Forest snitches: Elephant spatial behavioral strategies as revelators of human activities in a poaching context

Project description

Helping Africa’s forest elephants

Poachers are threatening the largest land mammal on Earth. The last of the African forest elephants are being slaughtered for their ivory tusks. Only 100 000 of these large herbivores are left and they are now recognised as critically endangered. To help save the elephants from extinction, the EU-funded ForSE project will study forest elephant space use patterns to assist anti-poaching actions. Specifically, the project will develop an interactive tool based on the analyses of space use of collared forest elephants to support anti-poaching actions. The results of this MSCA international fellowship will assist conservation organisations.

Fields of science

• social sciences › other social sciences
• natural sciences › biological sciences › biodiversity conservation
• natural sciences › biological sciences › zoology › mammalogy

Programme(s)

• H2020-EU.1.3. - EXCELLENT SCIENCE - Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions Main Programme
• H2020-EU.1.3.2. - Nurturing excellence by means of cross-border and cross-sector mobility

Topic(s)

• MSCA-IF-2020 - Individual Fellowships

Call for proposal

H2020-MSCA-IF-2020

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Funding Scheme

MSCA-IF-EF-RI - RI – Reintegration panel

Coordinator

MUSEUM NATIONAL D'HISTOIRE NATURELLE

Net EU contribution

€ 196 707,84

Address

Rue Cuvier 57
75005 Paris
France

Region

Ile-de-France › Ile-de-France › Paris

Activity type

Higher or Secondary Education Establishments

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Other funding

€ 0,00