With the help of AES, the Wildlife Conservation Foundation (WCF) completed one more phase of their project titled “Community Based Solar Fence to Mitigate Human-Elephant Conflict and Promote Co-existence” helping farmers living adjacent to Bandipur National Park in India. This phase of solar fencing work is now completed and the farming community on the boundary of the National Park is now able to successfully harvest their crops as elephants in the area no longer raid due to the fencing!
The WCF field staff are currently overseeing the energizer and battery for the solar fencing until the farmers are completely trained on how to use the equipment. Helping local communities protect their crops develops increased tolerance of wildlife. Since the project was started, no elephant deaths due to electrocution or human deaths due to elephants have been reported.
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