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Effectiveness of intervention methods against crop‐raiding elephants [PDF]

open access: yesConservation Letters, 2011
Abstract The raiding of crops by elephants is one of the major components of human‐elephant conflict, causing loss of livelihood and retaliation against elephants. To mitigate this conflict, various intervention methods are in use by farmers across Africa and Asia; yet there have been few rigorous assessments of their effectiveness ...
Tammy E. Davies   +6 more
openaire   +1 more source

Population structure and demography of Myanmar’s conflict elephants

open access: yesGlobal Ecology and Conservation, 2021
Despite containing the largest extent of unfragmented landscape in the Asian elephant (Elephas maximus) range, Myanmar has high levels of human–elephant conflict.
Kris Budd   +6 more
doaj   +1 more source

Crop raiding pattern by Elephant in Nepal: A Case study of Khata Corridor

open access: yesInternational Journal of Plant, Animal and Environmental Sciences, 2023
Abstract Human – Elephant Conflict (HEC) causes the socio-economic distress in the settlement around Bardiya National Park (BNP). The transboundary migration of Asian elephant from Katarniyaghat Wildlife Sanctuary (KWS) in India to BNP and vice versa through Khata corridor exposes the vulnerable settlement in the corridor to frequent elephant ...
PAHARI Sagar   +2 more
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Influence of Wildlife Crop Raiding on Subsistence Farmers' Food Security Adjacent to Hluhluwe Game Reserve, South Africa

open access: yesConservation & Society, 2021
Worldwide, subsistence farmers have expressed concerns about food shortage due to crop raiding by wildlife. We investigated the effects of crop-raiding on homestead food security of subsistence farmers on the edge of the Hluhluwe Game Reserve, South ...
Tlou D Raphela, Neville Pillay
doaj   +1 more source

Agricultural land use change drives crop-raiding of Asian elephants in a human-elephant conflict zone in Thailand

open access: yesGlobal Ecology and Conservation
Elephants often make trade-offs between crop-raiding and risk avoidance in response to land use and land cover change. Here, we investigated seasonal and temporal drivers of crop-raiding patterns of Asian elephants surrounding Khao Ang Rue Nai Wildlife ...
Naparat Suttidate   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Nature and extent of human-elephant conflict in Bia Conservation Area, Ghana

open access: yesPachyderm, 2005
During the 2004 rainy season the nature and extent of human-elephant conflict focused on crop raiding and damage was investigated in and around Bia Conservation Area (comprised of two forest areas Bia NP and Bia Resource Reserve to the south of the ...
Sam, Kofi   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Patterns of crop-raiding by elephants, Loxodonta africana, in Laikipia, Kenya, and the management of human-elephant conflict

open access: yes, 2010
Recorded incidence of conflict between humans and elephants, in particular crop-raiding, is increasing in rural Africa and Asia, undermining efforts to conserve biological diversity.
Graham, Max D   +9 more
core   +1 more source

Susceptibility of Cultivated Plants to Sumatran Elephant (Elephas maxi,us sumatranus) in The Human Elephants Conflict Area in Aceh Province

open access: yesJurnal Manajemen Hutan Tropika, 2016
Study on human-elephant conflict was conducted in Aceh Province in August 2013-April 2014 to assess susceptibility of farms by crop raiding elephants. The locations were determined by selected areas impacted by elephant conflict incuding Cot Girek, Mane,
Kaniwa Berliani   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Conflict of Interest Between People and Baboons: Crop Raiding in Uganda [PDF]

open access: yesInternational Journal of Primatology, 2000
Much has been written about insect damage to standing crops, but an area that has received little attention within agricultural development, conservation, and primatological literature is that of primates and the potential damage they can cause to farmers' fields.
openaire   +2 more sources

The use of audio playback to deter crop‐raiding Asian elephants [PDF]

open access: yesWildlife Society Bulletin, 2016
ABSTRACT Human–elephant conflict (HEC) and poaching are the foremost threats to the survival of elephants (African, Loxodonta africana ; Asian, Elephas maximus ) in their natural ...
Wijayagunawardane, MPB   +7 more
openaire   +3 more sources

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