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OUR IMPACT

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Lasting change led by communities

At Wild Survivors, we believe that real conservation starts with people. From elephant protection to women’s empowerment, every impact we achieve is grounded in local leadership, long-term trust, and practical, measurable action.

Thanks to the strength of our teams, the communities we work alongside, and our proven approach to human-elephant coexistence, we’re seeing lasting change across Tanzania’s most threatened elephant landscapes.

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WHAT’S CHANGED SO FAR

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tracking everything from elephant movements to honey yields

HOW WE MEASURE IMPACT

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Our monitoring and evaluation is hands-on, practical, and rooted in community knowledge. Together with our field teams — Bee Guardians, Farm Guards, and Elephant Conservation Ambassadors (ECAs) — we track everything from elephant movements to the yield of honey harvests.

Before we begin any project, we collect baseline data on key indicators aligned with our conservation goals — from elephant movement and crop-raiding to women’s income and biodiversity. This gives us a starting point to measure real change over time, helping us understand what’s working, what’s evolving, and where to focus our efforts.

    • Every elephant that approaches or enters a farm

    • What was damaged, which crops were affected, and what methods were in place

    • Changes in herd behaviour and movement

    • Beehive occupancy rates over time

    • Honey yields and the effectiveness of mitigation methods

    • Household income, crop diversity, and food security

    • Local biodiversity in and around elephant corridors

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EXPLORE the impact of OUR ECOSYSTEMS

CASE STUDY:

Coexistence in Action

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We monitor elephant behaviour before and after we install any mitigation — whether beehive fences, chilli fences, or other natural deterrents.

    • The drop in conflict and crop-raiding

    • Which methods are most effective in different landscapes

    • Where elephants choose to move, rest, or avoid

    • The number of clashes prevented between elephants and people

THE RESULT

Safer farms

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Stronger protection of elephant corridors

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Restored balance between people and wildlife.

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WOMEN LEADING THE WAY

Every women’s group we support is leading the change in their own community — not only managing beekeeping enterprises and permaculture gardens, but training others, distributing micro-loans, and building a local economy that puts people and nature at its centre.

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CASE STUDY:

    • Household income from honey and wax sales

    • Food security improvements from organic permaculture gardens

    • Microloans distributed to community women (uses: school fees, household costs, small businesses)

    • Skills training: from train-the-trainer (ToT) workshops to home-based beekeeping expansion

    • Community-to-community learning in local languages

    • Confidence, decision-making, and independence

THE RESULT

Women are generating income, teaching others, and building resilience.

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Food is more diverse, nutritious, and home-grown.

Money circulates locally, creating a circular economy of care, skill-sharing, and climate-smart livelihoods.

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Women empowering women — not with big slogans, but through daily action, support, and practical skills that stay in the community and keep growing

Protecting Elephant Corridors and Biodiversity

We support communities to protect the places elephants need most: open corridors between national parks and reserves, where elephants can move safely — and where ecosystems can thrive.

CASE STUDY:

    • Community reporting of elephant sightings and movements

    • Mapping of corridor boundaries, pressures, and restoration areas

    • Camera traps and acoustic monitoring using AI to track Biodiversity presence through key species (including honey badger, civet, bushpig, aardvark, duiker, and more) tree cover and wildlife activity day and night

    • Long-term data on elephant presence, habitat quality, and species richness (indicators of ecosystem health)

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THE RESULT

We’re still early in this work - but the signs are promising.

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Corridors are open, monitored, and safeguarded by the communities who live alongside them - keeping Tanzania’s wild landscapes connected and functioning.

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