Social Media Campaign
Grassroot solutions are community-based solutions that people can use to solve problems related to human-elephant conflict. For example, people can use social media platforms such as Twitter, Facebook, and Instagram to alert people of crop-raiding elephants and how to protect themselves.
I post my infographic to Twitter. Images and data are always easier to understanding the problem.
When I was researching, I found this article astonishing. It said that people who would actually buy ivory are those that said they wouldn't buy.
The SMC assignment asked us to take two days to research the organizations, two days for problems, two days for solutions, and one day for infographic.
Organizations
Born Free
Born Free has launched a project to promote the farming of elephant resistant crops. The group has also teamed up with local NGOs on a variety of elephant conservation initiatives.
Sheldrick Wildlife Trust
This organization not only helps orphans, but also anti poaching. "We currently operate sixteen Anti-Poaching Teams ... and fund two more teams operated by Mara Elephant Project in the Mau Forest"
Problems
Human and elephants' conflicts are a result of habitat loss and fragmentation. There is lethal retaliation against elephants. Elephants have lost majority of their land to humans.
Even though the poaching was banned, evidence of continued poaching of elephants was found in several parts of Africa. Poaching for ivory is very serious and needs to stop now.
Solutions
Corridors are important for elephant movement and to maintain a healthy population
-Support action-oriented organizations working on the front line in the anti-poaching war
-Lobby your Government to prioritize the fight agains wildlife crime, including ivory trafficking
-Don’t buy ivory and inform others why they shouldn’t either
Check out my day by day plan:
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1Fwjoip0AMgxVDT2v4em_XPmFFI9816LnFdNKIdt7cIk/edit
Infographic
I made a summary of the human-elephant conflict in this infographic for people to quickly learn about the issue. I talked about the causes of the conflict.