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 […]
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 […]
On the 5th of June Elephants Without Borders Education program hosted an afternoon event to commemorate World Environment day (WED). This year’s theme was focused on “air pollution” and thus, this event focused on the importance of trees, as the “lungs of our environment.” The day was organised in partnership with the Ministry of Basic […]
On the 17 of August all roads led to Mmadinare Senior Secondary school for the Association of Environmental Clubs of Botswana (AECB) National Environmental Rally, the theme “Connecting People to Nature: Students are Key to Sustainable Education.” Elephants Without Borders was pleased to participate, as our Education Coordinator, Thato Tsheko represented EWB as a proud sponsor […]
As the festive season is underway, our team at Elephants Without Borders would like to take this opportunity to briefly reflect on 2017 and provide our gratitude for your support throughout the year. This year, as we continue with our elephant and wildlife monitoring research programme, following the herds, monitoring elephants throughout Botswana from Chobe to […]
The African Bushfire and the Elephant has received wonderful reviews and recently been selected as Dr. Toy’s “10 Best Socially Responsible Products of 2017” and as “100 Best Children’s Products of 2017!” We are very proud to be working with Sylvia Medina, founder of the Green Kids Club, author to dozens of International children’s books. […]
“Empowering Future Leaders Today, for a Healthier World Tomorrow!” Last week, we hit the pavement (literally) on a campaign to promote environmental practices across Chobe District, the Walk for Eco-Literacy, was organized by Ducere Foundation and Elephants Without Borders in partnership with Chobe Regional Educational offices, under the Ministry of Basic Education. Objectives of the Walk for Eco-Literacy: […]