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Discover the people and the projects trying to make the world a better place

Discover the people and the projects trying to make the world a better place.

Discover the people and the projects trying to make the world a better place.

A weekly programme looking at common challenges around the world and the creative ways people are trying to tackle them.

Presenter Myra Anubi speaks to reporters, experts and innovators to investigate how effective different solutions are, share their successes and inspire listeners with what is possible.

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People Fixing The World: Helping elephants and humans get along

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Helping elephants and humans get along

23/05/2023 GMT

BBC World Service - People Fixing The World, Helping elephants and humans get along

How to prevent conflict between people and animals

How a tiny insect is being used to prevent conflict between farmers and their elephant neighbours.

As humanity expands further and further into the wild areas of the world, they are increasingly coming into conflict with the creatures that live there. One of those animals is the elephant. When tensions flare with these huge creatures, lives can be lost on both sides. 

We investigate the people trying to resolve these conflicts in a peaceful, bloodless way - like the farmers placing beehives on their fences in Kenya to ward off elephants looking to eat their crops. Because despite their size, it turns out that elephants are scared of bees.

And in India, we meet a woman who is making trying to make sure people get the compensation they deserve when animals damage their land - so they don't let their anger out on the animals.

Presenter: Myra Anubi
Reporter: Michael Kaloki 
Reporter/producer: Lizzy McNeill
Series producer: Tom Colls
Sound mix: Anne Gardiner 
Editor: Penny Murphy 

Email: peoplefixingtheworld@bbc.co.uk
Image: An African elephant (Credit: Getty Images)

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