INSTALLATION OF ELEPHANT DETERRENT WEBBING SYSTEM IN RESPONSE TO ELEPHANT CROP-RAIDING IN BOTETI AREA.

Human-elephant conflict (HEC) requires management efforts and application of strategic methods at the landscape level. Following the knowledge sharing and evaluation workshop held in Rakops (3^rd-4^th December 2020) for HEC resolution in Boteti area, the Boteti Rural Development Trust (BRDT) has installed Elephant Deterrent Webbing System (EDWS) on the 10^th April 2021 in one of the pilot crop fields at Makhi cluster farms, about 20km west of Rakops village in the Boteti Sub-District. The EDWS is one of the strategic methods that was selected for combination with other strategies during the HEC resolution workshop. Read more

Bird Walk Note: 

Dear BLB member, After announcing the forthcoming BLB attractions for March in yesterday’s e-mail, it has come to our attention that a Special Government Gazette has been published in which all sports events and recreational activities have been banned in Botswana until the end of the month.  You can now drink as much beer as you like, but you may not socialise.  This restriction also applies to weddings. Read more.

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