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Scaling coexistence across East Africa
A middle-aged woman stood beside sacks of freshly harvested maize, more than she could ever remember harvesting in recent years.
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Turning uncertainty into purpose
When Yvonne Seline Ekesa received her university admission letter to study Conservation Biology at Kenyatta University, her first reaction… confusion.
Collaring Elephants in Sera
Over the past weekend, STE and NRT team put collars on two elephants in Sera. The aim of this collaring operation was to contribute to a wider plan concerning land use management in Northern Kenya in relation to the existing conservancies. In...
Amazing Place…
Save The Elephants Research camp is the place to be. It is filled with diverse people with diverse knowledge - a factory of knowledge in fact! What you want is just what you will get!! I have been in the camp for five weeks and I have seen...
Elephants and Bees in Sri Lanka
With the growing success of our Elephants and Bees Project in Africa, (see www.elephantsandbees.com), there has been increasing interest from elephant projects in Asia to see if we can export our beehive fence idea to help Asian farmers from Asian...
Rage as Ivory Crime Boss Remains Free
Outcry in Kenya is rising as a crime boss alleged to be a major force behind Kenya’s ivory trade remains a free man despite a warrant for his arrest being issued six weeks ago. Citizens are demanding to know why low-level poachers and...
Rowing for Elephants
As Africa’s elephants face perhaps the biggest challenge in their history, an intrepid rowing crew is taking on one of the world's toughest oceans to support them. Thirty-seven attempts have been made to row from Australia to Africa across the...
The Wheels of Anti-poaching
As the ongoing poaching crisis has developed we identified a need for ranger patrols within Samburu and adjacent areas to be more mobile. The last vehicle that was donated had come to the end of its useful field life, and a new Toyota Land...
Conservation Bush Camp
Save the Elephants is working with community conservancies and schools to help the children who live in the elephant rangelands. This is the future generation that will inherit all the economic, social and environmental challenges that we humans...
Samburu Ground Support – Anti-Poaching Vehicle Hand-Over Ceremony
Sunday the 20th was the day; it was all excitement around STE's research camp for a big ceremony to hand over a new car. The Toyota Landcruiser, fully outfitted for anti-poaching work, was given to the game rangers of Samburu National Reserve to...
China and the US meet in Beijing to further cement their commitment to end the ivory crisis
Chinese Vice Premier Liu emphasised his government’s commitment to protecting elephants at a high level meeting with US Secretary of State John Kerry in Beijing this week. Yao Ming, former basketball player and China’s biggest star, was also...
Life-Changing Adventures in the US
Before this year, I had never stepped out of East Africa. Being so used to the landscape, the people, our ways, nothing could have prepared me for the adventure that has become 2014. Last year I applied for the International Visitor Leadership...