Predicting human elephant conflict

Reviews the establishment of AfESG's Human-Elephant Conflict Task Force (HETF) and its initial concerns and approaches to the problem. Looks at problems of predicting potential elephant-human conflict in nonagricultural as well as agricultural areas and suggests assessing maps using overlap be...

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Main Author: Chris Thouless
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: IUCN 1998-07-01
Series:Pachyderm
Online Access:https://pachydermjournal.org/index.php/pachyderm/article/view/930
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Summary:Reviews the establishment of AfESG's Human-Elephant Conflict Task Force (HETF) and its initial concerns and approaches to the problem. Looks at problems of predicting potential elephant-human conflict in nonagricultural as well as agricultural areas and suggests assessing maps using overlap between elephant range (excludng protected areas) and high densities of human population would be useful.
ISSN:1026-2881
1683-5018