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Is it possible to reconnect elephant populations viably in southern Africa?
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 […]
City life or farm life? Elephants adapt to human development
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 […]
Panic at the Disco
new information revealing solar-powered strobe lights are an effective method to stop elephants from entering a farmer’s field
EleSenses Update April 2020
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 […]
World Wildlife Day 2020: Sustaining All Life on Earth
World Wildlife Day is celebrated around the World on March 3rd. This year’s theme was ‘Sustaining all life on Earth’ encompassing all wild animal and plant species as key components of the world’s biodiversity. To commemorate, the EWB Education team organized and hosted an event in Chobe West on March 7th, a fun-filled day […]
The Last Elephants
Foreword by HRH Prince William, Duke of Cambridge Compiled by Don Pinnock and Colin Bell About the book African savanna elephants–among the most magnificent and beloved of our fellow mammals–are an extraordinary, social, and intelligent species. The Last Elephants, an homage to these animals and a clarion call for their preservation, is based upon a […]
Expert Review Summary of 2018 Botswana Aerial Survey
“This report is very well-written. The methodology of data collection and analysis is thoroughly and transparently described and justified, so that the results and conclusions – which are clear and objective – are well-supported. This 2018 survey was clearly the most precise, and quite possibly most accurate, survey of elephant numbers, trends and poaching pressure undertaken to date in northern Botswana. Its conclusions are robust, and indisputable.”