WWB African Elephant Conservation Fund FY13

conservation through:• Enhanced protection of at-risk elephant populations;• Efforts to decrease human-elephant conflict;• Habitat conservation and management;• Protected area/reserve management in important elephant range;• Strengthening local capacity to implement conservation programs;• Transfrontier elephant conservation;• Wildlife inspection, law enforcement, and forensics skills;• Conservation education and community outreach;• Applied research on elephant populations and their habitat, including surveys and monitoring;• Development and execution of elephant conservation management plans;• Compliance with applicable treaties and laws that prohibit or regulate the taking or trade of elephants or regulate the use and management of elephant habitat.Proposed project work should occur within the range of the African elephant, or, if work is to be conducted outside of the range, the proposal should show a clear relevance to African elephant conservation.