Our Projects
Our mission is to enable communities to balance ecosystem protection and economic development by pioneering a model for sustainable conservation.
20,000 wild Asian elephants inhabited Sri Lanka
Community-Led Conservation
We practice holistic, community-based conservation methods, based on sound scientific research and the needs of the local people to manage the local ecosystem, protect communities and their livelihoods, and ensure the long-term protection of our endangered wildlife.
Over the years, we have established electric fences around our local villages to protect the people whilst allowing our wild elephant population to range freely. We have set up community-based organisations for human-elephant conflict mitigation, home garden development, and agro-forestry. Meanwhile, our Project Orange Elephant protects farms and homes from crop raiding elephants and supplements the farmer’s income throughout the year.
Alongside these projects, we conduct scientific research on Sri Lanka’s most endangered wildlife species. Our research began with the endangered Sri Lankan elephant, but has subsequently extended to include Sri Lanka’s elusive carnivores, butterflies and marine life.
Protecting our wildlife
We use sound scientific research to inform our community-based conservation projects and management strategies, as well as to monitor the long-term health of the wildlife in Sri Lanka. Browse our wildlife research projects below.
Watch our work
Ideas from our conservation archive.
The 2016 PachyDRONEs pilot explored whether drones could help move elephants away from fields and villages. This archive film documents that early experiment.
Join us in Sri Lanka!
We offer individuals and families a rare opportunity to work alongside scientists, conservationists, educators, community partners, and local villagers deep within the heart of beautiful Sri Lanka. Whether you’re traveling alone or with a group, for fun or for business, our programs offer a wide variety of options to meet your needs and fulfill your interests while helping to support our critical conservation and research work.