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The Biodiversity and Elephant Conservation Trust (BECT)
Sri Lanka, formed in 1998, is a non-profit
organization, which is active in the conservation of
elephants in Sri Lanka and also its biodiversity. The
trustees are,
Rohan Pethiyagoda, Michael Sproule and Jayantha
Jayewardene. |
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The Biodiversity & Elephant Conservation Trust, identifies
the importance of dealing with the social issues of HEC in order
to facilitate conservation of elephants. One such strategy is creating awareness,
amongst the school children in the rural areas of Sri Lanka
where there are ongoing Human-Elephant Conflicts. HEC causes untold hardships to the poor people living in
those areas. Educating the younger generation is an effective
way of controlling the peoples’ negative attitude towards
conservation, especially elephants. Changing the attitude of
children may also influence the other family members. |
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For the last nine years the Biodiversity & Elephant Conservation
Trust has conducted a Schools’ Awareness Program in 150 rural
schools each year. The children are given a general
understanding of the biodiversity of the area and the country
and a thorough knowledge of the elephant in a manner that they
can view elephants from a more positive angle. We also show
that elephants and humans can live together in harmony. Through
this ongoing program we have reached over 300,000 children in the
nineteen years.
Visit:
Schools’ Awareness
Program |
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Children
during an awareness programme |
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The Biodiversity & Elephant Conservation Trust
initiated the Family Support Program, a project to help the families of those killed by
elephants in the course of the ongoing Human-Elephant
Conflicts. It was started off in
December 2007 when schoolbooks were distributed to 106 children
from 50 families affected by the death of one parent being
killed by a wild elephant. 2020 is the 12th year of this project.
There is much more to be done for these families. Most of them
need proper housing and education opportunities for their
children.
Through this website we intend informing all those concerned of
the help needed and how their financial support will be
utilised.
For more details visit: Family
Support Program |
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The Biodiversity & Elephant Conservation Trust has organised
training programmes for veterinarians with international
trainers, has sent
staff from the Department of Wildlife Conservation and the
National Zoological Gardens for foreign trainings, has conducted studies
of elephant ranging patterns, monitored the movement of baby
elephants re-introduced in to the wild and carried out surveys
of the Tame elephant population in Sri Lanka. |
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For more details visit: Elephant Studies
Surveys etc & Training Programmes |
