Solutions for elephant Loxodonta africana crop raiding in northern Botswana: Moving away from symptomatic approaches

ORYX

Volumn 42, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 83-91

  Jackson, Tim P ^a   Mosojane, Sibangani ^a,b   Ferreira, Sam M ^a   Van Aarde, Rudi J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PRETORIA   (South Africa)

^b BIOKAVANGO/Tawana Land Board   (Botswana)

Author keywords

Botswana; Compensation; Crop raiding; Human elephant conflict; Land use planning; Performance payment; Spatial use

Indexed keywords

COMPENSATION SYSTEM; CONFLICT MANAGEMENT; CROP; DAMAGE; ELEPHANT; LAND USE PLANNING; LOCAL GOVERNMENT; SPACE USE;

AFRICA; BOTSWANA; SOUTHERN AFRICA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA;

ELEPHANTIDAE; LOXODONTA AFRICANA;

EID: 39749203637     PISSN: 00306053     EISSN: 13653008     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0030605308001117     Document Type: Article

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