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Strengthening Human - Elephant Co-existance in Eastern Terai of Nepal.

This project was developed in close collaboration with local.communities and District Forest Officials in Jhapa, Nepal, the.easternmost district in the Terai landscape, in order to.strengthen elephant conservation efforts. Project objectives.include: 1) support local communities in the management and.maintenance of electric fences to prevent elephants from entering.villages; 2) form, train, and equip community-based Elephant.Response Teams (ERT) and strengthen their capacity to deal with.HEC; 3) create a database for long-term tracking of human-elephant.conflict (HEC) data; and 4) conduct community awareness workshops.to encourage behavior change towards elephants. These.interventions are expected to reduce community resentment towards.elephants and lead to behavior change which reduces both human and.elephant fatalities from HEC in this priority landscape of eastern.Nepal.

Source-reported status: completed. Timeline labels use reported dates and do not verify current activity.