Donation Options  Alleviate human/wildlife conflicts in Malawi
This project will alleviate human/wildlife conflicts and provide
alternative income streams for villagers with projects such as
fish farming, bee keeping, chili pepper cultivation, making
bricks, maintaining equipment, and many other small vending
businesses; and ensure the protection of elephants and other
species in the long-term by encouraging tourism, which provides
essential income for the park and the surrounding communities,
while generating increased community support for conservation.
What is the issue, problem, or challenge?  Malawi is one of the
poorest countries in the world with a population of 14 million
+. Subsistence farming is the main form of livelihood. This has
had a huge impact on the country's wildlife - especially the
elephant. Fragmented habitat and severe competition for land
have caused human-elephant conflicts that have ended in violent
loss of life for both people and animals. There is a need to
address the issues o