Living with Wildlife

This module looks at the hows and whys of living with wildlife.

Wildlife provides people with food, money, shelter, warmth, medicine and inspiration – and yet living with wildlife is not always easy for many African communities.  Conflict between people and wildlife is a serious problem.

Human encroachment and clearance of land for settlements and agriculture not only results in loss of habitat for wildlife, but forces wild animals into close quarters with humans.  Resultant loss of crops, livestock or human life is met with retaliatory or even pre-emptive killings of many animals. Whether it’s with elephants, big cats, primates or rodents, human-wildlife conflict is set to grow with the growth of the human population.  Finding space for both people and wildlife to co-exist is the ultimate conservation challenge.

Living with Wildlife – Videos

Introduction

Living with Elephants

The Elephant Chilli Pepper Project – Zambia

Living with Predators

Living with Baboons 

Bushmeat

Eco-Tourism

Other Resources in the Living with Wildlife Modules

Bats – A new PACE resource

Bats are mammals, we call them Nature’s nightshift heroes, because they are nocturnal and do so much good, like controlling harmful insects and pollinating crops. Did you know that the smallest mammal is a bat, and the fastest mammal is a bat?  Learn more about these much-misunderstood creatures here.

You can download a version of the educational booklet here.

Wetlands – A new PACE resource

Wetland ecosystems are amongst the most threatened on earth. They are essential parts of local and global water cycles. They support vast biodiversity, provide clean water, protect against flooding, drought and erosion. Yet many of us consider wetlands as waste areas of no value.

Learn more about African wetlands and what we can do to protect them, here.

Grey Crowned Crane – A new PACE resource

Grey Crowned Cranes are tall, majestic birds, a symbol of wealth and longivity. Read all about them in our new PACE resource.

You can download a version of the educational booklet here.

Mountain Gorillas – A new PACE resource

Mountain Gorillas are the largest of the great Apes – they are big, intelligent, caring and charismatic creatures and are one of the world’s great conservation successes.

You can download a version of the educational booklet here.

African Pangolin – A new PACE resource

Pangolin are shy, ‘polite’ creatures. There are four species in Africa, with sub-species in southern Africa.

A downloadable version of the educational booklet can be found here.

Okapi – A new PACE resource

Okapi are fascinating, they are quiet, shy solitary animals, a metre and half tall, with stripes like a zebra, but related to giraffe.

A downloadable version of the educational booklet in English can be found here.

A downloadable version of the educational booklet in French can be found here.

Painted Dogs – A new PACE Resource.

The Portuguese edition can be downloaded here,
and the English edition here.

Painted dogs are very social, caring, family focused creatures that present no danger to people. Sadly, they are much misunderstood, and often, this is especially so in areas where they live.  As a result Painted dogs suffer unnecessarily at the hands of human beings. We are determined to help change this trend.

Vultures – A new PACE resource

Vultures are awesome birds. They are majestic, amusing, vulnerable, and yet sadly, are much misunderstood.

A Portuguese edition can be downloaded here and the latest English edition here.

Living with Wildlife – Downloads

Living with Wildlife

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Living with Wildlife – Index of Resources

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