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DESCRIPTION:Please be invited to our club lunch meeting on 25 November wher
 e we welcome guest speaker Dr. Antoinette van de Water\, a Dutch conserva
 tionist who will speak about the research and development activities of th
 e Bring The Elephant Home Foundation. During her talk\, Antoinette will sh
 are how their community-driven approaches in Thailand\, from fieldwork to 
 science\, are shaping new models of human–elephant coexistence. In Thail
 and\, the focus is on Kuiburi National Park\, home to more than 300 wild e
 lephants. Antoinette and her team collaborate with farmers and rangers o
 n practical\, nature-based solutions: studying elephant behavior\, commun
 ity engagement\, planting elephant-friendly crops\, and using beehive fen
 ces to reduce human-elephant conflicts. A flagship initiative is the Tom 
 Yum Project\, where farmers grow lemongrass\, galangal\, and chili peppers
 \, crops elephants avoid\, and turn them into sustainable\, elephant-fri
 endly products. About the BTEH Foundation Founded by Dr. Antoinette\, the 
 organization is a Dutch\, Thai\, and South African NGO\, officially regist
 ered in Hua Hin and they have spent more than 20 years working in Asia and
  Africa to transform human–elephant conflict into coexistence. Registrat
 ion is required and if you register and then decide that you won’t be ab
 le to attend\, be sure to delete your names from the registered list on ou
 r Club Runner website by 23 November.  We need to inform the venue of the
  headcount in advance and non-Rotarian friends are welcome to attend as al
 ways. We hope to see you there! Lunch meeting: THB 550 Dress code: Smart c
 asual\, long trousers 
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LOCATION:Amari Hua Hin Resort & Spa
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SUMMARY:Club Lunch Meeting - Bring The Elephant Home
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X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:<p>Please be invited to our club lunch meeting
  on 25 November where we welcome guest speaker Dr. Antoinette&nbsp\;van de
  Water\, a Dutch conservationist who will speak about the research and dev
 elopment activities of the Bring The Elephant Home Foundation. During her 
 talk\, Antoinette will share how their community-driven approaches in Thai
 land\, from fieldwork to science\, are shaping new models of human&ndash\;
 elephant coexistence.</p>\n\n<p>In Thailand\, the focus is on Kuiburi Nati
 onal Park\, home to more than 300 wild elephants. Antoinette and her team 
 collaborate with farmers&nbsp\;and rangers&nbsp\;on practical\, nature-bas
 ed solutions: studying elephant behavior\,&nbsp\;community engagement\,&nb
 sp\;planting elephant-friendly crops\, and using beehive fences to reduce&
 nbsp\;human-elephant conflicts. A flagship initiative is the Tom Yum Proje
 ct\, where farmers grow lemongrass\, galangal\, and chili peppers\,&nbsp\;
 crops elephants avoid\,&nbsp\;and turn them into sustainable\, elephant-fr
 iendly products.</p>\n\n<p><u>About the BTEH Foundation</u></p>\n\n<p>Foun
 ded by Dr. Antoinette\, the organization is a Dutch\, Thai\, and South Afr
 ican NGO\, officially registered in Hua Hin and they have spent more than 
 20 years working in Asia and Africa to transform human&ndash\;elephant con
 flict into coexistence.</p>\n\n<p><u>Registration is required and if you r
 egister and then decide that you won&rsquo\;t be able to attend\, be sure 
 to delete your names from the registered list on our Club Runner website b
 y 23 November.</u>&nbsp\;</p>\n\n<p>We need to inform the venue of the hea
 dcount in advance and non-Rotarian friends are welcome to attend as always
 .</p>\n\n<p>We hope to see you there!</p>\n\n<p>Lunch meeting: THB 550</p>
 \n\n<p>Dress code: Smart casual\, long trousers</p>\n
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