Kate Jarvis

MSc Conservation at University of Kent and Durrell Institute of Conversation Ecology (DICE) studying human-Asian elephant coexistence 🐘🌿🌍🐝

[Kate Jarvis @Kate_not_Laura]

🔴🐘♻️🌏 Wild Asian elephants in India forage at landfill sites. In doing so, they consume large amounts of plastic trash and then inadvertently pollute their forest homes with their plastic-filled dung:

https://t.co/NBcrYBQxNj

[Kate Jarvis @Kate_not_Laura]

@HMRCcustomers Oh!!! That's fixed it. I didn't read it properly, did I... 😬 Thank you!

[Save The Asian Elephants @stae_elephants]

We've done it!! STAE's @UKChange #petition urging a UK ban on advertising of unethical and brutal Asian elephant tourism has surpassed 1 MILLION signatures, each one a voice for the elephants! Now help us get to 1.5 MILLION! https://t.co/kGispjt6TG

[Kate Jarvis @Kate_not_Laura]

🌏Will your grandchildren get to see Asian elephants in the wild? The species is *Threatened with Global Extinction* (@IUCNRedList) with only c. 50,000 left, scattered across 13 countries. Many populations are too small to successfully reproduce long-term. 🚫🐘🚫 #Asianelephants

[Kate Jarvis @Kate_not_Laura]

@JackFBedford @DICE_Kent @unepwcmc Your project sounds fascinating, @JackFBedford !! 🙌

[Kate Jarvis @Kate_not_Laura]

@lydia_tiller Absolutely!👍

[Kate Jarvis @Kate_not_Laura]

@lydia_tiller @okitaben I'm surprised to hear that people are using the underpasses to set up dwellings, but I suppose, it makes sense. For people of limited means, they no doubt offer good shelter!

[Kate Jarvis @Kate_not_Laura]

@lydia_tiller It looks fascinating to be able to see their movements!

[Kate Jarvis @Kate_not_Laura]

Huge thanks to @Glyn_nature for chairing this session for us; so glad to be able to 'meet' you.

[Glyn Davies @Glyn_nature]

Many, many thanks to all the presenters to #DICECON21 #HumWild: @FayeWtcd @Ardiantiono @hmk_oneill @Kate_not_Laura @arethareth @Lydia_Tiller really great ideas and wonderful inspiration on the need to encourage human support and tolerance to have human-wildlife co-existence.

[Kate Jarvis @Kate_not_Laura]

@lydia_tiller @lydia_tiller I've heard about apps like these for tracking or even spotting wild game. Do you think it increases poaching risk at all? How secure is the data?

[Kate Jarvis @Kate_not_Laura]

@kt_yee Wow, that's fascinating! Thank you so much - I'm excited to be able to follow yours, too! I am working with supporters from Sabah so we should definitely keep in touch 😊🐘🌏

[Kate Jarvis @Kate_not_Laura]

1/6 👋Hi, I’m Kate and I’m studying human and Asian elephant interactions (HEI), exploring links between human behaviour and elephant responses. As human populations increase, HEI is becoming more & more prevalent: #DICECON21 #HumWild https://t.co/menZJXPSt8

[Kate Jarvis @Kate_not_Laura]

@AnotherBobSmith I'll come back to you on that one, @AnotherBobSmith - I'm 100% planning to pull all that juicy stuff out though.

[Kate Jarvis @Kate_not_Laura]

5/6 Despite respondents at the majority of sites saying local people ‘mostly fear’ 😨 elephants, a majority are understood to be ‘moderately-’ to ‘highly-tolerant’ of them, with spiritual beliefs/customs 🛐 positively impacting tolerance. #DICECON21 #HUMWILD #Asianelephants

[Kate Jarvis @Kate_not_Laura]

@ClaireRaisin Ahahaha. It's the steadying hand on the side of the box 😂😂😂

[Kate Jarvis @Kate_not_Laura]

@DrDavidLRoberts Hahaha, so on point!!

[Kate Jarvis @Kate_not_Laura]

@Glyn_nature I know @nanimontreuil for example, is working hard to promote tolerance towards ellies on social media. And perhaps digitisation is helping during emergency scenarios? It would be fascinating to explore further!

[Kate Jarvis @Kate_not_Laura]

@KatieSpencer229 @tanyahumle @UniKent @DICE_Kent Yasss. It's something I'm hoping to compare at a site-specific level. 😀

[Kate Jarvis @Kate_not_Laura]

6/6 Finally, huge thanks to @tanyahumle for her tireless supervision, Hannah and Samantha in our #HWC team, and to all who supported this project. Thank you so much to @UniKent & @DICE_Kent for this life-changing Master's, I'm so chuffed I did it. ☺️🐘💗🍃 #DICECON21 #HUMWILD

[Kate Jarvis @Kate_not_Laura]

@Mic_Lo1 I was primarily thinking that the Hindu God, Ganesha, would impact tolerance levels, but that whole range encompasses Islam, Buddhism, Sikhism, Christianity and possibly lots more!

[Kate Jarvis @Kate_not_Laura]

@Mic_Lo1 You're so right! I forgot to include that – fairly crucial – bit! 😬 I aimed to cover the whole Asian Elephant range, and got responses from Sri Lanka, India, China, Malaysia, Nepal, Vietnam, Cambodia, and Thailand. 🐘🌿🌏

[Kate Jarvis @Kate_not_Laura]

@Ardiantiono Amazing!!! Let's keep this convo going 😁🐘