Africa

Bee fencing

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The bee fence is a simple barrier along which are arranged at regular intervals (10 m), hives suspended on a cable. Its operation is based on the observation that elephants would not approach within four meters of a hive (King et al., 2009). Despite the thickness of their skin, t...

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Chili farming or fencing

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The establishment of buffer cultivation based on chilli or chili fencing made with sisal ropes soaked in motor oil mixed with ground chilli (Capsicum spp.) can scare elephants. The active ingredient in chilli, capsaicin, has the power to irritate the epithelium of mammalian cells...

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Sisal fence

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Natural physical barriers made up of cacti and sisal have been tested in Mozambique to keep elephants away from agricultural plots, but few scientific publications exist on their effectiveness.

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Reinforced grain shelter

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In parallel with the dissemination of information to villagers on the most appropriate methods of storing food and beverages, we have produced, in two of our projects in Zambia, an educational booklet on the construction of reinforced grain shelters. These shelters mainly store m...

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Holistic land and livestock management

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From my lion work in the past, 90% of cattle killed by lions are killed when grazing without a herder. When I was a child in Zimbabwe, I never saw a herd of cattle alone without a herder. Therefore, something has changed.
When we ask what has changed, the answer is that t...

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Early detection system

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A low-cost and open source system that helps to early detect and alert people about the presence of large mammals.

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Virtual fencing

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A virtual fence creates a no-go area by manipulating the “Landscape of Fear” of a specific species. The virtual fence is designed to act like a territorial boundary in the mind of a target animal. Territorial boundaries are respected by potential intruders out of fear of retr...

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Bio-boundary

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Developing artificial chemical signals that will keep African Wild Dogs safely inside the borders of protected conservation areas.

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Model Farm

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Farm to show good farming practices and non-lehal measure to prevent and limit depredation by large carnivores

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Eye-painting cow

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This initiative consists of painting eyes on the hindquarters of cows to scare off predators that ambush them from behind like lions.

Working with Botswana Predator Conservation and local herders, we painted the cattle of 14 herds that had recently suffered lion atta...

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