Shermin obtained her Ph.D from the University of Pennsylvania, studying the behavioral ecology and demography of Asian elephants and directs the Udawalawe Elephant Research Project in Sri Lanka, which she initiated in 2005.
The Board of Directors
Month: July 2019
Sponsored Work
Sri Lanka hosts the second largest wild Asian elephant population in the world. Established in 2006, UWERP is a unique ongoing long-term study following the lives of wild Asian elephants in and around Uda Walawe National Park in south-central Sri Lanka.
Mission
Our goal is to raise awareness about Asian elephants and their habitats, locally and globally, compiling resources and tools for education, research and conservation.
About Asian Elephants
The Asian Elephant (Elephas maximus) is the only living species of the genus Elephas and is distributed throughout Asia from India in the west to Borneo in the east.
What does it mean to be endangered?
Asian elephants are classified as “Endangered” under the IUCN Red List because populations are thought to have declined by at least 50% in less than a century. There are fewer than 50,000 wild Asian elephants living today. As the largest land mammals in Asia, elephants play crucial roles as seed-dispersers and ecosystem engineers. But the greatest threats to this species …