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Thailand Lauded For Elephant Conservation
THE SUNDAY NATION November 8, 2015 1:00 am
THAILAND has been honoured for its Elephant conservation practices at Kuiburi National Park, with the World Wide Fund for Nature naming it one of two WWF project sites in Asia carrying out best practices for human-elephant conflict mitigation.
Thais' love for elephants has also been highlighted via an art project on display at several shopping centres in Bangkok and soon to be seen in Milan.
Research data confirmed that in 2015 there has been zero elephants poached in Kuiburi, of Prachuap Khiri Khan province, and elephant deaths have declined dramatically in recent years. There have been only four deaths from 2006 until now, compared to 11 deaths from 1997 to 2005.
Additionally, human-elephant conflict incidents have declined dramatically from 332 in 2005 to 274 in 2013 to 146 in 2014.
The second project site highlighted by WWF for human-elephant conflict mitigation is Kaziranga National Park in Assam, India, which has had no elephant poaching from 2010 until the present. The success at Kuiburi National Park has been achieved through the collaborative effort of the Department of National Parks, Wildlife and Plant Conservation, local communities, local partner organisations and WWF Thailand.
Hundreds of joint patrols by national park staff and military and border patrol police, who are trained to use the SMART patrol system, are major reasons for this success. The WWF and park staff encouraged Karen villagers to stop forest encroachment and poaching in the core area of the park while encouraging sustainable land use planning. Habitat for elephants has been improved in key areas and local communities are now engaged as conservation partners.
More here.. www.nationmultimedia.com/national/Thailand-lauded-for-elephant-conservation-30272497.html
This part of the article caught my eye.
Additionally, Central Pattana Plc this month joined hands with Art Bridge Chiang Rai, a group of artists from northern Thailand led by the country's leading visual artist Chalermchai Kositpipat, to create 999 papier mache elephants. The artworks were created by 999 individual artists to raise awareness of issues relating to elephant conservation in Thailand. The 999 elephants are on display at Central Bangkok, Central World, Central Chidlom and Central Embassy until next Sunday.
I got to see this display when I was in Bangkok a few weeks ago at Central World. For anyone that loves art and elephants I'll post the collection up.
I really liked this one..I would have painted one like this.
THE SUNDAY NATION November 8, 2015 1:00 am
THAILAND has been honoured for its Elephant conservation practices at Kuiburi National Park, with the World Wide Fund for Nature naming it one of two WWF project sites in Asia carrying out best practices for human-elephant conflict mitigation.
Thais' love for elephants has also been highlighted via an art project on display at several shopping centres in Bangkok and soon to be seen in Milan.
Research data confirmed that in 2015 there has been zero elephants poached in Kuiburi, of Prachuap Khiri Khan province, and elephant deaths have declined dramatically in recent years. There have been only four deaths from 2006 until now, compared to 11 deaths from 1997 to 2005.
Additionally, human-elephant conflict incidents have declined dramatically from 332 in 2005 to 274 in 2013 to 146 in 2014.
The second project site highlighted by WWF for human-elephant conflict mitigation is Kaziranga National Park in Assam, India, which has had no elephant poaching from 2010 until the present. The success at Kuiburi National Park has been achieved through the collaborative effort of the Department of National Parks, Wildlife and Plant Conservation, local communities, local partner organisations and WWF Thailand.
Hundreds of joint patrols by national park staff and military and border patrol police, who are trained to use the SMART patrol system, are major reasons for this success. The WWF and park staff encouraged Karen villagers to stop forest encroachment and poaching in the core area of the park while encouraging sustainable land use planning. Habitat for elephants has been improved in key areas and local communities are now engaged as conservation partners.
More here.. www.nationmultimedia.com/national/Thailand-lauded-for-elephant-conservation-30272497.html
This part of the article caught my eye.
Additionally, Central Pattana Plc this month joined hands with Art Bridge Chiang Rai, a group of artists from northern Thailand led by the country's leading visual artist Chalermchai Kositpipat, to create 999 papier mache elephants. The artworks were created by 999 individual artists to raise awareness of issues relating to elephant conservation in Thailand. The 999 elephants are on display at Central Bangkok, Central World, Central Chidlom and Central Embassy until next Sunday.
I got to see this display when I was in Bangkok a few weeks ago at Central World. For anyone that loves art and elephants I'll post the collection up.
I really liked this one..I would have painted one like this.
