Anywhere in the world where interactions with these mammals occur.
The increasing interactions between humans and wildlife worldwide call for greater stakeholder engagement and more easily available and accessible information about initiatives that help address these challenges. The ENCOSH platform aims to promote knowledge sharing on such initiatives and to inform, inspire, and empower people to enhance positive human-wildlife interactions at the local level.
The platform is a meeting point for anyone wishing to address human-wildlife interaction issues, as well as for those who want to share their experience and expertise.
This project focuses on medium- and large-sized terrestrial mammals. However, the platform remains open to other animal species.
Anywhere in the world where interactions with these mammals occur.
ENCOSH aims to encourage the sharing of knowledge, know-how, and experiences, as well as the creation of support networks worldwide around local and global initiatives that contribute to improving human-wildlife interactions.
Information about these initiatives can be unavailable, incomplete, or difficult to understand for many people around the world.
Many people around the world face similar issues related to the presence of wild mammals: livestock injured or killed by carnivores, crops damaged by wild boars or primates, wildlife appearing near towns and villages…
Numerous and diverse local initiatives have been tested globally to address these challenges.
Many of the actions implemented locally could be applied elsewhere.
There is no one-size-fits-all solution, and it is often necessary to combine several of these initiatives to effectively address human-wildlife interactions.
Networking and meetings with various stakeholders in the Alps (France, Switzerland, Italy), along with discussions and reflections on the project;
Production of a documentary on coexistence challenges and videos showcasing local initiatives to be featured on the platform;
Development of a strategic plan to define and implement the ENCOSH project.
As a collaborative platform, the contribution of partners is essential to its success.
ENCOSH is supported by 3 types of partners :
Collaborative partners are entities that have committed, through an agreement, to submit their main initiatives to the platform.
Technical partners support us by contributing to the improvement of the platform based on their specific skills (translations, web development, communication, etc.).
Financial partners support us by providing funding to coordinate and develop the platform.
EHRA is our first collaborative partner, committed to sharing its main initiatives to address human-elephant coexistence challenges.
It is an NGO based in Namibia, founded in 2003 in response to the rise of human-elephant conflict (HEC) and the resulting elephant mortality. EHRA focuses on reducing HEC through physical protection methods, education and awareness, financial support to local communities, and long-term monitoring of desert-adapted elephants.
The goal is to create a mutually beneficial relationship between the communal residents of the Kunene and Erongo regions in Namibia and their desert elephants.
The Society for Wildlife Conservation, Education and Research (Wild-CER) is a conservation organization addressing various conservation issues in central India.
With a mission to conserve through education and research, Wild-CER has so far trained over 2,800 frontline forest department staff, 1,800 veterinarians, and raised awareness among around 10,000 citizens on conservation issues.
Wild-CER leads several initiatives, including “Conducting Wildlife Investigations through Forensic Techniques in Central India” to mitigate human-wildlife conflict, and is actively involved in law enforcement efforts to conserve endangered species.
The WCB Research Foundation, a non-profit organization based in Patan (Gujarat), is dedicated to the scientific conservation of wildlife and habitats.
The foundation’s core strength lies in conducting effective action-oriented research and building the capacities of its stakeholders, including students, researchers, forest staff, and young faculty members—particularly in the field of conservation biology.
WCB’s main research areas include mammalian ecology and behavior, habitat assessment and modeling, wetland biology, biodiversity monitoring, and human-wildlife conflict mitigation.
The University of Salamanca supports us with the translation of the platform into Spanish.
The French Office for Biodiversity was our first financial partner in 2018 and 2019.
ODEADOM is the Office for the Development of Overseas Agricultural Economy. It supports the funding of a local project on human–felid coexistence in French Guiana, as well as the development of the ENCOSH platform, since both projects are interconnected: thinking globally to act locally.
