A new report from Elephants Without Borders (EWB), summarizing the results of over a decade of aerial surveys in southern Africa, finds new reason for concern about the conservation of African savanna elephants in Botswana and Angola. The new report, authored by Dr. Scott Schlossberg and Dr. Michael Chase, used data from aerial surveys between […]
EWB is proud to be contributors to this new and exciting publication, Behavioral responses of terrestrial mammals to COVID-19 lockdowns, in Science! So, what did wild animals do while people were in lockdown? Policies to reduce human movement during the early months of the COVID-19 pandemic produced a kind of natural experiment to observe how […]
Boots on the Ground podcast main aim is to amplify voices for conservation one conversation at a time. With climate change affecting millions of livelihoods in Africa and threatening its natural heritage, this is indeed the time to spread the much needed awareness on why we need to conserve and fight for the rights of […]
A new study by the University of Pretoria, Duke University and Elephants Without Borders is published in the scientific journal PLoS ONE underscores the importance of reconnecting elephant habitats through safe corridors. The study examines satellite telemetry data (about 1.2 million locations) for 261 elephants that were tracked across southern Africa showing what natural features […]
Kasane, Botswana– New research led by Elephants Without Borders (EWB) has discovered that elephant movement through wildlife corridors is directly impacted by differing forms of human pressures and development. From 2012 to 2019, EWB monitored elephants’ movements through six wildlife corridors with the use of motion-detected camera traps in two different human-dominated landscapes: the townships […]
Congratulations / Kealeboga to the “graduate” guides who have completed EWB’s Research Lecture Series! In the wake of the COVID-19 crisis, travel and tourism in Botswana has dwindled and one of the strongest disciplines hit were the pillars of the industry, the trained safari Guides. Admirably, many here in Chobe decided to take this time […]
new information revealing solar-powered strobe lights are an effective method to stop elephants from entering a farmer’s field
“Truth never damages a cause that is just.” Mahatma Gandhi Hot off the Press! New, peer-reviewed, scientific manuscript published in the journal Scientific Reports that suggests poaching for ivory has not diminished across most of Africa. http://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-020-66906-w New research led by Elephants Without Borders (EWB) reveals that poaching of African elephants for their ivory has […]
Scientific research and data is important in today’s knowledge society and to help guide informed actions and decisions. Below is a list and download links of EWB researchers’ peer-reviewed papers published in scientific journals, within the last few months. To read or download more, please see our Publications page and survey reports on Aerial Survey page! Elephants: […]
EWB was happy to donate food hamper packages and masks, for the volunteers of the Red Cross that have been helping the medical staff