by roshnipesh | Nov 15, 2015
Elephants and Bees The Elephants and Bees Project is an innovative study using an in-depth understanding of elephant behaviour to reduce damage from crop-raiding elephants using their instinctive avoidance of African honey bees. The project explores the use of novel...
by roshnipesh | Sep 9, 2015
Geo-Fencing A text message just came in to a local farmer’s phone: Mountain Bull at Ngare Ndare Pass. Geofence break time: 0945hr, Geofence position break Estimated Latitude: 1.168867, Estimated Longitude: 37.581724. This seemingly dry text message had powerful...
by roshnipesh | Sep 3, 2015
The Human Footprint Project Kenya’s north is changing fast. Development is already encroaching on the reserves where STE’s research centre is based. Many new lodges have sprung up within the reserves, while a newly-built highway is attracting ribbons of development on...
by roshnipesh | Jul 31, 2015
Living with Elephants Finding ways of preventing this is key to developing a more tolerant relationship between elephants and man. As a pioneer in tracking and GPS technology, STE began by trying to deal with known notorious elephants, changing their habits one at a...
by roshnipesh | Jul 31, 2015
Landuse Planning Somewhere beyond the sea, a train has knocked down another elephant. It seems remote, and we can wrongly presume that this will only ever be a problem of mega-populations like India, but as development waves ripple across Kenya, we must plan for...
