The Mekong at Crisis Point GTAEF 2021-06-30 | Author of "Last Days of the Mighty Mekong" the Stimson Centre's Brian Eyler talks us through the state of the Mekong River today and the adverse effects of continued building of hydropower dams on an ecosystem relied on by millions of people.
VR Introduction to the Foundation (English) GTAEF 2022-07-18 | Just a quick introduction to the Foundation shot in 360 video for an Oculus Quest.
After the Forests: Thailands Elephants & Their People. GTAEF 2022-06-30 | Join Australian environmental ethnographer Dr Nikki Savvides as she launches her new non-fiction book about elephant tourism and mahout-elephant relationships in Thailand.
The Elephant in the Room: Integrating Behaviour to Assess Captive Elephant Behaviour GTAEF 2022-01-27 | Dr Lisa Yon describing the importance of understanding elephant behaviour and the tools her team has developed to use behavioural observation to improve elephants' welfare.
Demystifying the Elephant Laws in Thailand: Early Developments to Todays Conservation & Protection GTAEF 2021-12-02 | A professional lecture with Aj. Chacrit Sitdiwej from Thammasat University Faculty of Law & Sallie Yang from USAID with input from Belinda Stewart-Cox. Discussing Thailand's elephant laws, where they came from & why and where we stand now.
Pioneering Elephant Tourism: Tiger Tops 57 year Involvement with Captive Elephants in Nepal GTAEF 2021-11-25 | Jack Edwards, Managing Director Tiger Tops Group will talk us through the company's (and his family's) history with elephants in Nepal and their current status.
Vulture and Buffer Zone Community Forest Conservation a Twenty Year Effort GTAEF 2021-11-17 | Harnessing the power of communities for conservation on the edge of Chitwan National Park, Nepal and the role of conservation based tourism in creating the world's first community run vulture conservation restaurant and restoring natural habitat for human and wildlife use.
Rise & Fall of Cooperation in Asian Elephants GTAEF 2021-11-03 | Li-Li Li describes her work with semi-captive Asian elephants in Myanmar extending cooperation studies previously hosted on site with us. Her work explores altruism, inter-elephant relationships and the point at which cooperation breaks down.
Osteopathy for Elephants - Achieving the Impossible GTAEF 2021-10-28 | Zoo Osteopath Dr Tony Nevin talks us through his first treatments on elephants, the basics of osteopathy and some case studies from his years treating our elephants. Including a live demonstration by our own Dr Nissa on Pumpui.
Biomechanics of the Elephant Trunk GTAEF 2021-10-20 | Dr Paule Dagenais applying physics to the biomechanics of an African Elephant's trunk in order to better understand the versatility of motions and forces it can apply with the eventual goal of inspiring a soft robot. Applying visualisations and simulations so the rest of us can see what is going on too. Website is here for a more in depth look at those visualisations: bit.ly/3C18jlU
A Life with Elephants - Giving Back GTAEF 2021-10-14 | Adventures with Elephants' Sean Hensman, battling very poor internet, manages to give us a full run down of the Research & Conservation work he has undertaken with the elephants on his reserve in South Africa.
การฝึกช้างเชิงบวก และการตรวจและรักษาเล็บช้าง GTAEF 2021-10-11 | วันนี้เรามาเจอกันกับยุ้ยและโบว์ แต่รอบนี้เป็นคิวของยุ้ยที่จะมาให้คุณหมอตรวจเล็บและทำเล็บให้ หลังจากที่ยุ้ยน่าจะไปเตะอะไรคมๆมาทำให้เล็บมีรอยฉีก
Target Training Positive Reinforcement with Kam Mool GTAEF 2021-10-09 | A Saturday morning footcare session with COVID refugee Kam Mool, how far has she progressed since we last showed you her in the Target Training wall? All thanks to K. Tao & Dr Nissa's hard work.
Septembers Video Newsletter GTAEF 2021-10-09 | Featuring our latest COVID refugee Nong Benz, our new nighttime roaming area and Run, Walk, Crawl for Rangers update.
My 20-year Journey Studying Asian Elephants: Integrating Science with Management (Presentation Only) GTAEF 2021-10-06 | Dr Janine Brown talks us through her career journey and experiences that brought her to this point, using endocrinology to inform a multi-disciplined approach to improve the welfare of captive elephants.
My 20-year Journey Studying Asian Elephants: Integrating Science with Management (Zoom talk + Q&A) GTAEF 2021-10-06 | Dr Janine Brown talks us through her career journey and experiences that brought her to this point, using endocrinology to inform a multi-disciplined approach to improve the welfare of captive elephants. Followed by a Q&A and and update from Dr Thip who is coordinating parts of Thai Elephant Alliance's Chiang Mai veterinary response to the pandemic.
เรื่องช้างๆกับ GTAEF : Target training กับน้องเบนซ์และป้าพวงเพ็ชร GTAEF 2021-09-11 | มาดูความคืบหน้าของนักเรียนในการฝึกทำ Target training ผ่านไป 1 อาทิตย์ ผลเป็นยังไงบ้าง มาชมกันค่ะ
N. Benz 3rd Target Training Session (ภาษาไทย) GTAEF 2021-09-05 | COVID Refugee & new recruit elephant Nong Benz's 3rd Target Training Positive Reinforcement Target Training Session
Elephant Education: Target training with Nong Benz GTAEF 2021-09-05 | First day for Target training with Nong Benz.She is our new rescued elephant who never done Target training.
The inspiration behind Run, Walk, Crawl for Rangers (August Newsletter) GTAEF 2021-09-02 | August's Newsletter is dedicated to our current fundraiser, Run, Walk, Crawl for Rangers Virtual Step Challenge. John talks about the fundraiser itself and then a little about each of the wildlife ranger teams we are supporting.
Privatised Land Conservation and its Impacts on Wild Asian Elephants GTAEF 2021-09-02 | Vijo Varghese from the Our Land Project in Kanchanaburi Thailand talks us through his private land conservation project and describes his lessons learned in the hope that his experience can be replicable elsewhere for ecosystems but especially for elephants.
Preparing the Mahout Team for Run, Walk, Crawl for Rangers GTAEF 2021-09-01 | Our Run, Walk, Crawl for Rangers virtual step challenge will take place between the 1st & 30th of September 2021 to raise money for 5 Wildlife Ranger Teams across the world. Please sign up if you can: bit.ly/WinPrizesForWalking - this is just our little video of the mahouts in training.
2nd Pasar Suay (Mahout Home Language Lesson) with Berm GTAEF 2021-09-01 | Learning phrases and sentences of the language of the ancient elephant keeping Suay or Kui people.
Learning Karen Language from our Mahout K. Nu GTAEF 2021-08-23 | A major elephant keeping group in Thailand & Myanmar are the Karen people so we thought we would learn some bits of their language, or at least how to say elephant.
Elephants Solve Problems with Personality GTAEF 2021-08-18 | Dr Lisa P. Barrett's second Elephant Professional lecture looking deeper into her work on the correlation between elephant personalities, problem solving abilities and the type of puzzle they take on. As ever suggesting how this might better help us protect them in the wild.
Elephant Education Learning the Mahouts Home Language GTAEF 2021-08-15 | Teacher & Chief Mahout Berm teaches us some words of elephant anatomy in his home language of Suay.
Elephant Education: Suay language GTAEF 2021-08-15 | Learning about Suay language, the language uses to communicate among themselves and to elephants
เรื่องช้างๆกับ GTAEF: ภาษาคน ภาษาช้าง GTAEF 2021-08-14 | มาเรียนรู้ภาษาส่วย ที่ชาวส่วยหรือกูย ใช้เป็นภาษาฝนกาาติดต่อสื่อสารทั้งกับคนและช้าง
A Very Sad Newsletter for July GTAEF 2021-08-12 | July monthly newsletter with sad news concerning Kamtul & Pleum. Also a blessing ceremony for camp.
Flexible Sound Production in the Asian elephant: Talks Big but Squeaks Like a Mouse. GTAEF 2021-08-04 | Fascinating from Veronika Beeck, talking us through how she went about discovering how the Asian Elephant's different vocalizations are produced and her thoughts behind their meanings.
#ElephantEducational #LockdownLivestream GTAEF 2021-08-01 | Join us to learn how our Head of Veterinary Services Dr Nissa performs a basic health check & estimates an elephant's weight.
เรื่องช้างๆกับGTAEF GTAEF 2021-07-31 | #ElephantEducational #LockdownLivestream how to estimate an elephant’s weight with Dr Nissa.
#ElephantEducational: Target Training for our Elephants GTAEF 2021-07-25 | A glimpse into our daily positive reinforcement session for the elephants with Dr Nissa, K. Ou & K. Tao.
เรื่องช้างๆกับ GTAEF ตอน: การฝึกช้างเชิงบวก GTAEF 2021-07-24 | A Thai language look into our daily positive reinforcement target training sessions with the elephants that live with us. Featuring Dr Nissa, K. Tao & K. Ou.
Elephants, Cortisol & Conservation - Insights into Probable Stress GTAEF 2021-07-21 | Dr Sanjeeta Sharma Pokharel talking of her studies on wild elephants throughout India and giving a clear indication into the important role endocrinology can play in assisting conservation strategies and an indication as to where future research might focus.
Do elephants eat durian? ช้างกินทุเรียนไหม GTAEF 2021-07-15 | มาดูกันค่ะ ว่าช้างจะกินทุเรียนไหม แล้วถ้ากิน เขาจะกินยังไง
Portraits with an Elephant: How I Capture Beautiful Portraits of People with Elephants GTAEF 2021-07-14 | Speaking live from Chai Lai Orchid in Mae Wang, Chiang Mai, photographer James de la Cloche lets us into the secrets behind his amazing portraits with the Lodge's guests and the elephants they help keep safe in their home village.
The Return of the Elephants — a brief introduction to Asian elephant in China GTAEF 2021-07-07 | Prof. Ahimsa Campos Arciez live from Xishuangbanna Tropical Botanical Gardens in Yunnan, SW China discussing the history of wild elephants in China, the current situation and the famous 'wondering' herd who have visited the suburbs of Kunming and are still in an area where they have not been seen for 400 years. Many Human Elephant Conflict experts join the discussion and ask their questions.
Video Newsletter for June GTAEF 2021-07-05 | Covering the movement of our Pakum Rope & hut, the visit of the Elephant Spirit Men (Khru Ba Yai), the spiritual centre of our camp. Plus the unusually high rainfall and flooding that brought the elephants so much happiness (& fig branches)!
Elephant Trunks: The Muscular Multitool GTAEF 2021-06-24 | Andrew Shulz takes us in deep & fascinating detail into the science behind the elephant's most useful and emblematic anatomical feature. He also discusses his other projects in biomechanics and conservation.
Human-elephant multispecies culture: Beliefs and practices among Karen mahouts of northern Thailand GTAEF 2021-06-17 | Alex Greene discussing his fieldwork among the Karen elephant living communities in Northern Thailand, multi species entanglements through the lens of traditional herbal medicine and an elephant's lifecycle.
Cardamom Wildlife Corridor and Tented Camp Situation Update GTAEF 2021-06-09 | Allan Michaud, General Manager of Cardamom Tented Camp gives an update on the situation and problems faced by our project to protect 18,000 of standing forest in Cambodia since the onset of COVID removed all the tourism business, the only additional funding stream for the wider project while we continue to fund the Ranger teams.
A Chat With Eric Ole Kalama, Live from Amboseli National Park GTAEF 2021-06-02 | Talking to Eric about his life in and around Amboseli National Park in Kenya, particularly the challenges the community and the park management are facing during COVID's shut down of tourism. Also his own personal conservation tourism initiative, Elephant Garden Camp. P.S. It being Amboseli he also finds us some elephants.
เรื่องช้างๆกับ GTAEF ตอน: การฝึกช้างเชิงบวก GTAEF 2021-05-30 | Target Training หรือการฝึกช้างเชิงบวกทำได้อย่างไร มาติดตามชมกันค่ะ#GTAEF #เรื่องช้างๆกับGTAEFFacebook: https://m.facebook.com/GTAEF.helpingelephantsInstagram: GTAEF_Thailand
Masungi Georeserve - Protecting a Karst Ecosystem in a Pandemic GTAEF 2021-05-27 | Billie & Ann Dumaliang, Trustees of Masungi Georeserve, talk us through the challenges of protecting this unique ecosystem through the COVID-19 pandemic and into the future. In the past year they've faced land grabs, quarry thefts, run ins with powerful people, fires, volcanic eruptions and two typhoons. They outline their ecotourism approach and their #VirtualFieldtrip initiative.
The Role of STEF: The First NGO Elephant Hospital in the South of Thailand GTAEF 2021-05-20 | The Southern Thai Elephant Foundation's Chief Vet talks us through their Elephant Hospital, the first privately run one in the South of Thailand supporting the Government efforts in giving free veterinary care to any elephant in need. Their role has become particularly important during the pandemic & Dr Aon outlines the additional support they have given.
