Human-wildlife conflict (HWC) toolkit

The SWM Programme addresses human–wildlife conflict by supporting communities in the Kavango‑Zambezi region to balance wildlife conservation with sustainable livelihoods. This training material provides practical tools and community-led approaches developed through the SWM Programme to foster coexistence and strengthen both people and nature.

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Animal factsheets

Mitigation measures factsheets

Role-playing game user guide 

Learn about human–wildlife conflict (HWC) scenarios alongside the farmers who are most impacted by them.
In this game participants do not just observe; they actively participate in simulations that require group decision-making and interaction. 
The Sustainable Wildlife Management (SWM) Programme in Zimbabwe created this role-playing game especially for use in Farmer Field Schools.

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Training videos

Keeping elephants away with chilli fences
19/12/2024

Learn how chilli fences in southern Africa can deter elephants from destroying communities’ crops and avoid and/or reduce HWC incidents.

How to make chilli bricks to ward off elephants
01/08/2024

Watch this training video to learn how to make chilli bricks to deter elephants from eating your crops and to reduce human-wildlife conflict.

Reducing human-wildlife-conflict with a community mapping game
19/12/2014

Discover how a participatory mapping game with rural communities in Southern Africa can be used to reduce HWC. This game was developed in Zimbabwe...