IMPORTANCE OF COnnectivity to reduce conflict Wildlife corridors are areas of habitat across which animals, including elephants, use to travel between two connected, yet often fragmented, habitat areas. Securing healthy corridors is a long-term strategy to prevent human-elephant conflict, facilitate movement of elephants and their genes, and allow them to socialize and breed.
Corridors enable elephants to move to new territory and food/water resources in times of drought which enables the grass and forage to recover for other species. A corridor is not necessarily a habitat for elephants to reside in. It ideally facilitates movement across and between two protected areas. Keeping corridors free of development can have other benefits for communities such as resources for fire wood and indigenous/ medicinal plants, honey or fruits/berries for consumption.
Wildlife Corridor Gives Endangered Elephants In India Passage Between Reserves.
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Founded by Philosopher E.O. Wilson, the Half-Earth Project focuses to protect half the land and half the sea to ensure long-term health of our planet and the resources that we depend on. It also focuses on conserving land critical to biodivesity and resorting natural wildlife corridors in the efforts to protecting endangered species. Read more on Half-Earth Project https://www.youtube.com/ EOWilsonBiodiversity
“Only by setting aside half the planet in reserve, or more, can we save the living part of the environment and achieve the stablilization required for our own survival.” - E.O. Wilson (1929-2021)