Mali Elephant Project

The Mali Elephant Project (PEM) is a project of the WILD Foundation, which has been working since 2002 for the conservation of elephants in the Malian Gourma. This national and international heritage is indeed threatened with extinction under the effects of population growth and human actions on their habitat. The project supports elephant range communities in the development of elephant-centered community-based natural resource management (CBNRM) systems, which contribute to the protection and regeneration of natural habitats including people and animals. depend for their survival. It is also working alongside the Malian state to strengthen legislation in favor of elephants, including the creation of a new biosphere reserve encompassing the entire elephant range, and capacity development in anti-poaching matter. The long-term vision of the project is to achieve integrated protection of biodiversity and ecosystems, as well as a peaceful and mutually beneficial coexistence between humans and elephants, through the implementation of economic systems and endogenous local governance reinforced by effective legislation, which serves the interests of the populations and automatically supports the conservation of elephants.

The WILD Foundation is an organization dedicated to the protection of spaces and wild species around the world. Founded in South Africa by internationally renowned environmentalist Ian Player, it has worked since 1974 to organize the "World Wilderness Congresses" which bring together leaders from around the world keen to protect nature; the incubation of numerous collaborative environmental conservation projects; and the implementation of dozens of field projects dedicated to the protection of people, spaces and wild species.

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