HFM Stream Interview: When humans and wildlife collide

K2C’s Human-Wildlife Conflict specialist, Vusi Tshabalala joined Llewell at HFM to talk about the realities facing communities living directly alongside the Kruger National Park such as Phalaubeni, where community members have face repeated movement of elephant into nearby farmlands. Crops are eaten, fences damaged and both people and elephants placed at risk.

For local families, these are not small losses. Crops mean food and income. Fences are costly and difficult to replace. When incidents continue, tolerance comes under very real pressure.

Working with the Phalaubeni community together with Elephants Alive and other partners, the team has helped strengthen reporting, coordinate responses and better understand what is happening on the ground.

Listen to Vusi talk about the realities facing communities such as Phalaubeni, the delicate space between community experience, conservation and practical response, and what real human-wildlife coexistence looks like on the ground.

Thank you to HFM Stream for giving K2C this platform to share our story!