Space for Giants with Dr. Max Graham - a podcast by Eli Weiss

Join Eli and special guest Dr. Max Graham, PhD and Member IUCN Elephant Specialist Group as we discuss Human-wildlife conflict, in particular crop damage by elephants, and how this causes immediate subsistence crises resulting in enormous resentment and anger among rural people. Elephants and other wildlife are injured and killed in retaliation and it becomes difficult, if not impossible, to implement conservation projects under these circumstances. Human-wildlife conflict is not easy to solve and requires large investments of time and resources to simply reduce it. The best thing we can do is prevent human-wildlife conflict from occurring in the first place. This preventative measure requires proper land-use planning before it is too late. Sadly in many places it is too late. Under these circumstances what are we doing about it?

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