Kenya launches compensation program for wildlife attack victims

STORY: Kenya launches compensation program for wildlife attack victims SHOOTING TIME: April 12, 2024 DATELINE: April 14, 2024 LENGTH: 00:01:49 LOCATION: Nairobi CATEGORY: ENVIRONMENT SHOTLIST: 1. various of issuance of compensation 2. SOUNDBITE (English): WILLIAM RUTO, Kenyan President 3. various of residents STORYLINE: Kenyan President William Ruto on Friday launched a compensation scheme for victims of wildlife attacks to help them rebuild their livelihoods and meet hefty medical bills. Launched in the northern Kenyan county of Laikipia, home to iconic species including elephants, rhinoceros and buffaloes, the human-wildlife conflict mitigation and compensation scheme is expected to foster harmonious coexistence between local communities and animals in the wild, Ruto said. SOUNDBITE (English): WILLIAM RUTO, Kenyan President "We have close to 17,000 already assessed and verified cases of human-wildlife conflict with the cost of 7 billion shillings (about 53.85 million U.S. dollars). We have so far co

Kenya launches campaign to reduce human-wildlife conflict

STORY: Kenya launches campaign to reduce human-wildlife conflict SHOOTING TIME: Feb. 20, 2024/File DATELINE: Feb. 21, 2024 LENGTH: 00:01:27 LOCATION: Nairobi CATEGORY: ENVIRONMENT SHOTLIST: 1. various of KWS headquarters 2. SOUNDBITE (English): CHARLES MUSYOKI, Director of wildlife and community service at the Kenya Wildlife Service 3. various of wildlife in Kenya (File) STORYLINE: Kenya on Tuesday launched a campaign to reduce human-wildlife conflict in the country. Charles Musyoki, director of wildlife and community service at the Kenya Wildlife Service (KWS), told Xinhua in the national capital of Nairobi that the campaign involves educating and informing communities living along wildlife corridors on the use of lighting devices and predator-proof fences to promote peaceful co-existence between humans and wildlife. SOUNDBITE (English): CHARLES MUSYOKI, Director of wildlife and community service at the Kenya Wildlife Service "It's a major campaign that we will carry out across the country because we ha

Xinhua Headlines: From conflict to coexistence: China sees changing human-wildlife relations

Xinhua Headlines: From conflict to coexistence: China sees changing human-wildlife relations

(230522) -- BEIJING, May 22, 2023 (Xinhua) -- This aerial photo taken on May 9, 2023 shows a field where people grow favorite food for wild elephants in Dadugang Township of Jinghong City, Dai Autonomous Prefecture of Xishuangbanna, southwest China's Yunnan Province. (Xinhua/Hu Chao)

Xinhua Headlines: From conflict to coexistence: China sees changing human-wildlife relations

Xinhua Headlines: From conflict to coexistence: China sees changing human-wildlife relations

(230522) -- BEIJING, May 22, 2023 (Xinhua) -- This aerial photo taken on Aug. 13, 2021 shows a herd of wild Asian elephants in Mojiang County of Pu'er, southwest China's Yunnan Province. (Photo by He Yougang/Xinhua)

Xinhua Headlines: From conflict to coexistence: China sees changing human-wildlife relations

Xinhua Headlines: From conflict to coexistence: China sees changing human-wildlife relations

(230522) -- BEIJING, May 22, 2023 (Xinhua) -- A snow leopard is pictured in a canyon in Zadoi County of Yushu Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture, northwest China's Qinghai Province, Feb. 21, 2023. (Xinhua/Fei Maohua)

Xinhua Headlines: From conflict to coexistence: China sees changing human-wildlife relations

Xinhua Headlines: From conflict to coexistence: China sees changing human-wildlife relations

(230522) -- BEIJING, May 22, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Migmar, a former logger and hunter who has become a wild animal rescuer, feeds a rescued bharal at the wildlife rescue station of Qomolangma National Nature Reserve, southwest China's Tibet Autonomous Region, March 14, 2023. (Xinhua/Sun Fei)

Xinhua Headlines: From conflict to coexistence: China sees changing human-wildlife relations

Xinhua Headlines: From conflict to coexistence: China sees changing human-wildlife relations

(230522) -- BEIJING, May 22, 2023 (Xinhua) -- This undated photo taken with an infrared monitoring camera shows a wild Siberian tiger in Tianqiaoling forest area, northeast China's Jilin Province. (Xinhua)

BOTSWANA-BOREHOLES-DONATION-HUMAN-WILDLIFE CONFLICT

BOTSWANA-BOREHOLES-DONATION-HUMAN-WILDLIFE CONFLICT

(230120) -- GABORONE, Jan. 20, 2023 (Xinhua) -- This photo taken on Aug. 17, 2022 shows Philda Kereng, Botswana's Minister of Environment and Tourism, in Gaborone, Botswana. The Botswanan government received a donation of six boreholes in the northwestern part of the country on Thursday from conservation and hospitality company, Okavango Wilderness Safaris (OWS) in a move that seeks to reduce human-wildlife conflicts. Facing growing human and wildlife populations and the rising risk of conflicts, Botswana's Minister of Environment and Tourism Philda Kereng said the drilling of boreholes will go a long way in bringing stability to the landscape. TO GO WITH "Hospitality firm donates boreholes to ease human-wildlife conflict in Botswana" (Photo by Tshekiso Tebalo/Xinhua)

BOTSWANA-BOREHOLES-DONATION-HUMAN-WILDLIFE CONFLICT

BOTSWANA-BOREHOLES-DONATION-HUMAN-WILDLIFE CONFLICT

(230120) -- GABORONE, Jan. 20, 2023 (Xinhua) -- An elephant is seen in the Chobe River in northwest Botswana's Kasane, May 10, 2021. The Botswanan government received a donation of six boreholes in the northwestern part of the country on Thursday from conservation and hospitality company, Okavango Wilderness Safaris (OWS) in a move that seeks to reduce human-wildlife conflicts. Facing growing human and wildlife populations and the rising risk of conflicts, Botswana's Minister of Environment and Tourism Philda Kereng said the drilling of boreholes will go a long way in bringing stability to the landscape. TO GO WITH "Hospitality firm donates boreholes to ease human-wildlife conflict in Botswana" (Photo by Tshekiso Tebalo/Xinhua)