HWCM - Ministry of Environment and Tourism
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National Workshop on Human Wildlife Conflict Management 2005<br />
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Designing Strategies to mitigate Human-Elephant<br />
Conflict: Lessons <strong>and</strong> best practices in the<br />
region<br />
Holly Dublin (IUCN/HECTF)<br />
Human-Elephant Conflict Working Group<br />
African Elephant Specialist Group<br />
What is human-elephant conflict (HEC)<br />
“Any human-elephant interaction which results in negative effects on human social,<br />
economic or cultural life, on elephant conservation or on the environment”<br />
Why is it so prevalent in Africa<br />
And 20 years later… growing conflict at the beginning <strong>of</strong> the new millennium<br />
Doubtful<br />
Possible<br />
Known<br />
And what can we expect in the Year 2040<br />
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