{"id":2397,"date":"2023-09-26T14:29:18","date_gmt":"2023-09-26T14:29:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/aecrf.org\/?page_id=2397"},"modified":"2025-10-31T14:31:40","modified_gmt":"2025-10-31T14:31:40","slug":"conservation","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/aecrf.org\/?page_id=2397","title":{"rendered":"Conservation"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"2397\" class=\"elementor elementor-2397\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6e853f0 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"6e853f0\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-bd658c5 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"bd658c5\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h5 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Tsavo Conservation Area<\/h5>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2c4d83b e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"2c4d83b\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-63ace60 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"63ace60\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Tsavo Conservation Area (TCA) is 49,611 km<sup>2<\/sup>, including Tsavo East and West National Parks, Chyulu Hills National Park, Mkomozi (Tanzania), privately owned land, ranches, conservancies and communal land.\u00a0 African Elephant Conservation Research Foundation main objectives are to protect the habitat and environment for elephants and other species in the TCA by conducting behavioral and management-oriented studies to complement the efforts of Kenya Wildlife Service (KWS) and Wildlife Research and Training Institutes (WRTI).<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d0e7bec e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"d0e7bec\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5c600cb elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"5c600cb\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h5 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Habitat Conservation<\/h5>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-df3220b e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"df3220b\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-dcf45e6 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"dcf45e6\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>We monitor seasonal changes in the environment and resource availability for wildlife. With long-term data from the Tsavo Elephant Research we examine trends of the impact of climate change on the landscape, elephants and other wildlife.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-8de93d0 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"8de93d0\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-06f9730 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"06f9730\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h5 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Elephants Conservation<\/h5>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-bece8d4 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"bece8d4\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e638228 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"e638228\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Tsavo Conservation Area has the largest elephant population in Kenya. The total elephant aerial count in 2021 estimated the elephant population to be approximately 14,964 individuals (results from 2025 count pending). Tsavo Elephant Research is the longest study on elephant behavior in the Tsavo Conservation Area. The goals of the research are to protect the Tsavo elephant population and their habitat. The research monitors trends in elephant behavioral-ecology related to environmental conditions and human activity.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f1fc0c2 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"f1fc0c2\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-62ddd92 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"62ddd92\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h5 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Engage The Community<\/h5>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-190cde6 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"190cde6\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-69fb947 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"69fb947\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Community involvement in the conservation and management of wildlife is in resolving conflicts between humans and wildlife and creating sustainable management and conservation of resources. 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