Building Government Capability and Capacity to Facilitate Human-Elephant Coexistence
Key Facts
FUNDING SCHEME Capability & Capacity
VALUE £198,978
WHERE Malawi, Gabon, Ethiopia, Angola
Summary
The EPIF believes that Human-Elephant Conflict (HEC) solutions must be African-led, with leading roles fulfilled by African governments and their wildlife authority experts. Currently, these institutions' capability, capacity, and funding are entirely insufficient to deal with the colossal challenges of HEC, the impacts of climate change, and the complexities of land use planning across elephant habitats. The EPIF aims to strengthen this critical capability and capacity shortfall through structured training, mentoring, partnerships, knowledge exchange and network-building across EPI member states.
