Covers all costs for a Community Guardian for a month – that’s one village protected!
African Elephants do not have a high tolerance for hot chillis. Working with our partners at Connected Conservation who pioneered Chilli interventions, Elephant CREW use a variety of chilli deterrence to discourage elephants from raiding community crops which can lead to serious elephant/human conflict.
The heat of a chilli is measured in Scovilles. A standard Tabasco sauce is around 7000 Scovilles. The Chilli resin used to deter elephants and protect trees and borehole equipment is around 1,000,000 (one million) Scovilles! It is hot!
Using a variety of techniques including chilli bricks, chilli fences (resin coated rope), chilli gun (a ping pong ball filled with chilli) Elephant CREW work with local communities to deter elephants and avoid fatal confrontations between elephants and people competing for scarce food resource.
Communities Manager
Pays for equipment & chillis needed for a training session with a single village on chilli mitigation techniques
Pays for a site visit & training for one village on appropriate crop protection measures from elephants
Pays for a smartphone for a Community Guardian
Pays for phone credit for a Community Guardian for a year
Covers all costs for a Community Guardian for a month – that’s one village protected!
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