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 […]
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
EWB is pleased to share the news that this crop season (2019/2020) has been fairly successful with high crop yield in the Chobe Enclave, largely due to both good rains and functioning tractors availability. Proud that EWB’s EleSenses elephant repellent program has expanded beyond the Chobe Enclave and Kasane/Kazungula, thus we are now collaborating with […]
EWB has created a human-elephant conflict mitigation demonstration plot, located at the Mllazie nursery in Kazungula. Mma Mllazie’s site is readily located for anyone interested in learning about different mitigations that EWB has been using to assist farmers and community plots from elephants. Visitors are also welcome to discuss with the Mllazie family and learn […]