SPATIO-TEMPORAL DISTRIBUTION OF INJURED ELEPHANTS IN MASAI MARA AND THE PUTATIVE NEGATIVE AND POSITIVE ROLES OF THE LOCAL COMMUNITY.

Spatio-temporal distribution of injured elephants in Masai Mara and the putative negative and positive roles of the local community.

BACKGROUND: Very few studies have ever focused on the elephants that are wounded or killed as local communities attempt to scare these animals away from their settlements and Window Replacement farms, or on the cases in which local people take revenge after elephants have killed or injured humans.On the other hand, local communities live in close p

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BUILT-UP AREA AND LAND COVER EXTRACTION USING HIGH RESOLUTION PLEIADES SATELLITE IMAGERY FOR MIDRAND, IN GAUTENG PROVINCE, SOUTH AFRICA

Urban areas, particularly in developing countries face immense challenges such as climate change, poverty, lack of resources poor land use management systems, and week environmental management practices.Mitigating against these challenges is often hampered by lack of data on urban expansion, urban footprint and land cover.To support the recently ad

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