Elephant Conflict Solutions Practical & creative solutions used in unison
Irritant to elephants Affordable for localsLimited to individual homes Some elephants fear beesFashioned beehive fences for farmersCreate income through honey sales Plant inedible crops around cash crops Coffee and tea commonly used Most effective on large farms Chili Planting Beehive Fence Buffer Zone Crops Human Elephant Conflict Solutions Practical & creative solutions used in unison