Save the elephants volunteer
Our
volunteer programme offers a rare opportunity to work alongside our scientists,
conservationists, educators, community partners and local villagers deep within
the heart of beautiful Sri Lanka.
Our Mission
Our mission
is to enable communities to balance ecosystem protection and economic
development by pioneering a model for sustainable conservation. We are a
non-governmental organisation committed to developing a sustainable model for
wildlife conservation in Sri Lanka. Our focus is on helping people, elephants
and other wildlife co-exist peacefully.
Our unique
model involves a fully inclusive conservation strategy. We simultaneously
pursue three key strategies to successfully fulfil our mission and achieve our
goals and objectives, including field research, applied conservation, and sustainable
economic development
We are
highly committed to developing practical solutions that mitigate wildlife-human
conflict, environmental damage, climate change, and biodiversity loss, and that
address sustainable livelihoods, land use, and rural poverty issues. All of
these issues are intertwined and must be addressed simultaneously to achieve
lasting and meaningful conservation.
Community-Led
Conservation
We practice
holistic, community-based conservation methods, based on sound scientific
research and the needs of the local people to manage the local ecosystem,
protect communities and their livelihoods, and ensure the long-term protection
of our endangered wildlife.
Over the
years, we have established electric fences around our local villages to protect
the people whilst allowing our wild elephant population to range freely. We
have set up community-based organisations for human-elephant conflict
mitigation, home garden development, and agro-forestry. Meanwhile, our Project
Orange Elephant protects farms and homes from crop raiding elephants and
supplements the farmer’s income throughout the year.
Alongside
these projects, we conduct scientific research on Sri Lanka's most endangered
wildlife species. Our research began with the endangered Sri Lankan elephant,
but has subsequently extended to include Sri Lanka's elusive carnivores,
butterflies and marine life.
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