Promoting Coexistence for People and Elephants
Our Impact
We work at the point where field science meets everyday life - connecting researchers, conservationists and the people who actually share their land with elephants, so they help shape the response themselves.
This isn't really a problem of elephants leaving protected areas. Elephants range across roughly 60% of Sri Lanka. People live in nearly 70% of that same range. So this is a shared-space problem, not a boundary one - and no amount of fencing elephants into parks was ever going to fix that on its own.
Over the past decade, Sri Lanka has lost 3,484 elephants and 1,195 people to Human Elephant Conflict. Those aren't statistics to us; they're why we exist.
Our Focus
What actually works is three different things, and they get lumped together far too often. Movement corridors - small, well-placed strips of land that keep elephants moving safely between larger habitat blocks, like the one linking Minneriya and Kaudulla - can protect thousands of hectares for a fraction of the cost of buying all of it. Community-managed electric fencing - built and maintained by the villages it protects, placed around people and crops rather than around elephants - genuinely cuts conflict where it's done properly. Habitat restoration has its place too, but it's not a fix on its own: an elephant that's learned to raid crops doesn't stop just because there's more grass somewhere else.
Advocates for Planning
The bigger fix is planning. Roads, railways, irrigation schemes and new developments all cut across elephant movement, whether anyone intends that or not. So we're pushing for elephant movement to be built into that planning from the start – asked about before a road is approved, not worked around after it's built. If you’d like to support us by contacting decision-makers directly – for example, the President of Sri Lanka or the Minister of Environment – use the Learn More button below to find out how.
Core Trust
Acting on field science, connecting researchers with locals, sharing land safely, protecting hectares, and community-led fencing. We are not the ones laying the fencing or mapping the corridors - the scientists and agencies already doing that deserve the credit. Our job is getting that evidence in front of the people who can fund it, cover it, and act on it.
Future Strategy
We are pushing for elephant movement to be built into planning from the start and scaling our voice to ensure that coexistence is the only future plan.
Take Real Action
We ask people to use their voice: speak up, visit, or to put your name behind what is happening on the ground. Tap the button below to sign the active petition to protect Sri Lanka’s elephants and add your voice to the cause.
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Our Values
- Evidence‑based action.Respect for local communities.Long‑term coexistence.Transparency and accountability.Protection of cultural heritage.