Latest addition to the PACE Living with Wildlife module. We are super excited to have completed the English edition of our new Okapi resource. It is a joint publication with the Okapi Conservation Project in the Democratic Republic of Congo. They are based in north western DRC, in the Ituri Forest, one of few sites where the forest dwelling Okapi can be found. Okapi are fascinating creatures, quiet, shy animals that live in the dense rain forest in [...]
Human - elephant conflict has become a big problem in south west Chad. As climate and habitats change, and human populations increase, the boundaries between space for elephants and space for people are breaking down. Elephant have fewer places where they can feel safe, and people are losing their means of subsistence, some are losing their lives. When Environnement Sahel, a Chadian NGO, visited communities in the Province of Logone Occidental in November reports from different villages included: [...]
If so, you may get some ideas on how to solve it from the Shela Environmental Residents Group (SERG) in Kenya. Over just a few years the village worked together to transform their beaches, streets and public spaces, from somewhere that people tolerated and suffered into a clean, bright, healthy and happy place that they are proud of and visitors admire. The Shela Environmental Residents Group worked with Lamu Marine Conservation Trust (LaMCoT) and Africa Underwater to create a new [...]
the PACE supplement 'Energy and climate change' is now available in french - for more information contact pace@tusk.org
