Coexistence is an attempt to rethink the dominant conservation paradigm – not just protecting wild animals locked away in far off pockets of forests, but also coexisting and living well with animals and nature around us. We are a consortium of ecologists, anthropologists, geographers and conservationists with extensive knowledge and experience in human-wildlife coexistence who have come together to promote understanding and practice of coexistence.

 

The focal activity for this consortium is to develop a better understanding of coexistence. The long-term vision of this programme is to use an experimental and evidence-based approach to catalyse a range of context-specific human-wildlife coexistence projects around the world.

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The initial funding to setup the Coexistence Consortium came from the Lantana Elephants Exhibitions happening around the the world, titled "Coexistence" and celebrating the human-nature connection.