A new anti-poaching project will use GPS to save Gabon’s elephants

In a move to combat the growing scourge of elephant poaching in Gabon, the country’s National Parks Agency (ANPN) has taken to fitting elephants with GPS-enabled tracking collars. The collars, according to the agency, will not only assist with tracking the elephants in order to fight poaching but also with research into understanding elephants better. Currently, some elephants in Gabon’s north-eastern national parks of Ivindo and Mwagna have been fitted with collars for this purpose. It is part of “The Project to Combat Wildlife Crime and Ivory Trafficking in Gabon”, abbreviated “Elephant Project” which is part of the Debt Conversion…

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