LEADING THE WAY TO COEXISTENCE IN HAND WITH THE COMMUNITY

We are studying and addressing people-wildlife interactions (tapir, small cats, manatee, amphibians and quetzals), specially the ones that might cause conflict or the ones that mean an opportunity for ecotourism. We are designing and building low-cost infrastructure to keep small cats and other predators away from livestock to reduce future conflict. To address the tapir-people conflict we signed agreements with farmers and installed 5 electric fences around cucumber and bean crop-fields. According to local farmers “this is the most effective tool to keep tapirs away from the crops”, and it’s taking us closer to human-tapir coexistence!