What We Do
We are establishing a worldwide network to safeguard Sri Lanka’s elephants—a vital core of the island’s soul, natural balance, and the people living alongside them. The rate of loss for both elephants and humans in Sri Lanka is a global crisis. This is the world’s most intense human–elephant struggle. These animals are more than wildlife; they sustain water, forests, and biodiversity. If they perish, the land and its people will suffer immense consequences. Operating internationally, we bring this emergency to light, empower local experts, and advocate for proven strategies that save lives. Our mission is clear: convert global awareness into immediate, meaningful change. By ensuring the safety of these giants, we protect the island’s biological wealth, cultural legacy, and the prosperity of its inhabitants.
How we do it
Listen & Learn
We’re guided by Sri Lankan conservation scientists, rural communities, and families living the conflict every day ; their knowledge and lived experience shape everything we do.
Amplify the Reality
We turn evidence and lived stories into clear, accessible information that helps the world understand the true impact of the human–elephant conflict.
Mobilise for Change
We build global alliances - conservationists, advocates, and Voices With Reach who can safely amplify Sri Lankan expertise and community experience, connecting proven coexistence solutions with the support needed to protect both people and elephants.
“Coexistence isn’t a slogan. It’s the daily work of understanding how people and wildlife share space, and choosing solutions that protect both.”
Dr. Krithi K. Karanth
Conservation Scientist, 2026 National Geographic Explorer of the Year
Voices Grounded In Reality
"Sri Lanka faces an intensifying Human-Elephant Conflict (HEC), which is increasing due to habitat fragmentation, encroachment, haphazard development and agricultural expansion and weak wildlife management policies. The country currently records one of the highest annual wild elephant death rates globally, with over 400 elephant deaths recorded annually in some recent years."
Srilal Miththapala
Environmentalist , Wildlife and Elephant Advocate
Sri Lanka is facing one of the most severe human-elephant conflict situations across the Asian elephant range, with both human and elephant fatalities remaining alarmingly high.
Avinash Krishnan,
Wild Life Biologist and conservationist specialising in Asian Elephants and Human-wildlife -conflict
Project Resources
Articles, guides, and insights
The Wild Elephant Number Sri Lanka Needed (Part One)
What the Number Was For (Part
Two)
The Elephants That Would Have
to Exist
A closer look at the number from part one.
Sri Lanka claims its wild elephant population jumped 26.7% in thirteen years. The counting method it used can't even tell one elephant from three.
That inflated elephant count wasn't just bad science. It justified driving elephants out of Hambantota so a 150-megawatt solar park could clear their land.
For that 26.7% growth to be real, every breeding female would have to calve at her absolute biological limit while deaths hit record highs.
Get in Touch
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