Amboseli Elephant Research Project

Project Animal(s) : Elephants
Project Category : Mammals
Project Region : Africa
Project Type : Conservation
Project URL : https://www.elephanttrust.org/index.php/program
Project is timebound? : No

Amboseli Elephant Research Project, has made many important contributions to elephant research over the years. The knowledge gained from the AERP team has profoundly altered the way we think about, conserve and manage elephant populations. Our research has highlighted the ethical implications of dealing with sentient, long-lived, intelligent and social complex animals and our knowledge base provides powerful and authoritative support to elephant conservation and advocacy campaigns worldwide. For more than four decades AERP’s presence has helped ensure the survival of the elephants as well as the Amboseli ecosystem.

AERP research covers many areas including: social organization, behavior, demography, ecological dynamics, spatial analyses and mapping, communication, genetics, human-elephant interactions and cognition. Our long-term datasets underpin all these research topics.

Project Agency : Amboseli Trust for Elephants

Project Agency Contact : https://www.elephanttrust.org/

Project Researcher : Prof. Phyllis Lee

Project Researcher Contact : phyllis.lee@stir.ac.uk