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

Projects:  2024

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 2024, IEF will provide over $625,000to support elephant conservation around the world, adding to the over $9 million total invested in conserving elephants since our inception in 1998. The following elephant conservation and research projects will receive support from IEF in 2024:

Africa Savannah

  • Big Tusker Project, Kenya (VISIT)
  • Conservation Education and Human-Elephant Conflict Mitigation in Arabuko-Sokoke Forest Ecosystem, Kenya (VISIT)
  • Conservation of Elephants in Murchison Falls Conservation Area, Uganda (VISIT)
  • Human Elephant Coexistence in Selous Niassa Wildlife Corridor, Tanzania (VISIT)
  • Human-Elephant Conflict Mitigation in the KAZA Transfrontier Conservation Area, Zambia (VISIT)
  • K9 Unit Operations in Lower Zambezi, Zambia (VISIT)
  • Mobile Anti-Poaching Teams of Northern Rangelands Trust Conservancies, Kenya (VISIT)
  • Mount Kenya Horse Patrol Team (VISIT)
  • Promoting Peaceful Coexistence Through Community-Based Elephant Education (VISIT)
  • Training Village Dogs for Wildlife Protection, Zambia (VISIT)

African Forest

  • Community-based Protection of Forest Elephants and Habitat Restoration, Cameroon (VISIT)
  • Guinea Forest Elephants (VISIT)
  • Scaling-up African Forest Elephant Conservation in the Kakum Landscape, Ghana (VISIT)
  • Wildlife Law Enforcement and Awareness in Haut-Ogooue Province, Gabon (VISIT)

Asia

  • Behavior Change Campaign for Developing Human Elephant Coexistence, Nepal (VISIT)
  • Community-based action for Human-elephant co-existence in the Ulu Masen Forest, Indonesia (VISIT)
  • Community Based Protection of Sumatran Elephant Populations & Habitat in Sumatra:  (CRU),  (ERUs) Sumatra, Indonesia (VISIT)
  • Ivory Demand Reduction through Focused Investigations Community Engagement & Strengthened Capacities, Cambodia (VISIT)
  • Strengthening Human Elephant Co-existence in Western Nepal (VISIT)

Ex-Situ

  • EEHV Genomics and Pathogenesis (VISIT)
  • Plasma D-dimer Concentration in Juvenile Elephants with and without EEHV-HD (VISIT)
  • Realization of an Effective Vaccine Against Elephant Endotheliotropic Herpesvirus (VISIT)
  • Understanding immune responses in African elephants (Loxodonta africana) (VISIT)