Living with Nature. The Problem with Elephants

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While conservationists advocate for African wildlife the continent's indigenous people are experiencing poverty in growing numbers. Many tribes have been reduced to a subsistence farming that can barely sustain them, and their desperate slash-and-burn methods only exacerbate a vicious cycle of agricultural degradation. An additional challenge is the threat posed by hungry elephants that trample settlements and destroy crops. Though it is illegal to kill the elephants some farmers feel they have little choice, especially as cash from selling the tusks helps keep their families alive. This program asserts that until nature protection groups address the needs of poor rural Africans, elephant poaching will continue.