Maps  We used GIS to make detailed maps of our work including elephant home ranges, areas of the park used by elephants, elephant densities, HEC localities, survey trails (Recce and Line Transects), habitat-type maps and other useful maps. We can … Continue reading →

Surveys are divided into three phases: • Recce walks where we walk along existing forest trails recording elephant sign to get an overall estimate of where elephants are. (see findings of Recce Walk) Recce Walk Analysis From the recce walks … Continue reading →

This is directly watching the elephants, identifying them, photographing them and recording information about their behaviour. Method We drive along the park roads and tracks looking for elephants. When we find them, we take detailed notes on the number of … Continue reading →

Study Site At present the WERF is based in Khao Yai National Park (KYNP) Thailand’s oldest and third largest national park. KYNP covers 2,168 km2 on the eastern Dongrak Range of the Korat Plateau in central Thailand, about 160 km … Continue reading →

A brief history of Salak Pra and Ko Buk Salak Pra was designated as Thailand’s first Wildlife Sanctuary in 1965 covering an area of 963 km2. Since then it has lost 195 km2 (20%) to mining (27 km2 ) and … Continue reading →

Affected communities respond to the problems of HEC in many different ways – some activities are similar in different countries and some activities vary depending on the location and factors such as level of impact, social and religious factors, education … Continue reading →

A summary of the literature on HEC points to five main causes of HEC: • Increasing human populations have resulted in expansion of human settlements and agricultural land into forest areas; humans have encroached into the elephants’ habitat. As a … Continue reading →

Many parts of Thailand are already suffering from HEC. A report by Wildlife Fund Thailand in 1997 found that HEC occurrs around eight protected areas – four wildlife sanctuaries and four national parks. Since then HEC has been found around … Continue reading →

HEC is an international problem which is on the increase. There has been considerable research into the problem which is summarized here:- • The level of impact depends on the number of humans, the number of elephants and the size … Continue reading →

Specific Objectives WERF will run a 6 month project with the following specific objectives: • To obtain an overall picture of the human elephant conflict problem in Thailand in all 49 protected areas with wild elephants. • To undertake detailed … Continue reading →