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

Projects:  2025

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 2025, IEF will provide over $700,000 to support elephant conservation around the world, adding to the over $10 million total invested in conserving elephants since our inception in 1998. The following elephant conservation and research projects will receive support from IEF in 2025:

Africa Savannah

  • Alongside Communities! Shaping Coexistence through Human-Elephant Conflict Mitigation (VISIT)
  • Big Tusker Project, Kenya (VISIT)
  • Conservation of Elephants in Murchison Falls Conservation Area, Uganda (VISIT)
  • Elephant Conservation and Communities in Namibia (VISIT)
  • Elephant and Habitat Protection on Mount Kenya Supporting the Horse Patrol Team (VISIT)
  • Facilitating Human-Elephant Coexistence Around Ruaha National Park (VISIT)
  • Human-Elephant Conflict Mitigation in the KAZA Transfrontier Conservation Area, Zambia (VISIT)
  • Increased Elephant Security and Monitoring in the Tsavo National Park, Kenya (VISIT)
  • K9 Unit Operations in Lower Zambezi, Zambia (VISIT)
  • Mobile Anti-Poaching Teams of Northern Rangelands Trust Conservancies, Kenya (VISIT)
  • Promoting Human-Elephant Coexistence in the Red Volta Forest Landscape (VISIT)
  • Rural Primary School and Community Support in Southern Kenya(VISIT)

African Forest

  • Guinea Forest Elephants (VISIT)
  • Ivory Export Routes Identified in Port-Gentil (VISIT)
  • Monitoring Key Forest Elephants Strongholds and Threats in Gabon (VISIT)

Asia

  • Building Community Capacity for Conservation: Transforming Scientific Research into Action (VISIT)
  • Community Based Protection of Sumatran Elephant Populations & Habitat in Sumatra:  (CRU),  (ERUs) Sumatra, Indonesia (VISIT)
  • Enhancing Elephant Connectivity While Mitigating Conflict: A Participatory Conservation Approach (VISIT)
  • Transboundary Elephant Conservation in Eastern Nepal (VISIT)
  • Transnational Collaboration to Disrupt Cambodia-China Illegal Wildlife Trade Channels (VISIT)

Ex-Situ

  • EEHV Viral Genomics and Pathogenesis (VISIT)
  • Realization of an Effective Vaccine Against Elephant Endotheliotropic Herpesvirus (VISIT)