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The Mali Elephant Project: protecting elephants amidst conflict and poverty

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This short report shows how it has been possible to protect a small yet important, highly vulnerable, remnant population of desert-adapted African elephants Loxodonta africana that roams through a vast, populated area of Mali, which in recent years has become lawless and subject to an aggressive jihadist insurgency. Initial studies showed how ecosystem trends threatened elephant survival and local livelihoods, and exacerbated human–human and human–elephant conflict. A combination of adaptive ...

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Published
Peer review status:
Peer reviewed

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10.1111/izy.12236

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Institution:
University of Oxford
Division:
MPLS
Department:
Zoology
Role:
Author
Publisher:
Wiley Publisher's website
Journal:
International Zoo Yearbook
Publication date:
2019-07-28
Acceptance date:
2019-07-02
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EISSN:
1748-1090
ISSN:
0074-9664
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pubs:1047268
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uuid:0772f982-e7fa-442b-bfe8-9ce997460be0
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pubs:1047268
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1047268
Deposit date:
2019-09-10

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