Projects highlighted are not comprehensive of all IEF projects. Markers are an estimate of project location.

Projects:  2023

IEF-supported projects protect elephants from poaching, seek solutions for human-elephant conflict, equip and train community conservationists, increase our knowledge of the treatment and prevention of disease, and educate people. In 2023, IEF will provide over $650,000 to support elephant conservation around the world, adding to the over $8 million total invested in conserving elephants since our inception in 1998. The following elephant conservation and research projects will receive support from IEF in 2023:

Africa Savannah

  • Human-Elephant Conflict Mitigation in the KAZA Transfrontier Conservation Area, Zambia (VISIT)
  • K9 Unit Operations in Lower Zambezi, Zambia (VISIT)
  • Mount Kenya Horse Patrol Team (VISIT)
  • Conservation of Elephants in Murchison Falls Conservation Area, Uganda (VISIT)
  • Big Tusker Project (formally known as: Large Elephant Monitoring Project), Kenya (VISIT)
  • Mobile Anti-Poaching Teams of Northern Rangelands Trust Conservancies, Kenya (VISIT)
  • Conserving Namibia’s Desert Elephants (VISIT)
  • Converting Community Attitudes Towards Conservation in Chizarira, Zimbabwe (VISIT)
  • Creating Environmental & Conservation Leadership in Malawi (VISIT)
  • Training Village Dogs for Wildlife Protection, Zambia (VISIT)

African Forest

  • African Elephant Species Distribution and Movement Corridors in West Africa (VISIT)
  • Guinea Forest Elephants (VISIT)
  • Forest Elephant Demographic Assessment, Gabon (VISIT)
  • Protecting Elephants from Development Projects, Cameroon(VISIT)
  • Saving Forest Elephants in Grebo-Krahn National Park, Liberia(VISIT)

Asia

  • Community Based Elephant Conservation in Bardia-Banke Complex (VISIT)
  • Community Based Protection of Sumatran Elephant Populations & Habitat in Sumatra:  (CRU),  (ERUs) Sumatra, Indonesia (VISIT)
  • Community Based Elephant Conservation in Central Nepal (VISIT)
  • Community Support for Elephant Conservation in Far Western Nepal (VISIT)
  • Elephant Response Teams for Human-Elephant Conflict Mitigation, Bangladesh (VISIT)
  • Human-Elephant Conflict in South-Eastern Bhutan (VISIT)
  • Installing Early Warning Signals for Elephants Crossing Roads, India (VISIT)
  • Understanding Human-Elephant Conflict in Sarpang, Bhutan (VISIT)

Ex-Situ

  • EEHV Genomics and Pathogenesis (VISIT)
  • Realization of an Effective Vaccine Against Elephant Endotheliotropic Herpesvirus (VISIT)
  • Development of EEHV-specific nanobodies as treatment for EEHV-hemorrhagic disease (VISIT)
  • Plasma D-dimer Concentration in Juvenile Elephants with and without EEHV-HD (VISIT)