Voor een toekomst voor olifanten

Olifanten worden met uitsterven bedreigd. Hun leefgebied verdwijnt in een alarmerend tempo, vooral door toedoen van mensen. Hierdoor worden olifanten gedwongen om buiten beschermde gebieden op zoek te gaan naar voedsel en water. Dit leidt steeds vaker tot conflicten tussen mens en olifant. Als de olifant verdwijnt, verliezen we niet alleen een prachtige diersoort, maar ook een onmisbare schakel in onze natuur en ecosystemen.

Alles op alles voor duurzame verandering!

Bring the Elephant Home zet alles op alles voor de overlevingskans van olifanten. Onze projecten in Afrika en Azië starten bij de lokale gemeenschap. We streven naar duurzaam positieve verandering, naar een wereld waar mens en olifant in harmonie naast elkaar kunnen leven. Sluit je aan bij de missie van Bring the Elephant Home!

Antoinette van de Water, oprichter BTEH
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Alvast veel dank voor je hulp! Bring The Elephant Home is een door het CBF erkend goed doel en is een ANBI (Algemeen Nut Beogende Instelling). Ook is BTEH lid van GlobeGuards. Informatie over het beleid van BTEH vind je hier.

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  • At the 2025 SAWMA Conference, our Bring The Elephant Home Africa team shared new insights on creating a future where people and elephants thrive together. 🎤 Our founder, Antoinette Van de Water, PhD, presented “Community Perspectives on Conservation Approaches and Philosophies in Human–Elephant Landscapes.” Her research shows that communities don’t think in polarised terms. Instead, they embrace pluralistic values of protection, care, justice, and coexistence. 🎤 Brooke Friswold, BTEH Africa Regional Director, presented “Range Expansion Improves Elephant Well-Being and Facilitates Reciprocal Ecosystem Recovery: Evidence from a South African Reserve.” Her study demonstrates how removing internal fences reduced stress, restored vegetation, and enriched the social lives of elephants. Together, these findings demonstrate that listening to local people and providing elephants with the space they need are essential to just and sustainable conservation. Watch both presentations here: https://bring-the-elephant-home.org/rethinking-elephant-conservation/ #Conservation #Elephants #Community #Coexistence #Wildlife
  • 🎉 Happy 150th anniversary to our amazing partners at Cincinnati Zoo & Botanical Garden! 🐘🌿 Together, we’ve been able to advance conservation in Kuiburi National Park through wild elephant research and long-term monitoring, hands-on training through the Coexistence Impact Fellows Program, and capacity building to grow initiatives like the Tom Yum Project and elephant-friendly alternative livelihoods. We’re so grateful for CZBG’s partnership, expertise, and support; it makes a real difference for both people and elephants. Here’s to many more years of working side by side for wildlife and wild places. 💚✨ Happy 150th, @CincinnatiZoo! #CZBG150 #ConservationTogether #ConnectedforCoexistence #Thailand #AsianElephants
  • Exciting news, my PhD fieldwork has officially kicked off this month in Kuiburi National Park! 🐘 I’m out in the field identifying individual elephants and learning about their social lives, activity patterns, and the many factors that shape how they behave. It’s amazing how much we can tell from the smallest details; unique markings on ears, tusks, and tails help us recognize who’s who. A huge thank you to: @ruffordgrants @cincinnatizoo @abrivoordieren @cssasianelephant Lucie Burgers Foundation With their support, BTEH was able to acquire all the necessary materials to undertake these exciting two years of elephant monitoring ahead. Feeling grateful, excited, and ready for many more days in the field 📸🐘🌿- Ave
  • 🐘🇹🇭— 2 last-minute spots opened up for our Elephant Research Program in Thailand in Kuiburi National Park, studying elephants in the wild. 📍 Where: Kuiburi National Park, Thailand 🗓 When: October 1–10, 2025 SPECIAL PRICE: 1,500 EUR 🔍 You’ll get hands-on experience: - Tracking and identifying wild Asian elephants - Recording and analyzing elephant behavior - Reviewing camera-trap footage - Supporting community-based conservation 👉 Apply here: www.bteh.org Questions? Email brooke@bteh.org
  • 🌿🐘 Donate Your Tech for Elephants 🐘🌿 Do you have an old smartphone, tablet, or camera gathering dust? That device could help protect elephants and support science and research for human-elephant coexistence! Technology is a powerful tool for conservation. With the right equipment, our team and community partners can monitor elephant behavior and undertake innovative studies, such as community-led elephant identification. ✅ What we need most: • Tablets (2018+, 4GB+) • Smartphones (2018+) • Digital cameras, binoculars, trail cameras • Laptops (2018+, 8GB+), monitors • Power banks, SD cards, portable hard drives • Handheld GPS, two-way radios, solar panels 👉 Donate today: Link in our bio! #Elephants #Conservation #DonateYourTech
  • #ElephantID 🐘📸 Meet M-030, one of the elephants we spot most often on wildlife cameras deployed on farms surrounding Kui Buri National Park. During data collection this morning inside the park we spotted him grazing with M-021, a younger male who is also a regular farm visitor. Tracking elephants inside and outside the park helps us understand these intricate social relationships and behaviors to design safer and smarter ways to reduce human-elephant conflict. #Thailand #kuiburinationalpark #asianelephant #conservation #saveelephants #coexistence