WITNESS ELEPHANTS IN MY BACKYARD

Director(s): Vikram Singh
Producer(s): Emile Guertin, Aloke Devichand, Fiona Lawson-Baker (Al Jazeera English)

2019 | 25 min | India
Languages: Hindi

Elephant habitats across India are shrinking at an alarming rate, leading to conflict with local residents. In the southern region of Hassan, the conflict has been particularly intense. But accountant-turned-conservationist Vinod Krishnan is part of a team, led by Dr Anand Kumar, pioneering a radically new approach to deal with the conflict based on strategies of co-existence. If successful, they could help revolutionise the way India deals with one of its most urgent and complex conservation challenges.