Known as ecosystem engineers and gardeners of the forest, wild Asian elephants play a crucial role in dispersing seeds and nutrients, creating pathways in dense forests, and changing the forest habitat for the benefit of other animals.
The Alliance calls for partnership and collective action as it acknowledges that the challenges faced by the elephants in our region cannot be solved in isolation. Improved research, monitoring, protection and management are the key focused areas of AEA.
Out of those nations, Vietnam has the fewest wild elephants left, with an estimated population of just over 100 nationwide. In Vietnam, WWF will bring in resources to achieve three pillars of the AEA: Securing Elephant Habitats, which focuses on protecting, managing, connectivity and restoring priority elephant habitats; Living with Elephants, which aims to manage human-elephant conflict in an integrated and holistic manner for human-elephant coexistence; and Restoring Elephant Populations, which looks to bring elephant populations in the country up to viable and stable levels through enhancing site-based protection...
Through the run, USAID Biodiversity Conservation is highlighting the critical importance of safeguarding the Asian elephants’ natural habitat. One of the biggest threats to the survival of African elephants is the high demand for ivory products in Asia, which remain one of the most traded products in physical and online markets.
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