Elephant expert speaks on Bostwana’s elephants
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This month’s Wildlife and Nature Protection Society lecture is by Dr. Tempe Adams, Coexistence and Education Manager for Elephants without Borders, Botswana. She will speak on ‘Living with the world’s largest elephant population’ at 6 p.m. on November 17 at the Jasmine Hall, BMICH.
Sri Lanka, sadly, has the most incidence of human-elephant conflict (HEC) among countries that host the Asian Elephant. This topic has dominated conservation for the past 50 years.
So what is it like to live with the world’s largest population of African elephants? Botswana holds this proud accolade with an estimated 125,000 elephants living there. With Botswana being much, much larger than Sri Lanka, and the human populations directly involved being considerably smaller, there are still numerous threats to these magnificent creatures, poaching being one, and human-elephant conflict another.
Dr. Tempe Adams
Dr Adams of ‘Elephants without Borders’ (EWB) will discuss the similarities and differences in the challenges faced in protecting the Botswana and Sri Lankan elephants. EWB has created a ‘Side by Side’ Elephant Coexistence Programme and offers a holistic approach combining science and community empowerment to combat conflict.
Dr Adams’ role in the organisation is working with communities and helping them live and farm within wildlife areas, free from conflict.
She has published a number of scientific papers on combating human-elephant conflict by conserving elephants and empowering rural communities. Her research has been featured on BBC and CNN as well as in the Times, and National Geographic publications, to name a few.
The lecture will also be on both Zoom and FB live.
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