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Elephants Without Borders is a non-profit, tax-exempt, organization, registered in the Republic of Botswana under the Registration of Business Names Act, Cap. 42:05, Number 91451, certified under the Somarela Trust, Notarial Deed of Trust No. MA 18/2004.
Also, Elephants Without Borders is a registered DBA not-for-profit under EWB, Inc., incorporated under section 402, Type B, under section 201, both of the Not-for-Profit Corporation law of the State of New York, United States of America. |
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Mike
Chase, Phd: was born and raised
in Botswana. His family has been in the
country for five generations. Accompanying
his father into the bush as a young boy
convinced him to acquire the appropriate
academic credentials for a career in conservation.
After graduating from the University of
Natal, he spent eight years working with
Conservation International implementing
and undertaking conservation projects in
Botswana. |
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In
2001, Mike started studying for a PhD at
the University of Massachusetts on the ‘home
ranges and transboundary movements of elephants
in northern Botswana’.Having completed
his PhD, Mike devotes his time to studying
the ecology and habitat needs of elephants
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Prof.
Curtice Griffin: University of Massachusetts,
Amherst, MA. As Co-Founder of EWB, Curt has been working
to conserve wildlife for over 30 years. His research efforts
have spanned five continents, from his work with elephants
in the savannas of Southern and East Africa and the tropical
forests of Southeast Asia, endangered hawks in the Galapagos
and Hawaiian islands, seabirds from Alaska to Hawaii to
Maine, sea turtles in the North Atlantic, and wetlands
conservation in Eastern Europe, South Africa and the U.S.
His conservation efforts extend from protecting open space
in his small New England community, to helping state and
federal agencies protect endangered species and wetlands,
to helping other countries develop their biodiversity
conservation programs.
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Kelly
Landen: is Program Manager for EWB. Kelly joined
the project in 2003. Raised on Grand Island, NY, her background
with wildlife research started as a volunteer for several
conservation projects from working as a naturalist field
guide in Alaska and Central America to monitoring marine
mammals in South America. She’s a licensed marine
Captain, and worked for several years as part of the UNOLS
fleet of oceanographic research vessels, including Woods
Hole Oceanographic Institute and Scripps Institute of
Oceanography. These skills have given her a well-rounded
knowledge of organizational skills, field operations,
and logistics. She participates in all aspects of the
operation including field work and as an aerial observer.
Her passion for photography, wildlife conservation and
the welfare of Africa’a people are a strong asset
to the project.
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Thandazani
“Thanda” Nkala, is Field Officer
for EWB, bringing to the organization, a number of skills
and a wide range of experiences. A citizen of Zimbabwe,
Thanda has lived among elephants throughout his life and
experienced human-elephant interactions in his home village.
Thanda speaks eight languages, and has worked as a specialist
game tracker for five years in northern Botswana. He has
an instinctive knowledge of elephant behavior which he
enjoys sharing with the youth of Botswana. Since 2002,
he has been an indispensable research assistant to Michael
Chase and is our primary aerial observer.
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Shikar
Safari Club |
United
States Fish and Wildlife Service |
Player
Crosby |
John
Chase Safaris |
The Rockefeller Family |
Larry and Patty Malashock |
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John Hanks,
Ph.d:
International Conservation Services
Dr. Hanks is a special adviser and mentor to EWB. He was instrumental
in the development to one of the world’s largest conservation
areas, the Kavango Zambezi Transfrontier Conservation Area (KAZA TFCA),
and has been involved since its inception in 2000. He has recently
completed a technical report on mitigation strategies for human-elephant
conflict and is currently writing the first transboundary elephant
management strategy for KAZA. He regularly contributes towards topical
conservation articles in Africa’s premier conservation journal,
Africa Geographic. He also hosts a popular radio program, Talking
of Nature, in southern Africa on 1485AM Radio Today.
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Larry
Patterson BVMS, MSc, MRCVS: Kalahari Game Services
Larry is EWB’s chief wildlife veterinarian and has twenty
year’s experience in wildlife management. He conducts
the chemical immobilisation (darting) of the elephants and ensures
the animals’ health and safety during the collaring exercises.
His company's main activities are various forms of wildlife
management. “Our work mainly is commercial wildlife translocation,
which involves catching and moving large numbers of plains game.
We also have a track record of producing management plans for
wildlife conservation areas varying from small local game ranches
to major national parks throughout Africa.”
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Ursula
Bechert, D.V.M., Phd:
NW Wildlife Conservation, Inc.& Oregon State University
After working in private practice and at an exotic wildlife park in
Oregon for several years, she earned a Ph.D. in Animal Sciences studying
reproductive endocrinology of female African elephants. Her research
interests focus on reproductive physiology of endangered species,
but other wildlife projects include development of novel diagnostic
and population management tools, as well as nutritional and pharmacokinetic
studies. She is currently the Director of Off-Campus Programs for
the College of Science, Oregon State University. She also serves as
Executive Director of NW Wildlife Conservation, Inc., which is a non-profit
organization that fosters development of regional partnerships in
the northwestern region of the U.S. for global conservation through
research and education.
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John and
Tina Chase: John Chase Safaris
Born out of a legendary, colorful heritage, John Chase Safaris is
a prestigious mobile photographic safari company that offers tailored
trips in Botswana. John and Tina Chase’s love and knowledge
of the country and its people ensure the company’s dedication
to cultural issues as well as unwavering support and assistance in
research and conservation.
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Samuel
Cushman, Phd:
Samuel Cushman is a research landscape ecologist with the US Forest
Service, located in Missoula MT. His research centers on multi-scale
analysis of wildlife habitat relationships and influences of landscape
pattern and land management on animal movement and population connectivity.
His research projects include studies of habitat selection and population
connectivity of elephants in southern Africa, landscape genetics,
influences of changing climate and disturbance regimes on wildlife
habitat quality and population connectivity at the landscape level.
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Peter
Pearlstein:
Okavango Helicopters, brings 26 years of flying experience as the
primary Helicopter pilot used by EWB. His business, operating in Northern
Botswana since 1982, is a very personalized company, intimately involved
in wildlife research and filming projects.
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Mike
Holding: Afriscreen Films, cc |
Alan
and Kim Parnass: Wings4Wildlife, Inc. The Parnasses provide
volunteer aviation services to Wildlife Conservation and Animal Research
projects and are committed to enlisting qualified and dedicated pilots
who will donate their time and resources to expand their volunteer
activities.
Player
Crosby |
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Jed
Lipskey, Stowe Inn, Stowe, Vt |
Paul
and Carolyn Bartlett, Stockbridge, Ma |
Africa
Wildlife Tracking: is a South African Company based
in Pretoria, which specializes in manufacturing satellite and radio
tracking equipment for wildlife, have a commitment to research and
development using up-to-date technologies, enabling EWB to monitor
and track wildlife.
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Special
Thanks to: |
Department
of Wildlife and National Parks, Botswana (DWNP) |
Zambia
Wildlife Authority (ZAWA) |
Ministry
of Environment and Tourism, Namibia (MET) |
Government
of Angola/Governor’s office Kuando Kubango Province |
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