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Conserving wildlife, enhancing livelihoods in areas of human-wildlife conflict

Elephant Pepper Development Trust (now Connected Conservation) has published the following papers, manuals and reports based on comprehensive field research and are available as free downloads.

Animal Cognition

Andrea Presotto, Richard FayrerHosken, Caitlin Curry & Marguerite Madden (2019)

Spatial mapping shows that some African elephants use cognitive maps to navigate the core but not the periphery of their home ranges

Assessment of the human wildlife mitigation measures

M. Karidozo & M. La Grange & F.V. Osborn (September 2016)

Assessment of the human wildlife mitigation measures being implemented by Kavango-Zambezi Transfrontier Conservation Area (KAZA TFCA) Partner Countries

Investigating the potential of chilli Capsicum annum

Guy E. Parker & Ferrel V. Osborn (July 2006)

Investigating the potential for chilli Capsicum annum to reduce human-wildlife conflict in Zimbabwe

Investigating the potential of chilli

G.E. Parker & F.V. Osborn (2006)

Investigating the potential for chilli to reduce Conflict in Zimbabwe

Habitat selection

F.V. Osborn (July – December 2005)

Habitat selection by bull elephants in central Zimbabwe

Can bees deter elephants

Malvern Karidozo & Ferrel V. Osborn
(July – December 2005)

Can bees deter elephants from raiding crops? An experiment in the communal lands of Zimbabwe

The concept of home range

Ferrel V. Osborn (July – December 2004)

The concept of home range in relation to elephants to Africa

Seasonal variation of feeding patterns

F.V. Osborn (2004)

Seasonal variation of feeding patterns and food selection by crop-raiding elephants in Zimbabwe

Community-based problem wildlife control

G.E. Parker (March 2003)

Community-based problem wildlife control

Integrated approach for reducing the conflict

Ferrel V. Osborn & Guy E. Parker (January 2003)

Towards an integrated approach for reducing the conflict between elephants and people: a review of current research

Linking two elephant refuges

F.V. Osborn & G.E. Parker (2003)

Linking two elephant refuges with a corridor in the communal lands of Zimbabwe

Community-based methods to reduce crop loss

Ferrel V. Osborn & Guy E. Parker (July – December 2002)

Community-based methods to reduce crop loss to elephants: experiments in the communal lands of Zimbabwe

Elephant-induced change in woody vegetation

Ferrel V. Osborn (July – December 2002)

Elephant-induced change in woody vegetation and its impact on elephant movements out of a protected area in Zimbabwe

Elephant / Human Conflict in Niassa Reserve

G.E. Parker & S.G Anstey (August 2002)

Elephant / Human Conflict around Niassa Reserve, Mozambique

Elephant / Human Conflict in Zambia

F.V. Osborn & G.E. Parker (June 2002)

Elephant/Human conflict around the Luangwa National Parks, Zambia

Elephant / Human Conflict in Mozambique

F.V. Osborn & S. Anstey (April 2002)

Elephant / Human Conflict around Niassa Reserve, Mozambique

Capsicum oleoresin as an elephant repellent

F.V. Osborn (2002)

Capsicum oleoresin as an elephant repellent: field trials in the communal lands of Zimbabwe

Dual season crop damage

G.E. Parker & F.V. Osborn (2001)

Dual season crop damage by elephants in the Eastern Zambezi Valley, Zimbabwe

Elephant / Human Conflict around Maputo Elephant Reserve

Loki Osborn (August 1998)

Elephant / Human Conflict around Maputo Elephant Reserve, Mozambique

Evidence for the effectiveness of an oleo-resin capsicum aerosol

F.V. Osborn & L.E.L. Rasmussen (1995)

Evidence for the effectiveness of an oleo-resin capsicum aerosol as a repellent against wild elephants in Zimbabwe

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