Farmers’ experiences of mobile electric fences for human–elephant coexistence

Mikołajczak, Katarzyna ORCID: 0000-0002-1026-3053, Mikolo Yobo, Christian, Chehoski, Eric, Tshibangu, Claudel and Schutgens, Maurice (2024) Farmers’ experiences of mobile electric fences for human–elephant coexistence. . Grantham Research Institute on Climate Change and the Environment, London School of Economics and Political Science, London, UK.

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Abstract

Human–elephant conflict is a common problem in places where human activities and elephant habitats overlap, posing a serious threat to livelihoods and elephant conservation. In Gabon, the growing intensity of these conflicts in recent years has made it a key political issue. In 2022, Space for Giants, an international conservation non-governmental organisation, in support of the Ministry of Water, Forests, the Sea and the Environment, introduced a national mobile electric fencing programme to protect farmers from crop devastation by elephants. This report outlines the findings from our study of farmers’ experiences with Gabon’s mobile electric fencing programme. It also provides recommendations aimed at reducing the programme’s chance of failure and promoting a more sustainable and harmonious relationship between humans and forest elephants.

Item Type:	Monograph (Report)
Additional Information:	© 2024 The Authors
Divisions:	Grantham Research Institute
Subjects:	H Social Sciences > HD Industries. Land use. Labor Q Science > QL Zoology H Social Sciences > H Social Sciences (General)
Date Deposited:	06 Aug 2025 15:03
Last Modified:	07 Aug 2025 23:06
URI:	http://eprints.lse.ac.uk/id/eprint/129073

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