The Frontier Elephant Programme (FEP) is a multi - institutional collaborative effort spearheaded by researchers at FERAL in association with scientists from the National Institute of Advanced Studies (NIAS), Asian Nature Conservation Foundation (ANCF) and the Indian Institute of Science (IISc). The aim of the programme is to conserve individuals and populations of wild Asian elephants that persist in human - dominated landscapes through long - term monitoring and citizen - science initiatives.
The goal of the programme is to harness the behavioural adaptability of elephants to help local communities adopt lifestyles that facilitate their coexistence with elephants while ensuring food security and safety in the region. Along with the long - term monitoring of individual elephants, we strive to conserve these individuals in the wild through projects that minimize human and elephant conflicts.