Balancing African Elephant Conservation with Human Well-Being in Rombo Area, Tanzania

Table 2

Records and responses of human-elephant conflict (HEC) incidents (in number and percentages) in Rombo over the last six years.

	Damage	HEC incident (recorded)	Subtotal (%)	HEC incident (respondents)	Subtotal (%)
Human	Deaths	2	3 (0.5%)	2	4 (0.4%)
	Injuries	1		2
Crop raiding	Cowpea	43	682 (99%)	71	1195 (99%)
	Finger millet	75		181
	Maize	171		221
	Pigeon pea	96		180
	Irish potatoes	14		27
	Banana	87		178
	Sunflower	91		49
	Cassava	56		70
	Sweet potatoes	0		7
	Ground nuts	10		76
	Watermelon	0		5
	Papaya	20		85
	Tomato	0		3
	Oranges	0		4
	Mango	19		38
Livestock	Killed	1	2 (0.4%)	2	4 (0.4%)
	Injured	1		2
Water tap	Destroyed	1	1 (0.1%)	2	2 (0.2%)
	Total	688		1205

Note. Recorded incidents exceeded 387 due to multiple destruction per incident.