Susan Boonman-Berson

Susan Boonman-Berson holds a PhD in animal geography - a multi-disciplinary field of human-animal studies - , with a specialization on human-wildlife conflict management. As a professional speaker, moderator and independent researcher she advocates for coexistence with wildlife by promoting a dynamic approach to wildlife management, a focus on human-wildlife interactions and an acknowledgement of wild animals as minded beings. It is her mission to reveal the variety of human-wildlife cohabitation strategies around the globe in which wild animals are seen as co-participants. An important way to promote alternative ways of managing human-wildlife conflicts is to collect and distribute cohabitation stories. That is exactly what ENCOSH is about. Additionally she is writing a book portraying stories of human-wildlife interactions.

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Alternative crops for mitigating elephant crop raiding

This is an interesting way to prevent crop raiding! I have a clarification question, does this initiative entail that farmers completely change their crops from traditional crops such as maize and millet to the alternative crops that are used as deterrents? Or is it still possible to grow some traditional crops in the middle of an area while at the borders these alternative crops are grown? If this is indeed the case, is it known how wide this border with alternative crops ought to be – approximately? If this is not the case, would this be an option to explore (or perhaps it has been explored of course)?