I-ELE HEC Management Framework by NWA
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I-ELE HEC Management Framework by NWA
Software and apps for HEC management
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HEC Alert APP By NWA ready!
After extensive development and testing, HEC ALERT BY NWA is a new app for Human Elephant Conflict management, developed by NWA is now ready for public release. What is this app for? HEC Alert by NWA lets registered users: report elephant sighting real time get alerts for all elephant sightings within 25 km in the
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The ethics in elephant conservation in Thailand
The ethics in elephant conservation in Thailand A closer look at the definition of “ethical elephant sanctuary” Thailand has a century-old tradition of elephant keeping; originally used in the army and logging. After the logging ban,30 years ago, most elephants became redundant, resulting in begging elephants on the streets of Bangkok and elsewhere. Elephants then
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Reducing HEC in Udalguri
Reducing HEC in Udalguri A mission impossible? We at NWA do not think so! To find information to analyse the problems on hand and their implications, NWA team members started to collect data in early 2018. Based on the collected data, NWA is now developing a tailor made action plan. The Background: Udalguri districts high
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True Heros of Udalguri
True Heros of Udalguri We would like to introduce you to 3 new members of Nature & Wildlife Association Dibakar Nayak from Orangajuli Tea Estate Ankit Tanti (on the left) from Orangajuli Tea Estate Mithu Sarkar from no.1 Garuajhar village For 10 years, these guys from local villages work on their own to help villagers
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Tea gardens a heaven for elephants?
Tea gardens a heaven for elephants? Is the practice of providing shelter for elephants in tea gardens useful? Tea gardens in India are providing day-time shelter for wild elephants by leaving some areas to grow naturally. A nice gesture that surely shows good intention from tea garden owners and management. Removal of some fences, trenches
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Formation of regional NWA working member teams in India.
Formation of regional NWA working member teams in India. Throughout 2018, we at Nature & Wildlife Association worked hard to find capable, knowledgeable and honest people willing to become NWA members in Human Elephant Conflict plagued areas of India. Working closely with this people by giving them advise on data collection relates to HEC we
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What is QUICK ID and soft HEC mitigation training?
What is NWA QUICK ID and SOFT HEC mitigation training? Nature & Wildlife Association has developed NWA QUICK ID and SOFT HEC mitigation training. NWA QUICK ID and SOFT HEC mitigation involves all stakeholders; forestry officials, local villagers and volunteers will be trained. is taught, so all stake holders will be able to identify individual elephants, their character and their habits.
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Help Asia’s wild elephants
Help Nature & Wildlife Association to help Asia’s wild elephants! To reduce Human Elephant Conflict, NWA in cooperation with Green Guard Nature Organization has launched an ambiguous project in Assam/India. Today’s main HEC mitigation tools, chasing elephants away and blocking them with fences etc have mostly failed; they only move the problem to the next
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