Urban human-elephant conflict in Zimbabwe: A case study of the mitigation endeavour
With the expansion of urbanization, urban cases of human-wildlife conflict are increasing worldwide. Africa's population, currently at 1.3 billion, is expected to reach 4 billion by 2100 . In this context, human-elephant interactions are expected to increase. Cases of urban elephant conflicts remain poorly documented, although they do exist. In November 2014, the Chirundu Elephant Programme launched an elephant education protocol involving the use of a chilli pepper gas dispenser to deter elephants as an alternative solution to the killing of elephants found scavenging in towns and seen to be a problem. As attempts at deterrence were recorded, the opportunity arose to document an urban case of elephant conflict and its underlying social drivers. From 1 November 2014 to 3 October 2015, elephants were deterred from entering Chirundu, by a team operating on the ground. Results from a soft-systems analysis showed that only a few bulls were responsible for most of the incursions. The elephants fed at any opportunity and displayed enough behavioural flexibility and innovative behaviours to thrive in an urban setting. A lack of environmental awareness and the complete absence of waste disposal systems, combined with the crumbling infrastructure, largely encouraged the conflict situation, maintaining negative attitudes and low elephant acceptance among locals. Elephants have been effectively chased away, and better town planning, environmental education and human' involvement in resolving the human-elephant conflict problem were encouraged, so as to increase tolerance to wildlife. As the population of towns are expected to “mushroom” in the coming decades, many emerging in traditional elephant migratory routes and rangelands, the effective methods of non-lethal management need to be developed.
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dig-cirad-fr-5891042024-01-29T01:15:40Z http://agritrop.cirad.fr/589104/ http://agritrop.cirad.fr/589104/ Urban human-elephant conflict in Zimbabwe: A case study of the mitigation endeavour. Scrizzi Aliénor, Le Bel Sébastien, La Grange Mike, Cornélis Daniel, Mabika Cheryl Tinashe, Czudek René. 2018. Pachyderm (59) : 76-85.http://www.pachydermjournal.org/index.php/pachy/issue/view/23/showToc <http://www.pachydermjournal.org/index.php/pachy/issue/view/23/showToc> Urban human-elephant conflict in Zimbabwe: A case study of the mitigation endeavour Scrizzi, Aliénor Le Bel, Sébastien La Grange, Mike Cornélis, Daniel Mabika, Cheryl Tinashe Czudek, René eng 2018 Pachyderm P01 - Conservation de la nature et ressources foncières L20 - Écologie animale E50 - Sociologie rurale éléphant d'Afrique urbanisation faune conflits gestion de la faune et de la flore sauvages parcours déplacement environnement urbain http://aims.fao.org/aos/agrovoc/c_168 http://aims.fao.org/aos/agrovoc/c_8088 http://aims.fao.org/aos/agrovoc/c_2821 http://aims.fao.org/aos/agrovoc/c_73599179 http://aims.fao.org/aos/agrovoc/c_49867 http://aims.fao.org/aos/agrovoc/c_6448 http://aims.fao.org/aos/agrovoc/c_65c7772b http://aims.fao.org/aos/agrovoc/c_29062 Zimbabwe http://aims.fao.org/aos/agrovoc/c_8516 With the expansion of urbanization, urban cases of human-wildlife conflict are increasing worldwide. Africa's population, currently at 1.3 billion, is expected to reach 4 billion by 2100 . In this context, human-elephant interactions are expected to increase. Cases of urban elephant conflicts remain poorly documented, although they do exist. In November 2014, the Chirundu Elephant Programme launched an elephant education protocol involving the use of a chilli pepper gas dispenser to deter elephants as an alternative solution to the killing of elephants found scavenging in towns and seen to be a problem. As attempts at deterrence were recorded, the opportunity arose to document an urban case of elephant conflict and its underlying social drivers. From 1 November 2014 to 3 October 2015, elephants were deterred from entering Chirundu, by a team operating on the ground. Results from a soft-systems analysis showed that only a few bulls were responsible for most of the incursions. The elephants fed at any opportunity and displayed enough behavioural flexibility and innovative behaviours to thrive in an urban setting. A lack of environmental awareness and the complete absence of waste disposal systems, combined with the crumbling infrastructure, largely encouraged the conflict situation, maintaining negative attitudes and low elephant acceptance among locals. Elephants have been effectively chased away, and better town planning, environmental education and human' involvement in resolving the human-elephant conflict problem were encouraged, so as to increase tolerance to wildlife. As the population of towns are expected to “mushroom” in the coming decades, many emerging in traditional elephant migratory routes and rangelands, the effective methods of non-lethal management need to be developed. article info:eu-repo/semantics/article Journal Article info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion http://agritrop.cirad.fr/589104/1/Urban%20HEC%20Pachyderm.pdf text cc_by_nc info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/ http://www.pachydermjournal.org/index.php/pachy/issue/view/23/showToc info:eu-repo/semantics/altIdentifier/purl/http://www.pachydermjournal.org/index.php/pachy/issue/view/23/showToc |
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With the expansion of urbanization, urban cases of human-wildlife conflict are increasing worldwide. Africa's population, currently at 1.3 billion, is expected to reach 4 billion by 2100 . In this context, human-elephant interactions are expected to increase. Cases of urban elephant conflicts remain poorly documented, although they do exist. In November 2014, the Chirundu Elephant Programme launched an elephant education protocol involving the use of a chilli pepper gas dispenser to deter elephants as an alternative solution to the killing of elephants found scavenging in towns and seen to be a problem. As attempts at deterrence were recorded, the opportunity arose to document an urban case of elephant conflict and its underlying social drivers. From 1 November 2014 to 3 October 2015, elephants were deterred from entering Chirundu, by a team operating on the ground. Results from a soft-systems analysis showed that only a few bulls were responsible for most of the incursions. The elephants fed at any opportunity and displayed enough behavioural flexibility and innovative behaviours to thrive in an urban setting. A lack of environmental awareness and the complete absence of waste disposal systems, combined with the crumbling infrastructure, largely encouraged the conflict situation, maintaining negative attitudes and low elephant acceptance among locals. Elephants have been effectively chased away, and better town planning, environmental education and human' involvement in resolving the human-elephant conflict problem were encouraged, so as to increase tolerance to wildlife. As the population of towns are expected to “mushroom” in the coming decades, many emerging in traditional elephant migratory routes and rangelands, the effective methods of non-lethal management need to be developed. |
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P01 - Conservation de la nature et ressources foncières L20 - Écologie animale E50 - Sociologie rurale éléphant d'Afrique urbanisation faune conflits gestion de la faune et de la flore sauvages parcours déplacement environnement urbain http://aims.fao.org/aos/agrovoc/c_168 http://aims.fao.org/aos/agrovoc/c_8088 http://aims.fao.org/aos/agrovoc/c_2821 http://aims.fao.org/aos/agrovoc/c_73599179 http://aims.fao.org/aos/agrovoc/c_49867 http://aims.fao.org/aos/agrovoc/c_6448 http://aims.fao.org/aos/agrovoc/c_65c7772b http://aims.fao.org/aos/agrovoc/c_29062 http://aims.fao.org/aos/agrovoc/c_8516 |
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Scrizzi, Aliénor Le Bel, Sébastien La Grange, Mike Cornélis, Daniel Mabika, Cheryl Tinashe Czudek, René |
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Scrizzi, Aliénor Le Bel, Sébastien La Grange, Mike Cornélis, Daniel Mabika, Cheryl Tinashe Czudek, René |
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Urban human-elephant conflict in Zimbabwe: A case study of the mitigation endeavour |
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Urban human-elephant conflict in Zimbabwe: A case study of the mitigation endeavour |
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Urban human-elephant conflict in Zimbabwe: A case study of the mitigation endeavour |
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Urban human-elephant conflict in Zimbabwe: A case study of the mitigation endeavour |
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Urban human-elephant conflict in Zimbabwe: A case study of the mitigation endeavour |
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