Palmyra bio fencing: a sustainable solution to resolve human elephant conflict in Sri Lanka

Practical Action and Janathakshan has identified Palmyra bio fencing as of the indigenous technology to minimize the wild elephant attacks in rural areas. Pilot testing of this concept is being carried under the partnership build among practical Action, Wild Life Conservation Department, Palmyra Development Board and Hector Kobbekaduwa Agrarian Research and Training Institute of Sri Lanka.

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Palmyra bio fencing

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