Projects in Botswana

Human-Elephant Conflict in the Okavango Panhandle, an HEC Hotspot in Africa, Botswana

To capacity build and involve the community in assessing elephant damage and devising future mitigation strategies for Human-Elephant Conflict in the eastern Okavango Panhandle, Botswana.

Human Elephant Conflict in the Okavango Panhandle, an HEC Hotspot in Africa

The aim of this project is to build capacity and involve the community in assessing elephant crop damage and in devising future mitigation strategies for Human-Elephant Conflict in the eastern Okavango Panhandle, Botswana.

Community Based Human-Elephant Conflict Management in the Okavango Delta Panhandle, Botswana

The aim of the project is to encourage and trial a new mitigation approach, Community Based Conflict Management (CBCM) in the Okavango Panhandle, to address and reduce HEC.

Kalahari Lions: Human-Predator Conflict – Finding Solutions

This project is aimed at reducing predation by lions on livestock in the area surrounding Khutse Game Reserve, thereby ensuring the stability of the lion population within the reserve.

Brown Hyeana Project in the Makagadikaki Region of Botswana

The brown hyaena population of the arid savanna Makgadikgadi region of Botswana has fallen to less than 250. This project will gather information about this small population's behaviour, ecology and distribution.

Socio Economic Impact Analysis and Stakeholders’ Preference to the Conservation of Kasane Forest Reserve, Northern Botswana

In this study I will examine the factors that determine forest dependency, attitudes and perceptions of local residents towards KFR management.

Determining the Movements of the Globally Threatened Lappet-Faced Vulture Relative to the Makgadikgadi Pans Important Bird Area (IBA), Botswana

This project aims to determine the movements of Lappet-faced Vultures in and around the Makgadikgadi Pans Important Bird Area.

The Distribution and Conservation of Cave-Dwelling Bats in Southern and Central Africa

The aim of the project is to model current and future (using a range of climate change scenarios) potential distributions of focal cave-dwelling bat species. Surveys will be carried out to ‘ground truth’ the current distribution predictions.

The Distribution, Ecology and Conservation of Cave-Dwelling Bats in Southern Africa

The overall project aim is to ascertain current distributions for focal threatened bat species by using use ecological niche modelling and surveys to ground truth these predictions and to extrapolate the potential impacts of climate change on distributions these species.

Botswana Cheetah Conservation Project

A project investigating the status and distribution of the cheetah in Botswana.

Cheetah Conservation Botswana Community Outreach and Education Program

Cheetah Conservation Botswana aims to preserve Botswana’s cheetah population through scientific research, community outreach and education, working with the rural communities to promote coexistence with Botswana’s rich diversity of predator species.

Kalahari Lions in Conflict with the Human Population

This project will examine patterns of lion predation of livestock in areas close to the Khutse Game Reserve in Botswana.

Avi-tourism: Birds in Botswana

Building avi-tourism as a community enterprise to promote the conservation of birds and biodiversity in the Okavango Delta, Botswana

Okavango Crocodile Monitoring Programme

The project aims to set up a programme which monitors crocodile population numbers, nesting success and crocodile-human conflict in the Okavango Delta.

Baseline Levels of Persistent Organic Pollutants (POPs) in Crocodiles of the Okavango Delta, Botswana

The project aims to establish the baseline contamination levels of persistent organic pollutants in Nile crocodiles (Crocodylus niloticus) in the Okavango Delta, in order to be able monitor changes in these levels in the future.