When elephants leave Kruger National Park, they are sometimes killed and their meat is shared with nearby communities. This policy may have unintended consequences.
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Nigeria has only a few hundred elephants left. They are worth saving, for several reasons.
African savannah elephant numbers are surging. But for farmers in elephant territory, that can spell disaster. To solve human-elephant conflict, we might need to use smell.
Forest elephants are endangered in Nigeria. Habitat protection, community awareness campaigns, research and stronger regulations could save them from going extinct.
A study of tweets posted in 2019 found that tweets about elephant conservation didn’t align with the actual greatest threats to the animals, creating the risk of misdirected funding.
Crop raiding is happening more often in the Masai Mara, in different places and at different times of the year.
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Director, Durrell Institute of Conservation and Ecology, University of Kent
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Professor and Chair, Southwestern Environmental Science and Policy, Northern Arizona University
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Professor of Wildlife Conservation, University of Oxford
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Research and Science Manager at Save the Elephants and Associate, Durrell Institute for Conservation and Ecology, University of Kent
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Professor of Environmental Physiology of Animals, University of Lagos
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Professor of Genetics, Department of Cell Biology and Genetics, University of Lagos
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Natural Resources Conservationist
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PhD Candidate in Conservation Science, Griffith University
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Postdoctoral Research Fellow in Conservation and Wildlife Management, University of Sydney
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Professor, Forest Resources Management, University of Ilorin
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Visiting Research Fellow, Manchester Metropolitan University
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