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Certified Elephant FriendlyTM Tea is sourced from tea plantations that meet

high standards for the protection of elephants and their habitat.

Photo by Anshuma Basumatary

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Certified Elephant FriendlyTM Tea is sourced from tea plantations that meet high standards for protection of elephant habitat and water resources; reducing human-elephant conflict; and reducing barriers to elephant movement between elephant habitat areas. The certified plantations eliminate electrocution risks to elephants from fencing and power lines, drainage ditches and other hazards that may injure…

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Elephant Friendly™ Tea Farmer Featured

Our first Certified Elephant Friendly™ Tea farmer is helping wild elephants and inspiring a new generation of farmers. Datsun India has created a beautiful video with his story: Click here to watch video

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Photos from the gallery were taken by village photographers Anshuma Basumatary, Rajen Boro, and Subit Sawra. Photography training was provided by Stephen Styris of Little Hands Productions, Assam, India. Some photos were also submitted by Callum Bell.

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@nuxalbaritea names a tea line after an elephant! It must be #certifiedelephantfriendly tea! 🐘☕️💕 #conservationbythecup.

We are thrilled to share that Certified Elephant Friendly™ Tea farmer Tenzing Bodosa recently received a Habitat Conservation award at the 2018 Balipara Foundation Naturenomics Forum. Not only does Tenzing and his workforce support safe and calm passage of elephants through his farmland, but he has inspired others to do the same across Udalguri District, a hotspot for human-elephant conflict. He also supports a women’s native tree nursery project along with @wildlifefriendly and involves schoolchildren and other visitors in planting trees to improve habitat for elephants in degraded forest areas along the Bhutan- India border, a key corridor of elephant movement. 🐘💕

A farmer finds hope in alternatives to conflict crops like rice for generating income on his land within an elephant movement area of Sonitpur District of Assam, India. Betelnut production (shown here) has proven to be one option for the local market that helps farmers reduce conflicts over crop raiding from hungry herds. An adjacent hillside elephant habitat restoration program will soon help address the underlying need for elephants tofind adequate natural forage. Thank you @baliparafoundation for touring @umontana and @wildlifefriendly @elephantfriendlytea team members through communities working to find win-win solutions for elephants and people! 🐘 #elephantfriendlycommunities #elephantschool #conservationsolutions

May these magnificent creatures continue to roam in the wild! Join us for conservation by the cup @elephantfriendlytea (a partnership of @wildlifefriendly and @umontana)! 📷 by Rajen Boro 🐘💕

Mike Korchinsky of @wildlifefriendly and elephant rescue veterinarian Dr. K.K. Sarma serve on the Advisory Committee for the @elephantfriendlytea program. They recently joined the @umontana team for a visit to tea estates in elephant movement zones in Assam, India to discuss how tea growers can help facilitate safe movement of wild elephants throughout the larger landscape, in which elephant habitat has become highly fragmented.

Have a great weekend! We look forward to sharing photos and videos from our recent @elephantfriendlytea team trip to India! 🐘☕️🍃@umontana @wildlifefriendly

We love visiting @elephantfriendlytea farms! Thank you to the Bodosa Family for hosting our team from @umontana and @wildlifefriendly during our recent collaboration in India as part of the @baliparafoundation Naturenomics Forum during which Tenzing Bodosa received a special award!

Can youdpot theelephants in the tea? Rajen Boro (third ftom the left) shows us a herd of elephants in a tea garden in a high human-elephant conflict zone of Udalguri District of Assam during a @wildlifefriendly (Mike Korchinsky) and @umontana (Lisa Mills) visit to India for the @elephantfriendlytea, a certification program which encourages best practices for elephant conservation in tea agriculture, including approaches for reducing human-elephant conflict. 🍃🐘 Special thanks to #certifiedelephantfriendlytea farmer Tenzing Bodosa for hosting us and joining us for field excursion after a visit to his farms. 🐘🐘🐘🐘

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