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PERCEPTION OF LOCAL COMMUNITY TO HUMAN-ELEPHANT CONFLICT SURROUNDING ELEPHANT CONSERVATION HABITAT IN ACEH, INDONESIA

, 2015
oai:jurnal.usk.ac.id:article/10594Abstract: The aim of this research is to identify the perception of local community to human- elephant-conflict surrounding the elephant conservation habitat in Aceh Besar, Aceh Province, Indonesia.
Hilmayanti, Putri, Muhammad, Nazar, Abdullah, Abdullah   +2 more
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Migrant success in UK Education: Are there lessons for government social mobility policy?

British Educational Research Journal, EarlyView.
Abstract The school achievement and career aspirations of 23 sixth form students at a multi‐cultural urban academy in the UK are explored through interviews. The sample includes 16 s‐generation migrants, 6 UK‐born students with migrant parents and 1 UK‐born student, selected to represent a cohort of over 300 post‐16 learners.
Bernard Barker, Kate Hoskins
wiley   +1 more source

Addressing human–elephant conflicts in Taita Taveta County, Kenya: Integrating species distribution modeling into targeted conservation strategies

Global Ecology and Conservation
Increasing competition for space and resources at the agriculture-conservation interface poses critical challenges to wildlife conservation, often intensifying human–wildlife conflicts throughout the globe, including Kenya.
Tino Johansson, Martha Munyao, Petri K.E. Pellikka, Sakari Äärilä, Patrick Omondi, Mika Siljander   +5 more
doaj   +1 more source

The sensory ecology of fear: African elephants show aversion to olfactory predator signals

Conservation Science and Practice, 2021
Human–elephant conflict is a persistent problem across elephant home ranges, that results in economic damage to commercial and subsistence farmers, and physical harm and death to humans and elephants.
Kim Valenta, Melissa H. Schmitt, Manfred Ayasse, Omer Nevo   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Human-elephant conflict and land cover change in Sri Lanka

, 2022
Human–elephant conflict (HEC) is a key environmental issue in number of Asian countries, including Sri Lanka. Incidents of HEC have significantly increased in Sri Lanka between 1991 and 2018, with 1734 human deaths reported in this period (281% increase),
Jones, S (15509207), Luke Wallace (14752006), Rathnayake, CWM (15743165), Soto-Berelov, M (15726758)   +3 more
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Placental crises: disruptive selection and maternal under‐investment as the foundations of mammalian placental evolution and dysfunction

Biological Reviews, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Among the vertebrates, mammals are notable for the dominance of live birth and placental nutrition. The structural diversity of the mammalian placenta is remarkable, despite sharing a single common ancestor and conserved physiological functions.
Davis Laundon, Neil J. Gostling, Ian G. Reddin, Bram G. Sengers, Pascale Chavatte‐Palmer, Rohan M. Lewis   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

Historical Account of Managing Overabundant Wild Asian Elephants in Myanmar by the Kheddah System of Capture: Philosophy, Principles and Practices

Animals
When standard methods of human–elephant conflict mitigation are not successful, free-ranging wild elephants may continue to come into close contact with people.
Khyne U. Mar
doaj   +1 more source

Chairman's report: African Elephant Specialist Group

Pachyderm, 1993
Notes that the funding for conservation and management is inadequate and since it appears that poaching has returned in some area and the human/elephant conflict is increasing throughout the range states work must be maintained and augmented.
Holly Dublin
doaj   +1 more source

The Elephant in The Room: Human-Elephant Conflict in Central District, Botswana

, 2023
Human-Elephant Conflict is a topic of conservation and socio-economic concern in light of its impacts on elephants and humans alike. The phenomenon has been occurring since the 19th century in Asia and Africa.
Munamati, Kakale
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How wildlife respond to tropical cyclones: short‐term tactics and long‐term impacts

Biological Reviews, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT From butterflies to lizards and from sharks to seabirds, wildlife exhibit tactics to survive the impacts of tropical cyclones, also known as hurricanes, cyclones, or typhoons depending on where they occur. Some species seek refuge during the storm by moving, some remain in place and ride it out, and others move longer distances, avoiding the ...
Erin L. Koen, Mohamed Khalil Meliane, Zachery B. Holmes, Karl E. Miller, William J. Barichivich, Emilie Dedeban, Alex Furst, Miranda Imeri, Peyton E. Niebanck, Samantha Nunn, Kailee Pearson, Nicole Rita, Brier Ryver, Dakotah Shaffer, Susan C. Walls, E. Hance Ellington   +15 more
wiley   +1 more source