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Sumatra
Protected areas
In 2004 WWF's partnership with the Indonesian government resulted in the creation of Tesso Nilo National Park on the island of Sumatra. WWF’s research and advocacy helped the government agree to create the park.
Human elephant conflict
As forest is cleared for agricultural use, wild elephants are forced to wander in search of food, making farms and plantations an irresistible temptation. Developed in the North Bank Landscape where it was a great success, on the outskirts of the Tesso Nilo forest, WWF has trained four elephants and eight people to form a "flying squad" that drives wild elephants away from farms and toward forests that can support them. In one village, crop damage from elephants has dropped from nearly $4,800 to $29 a month. Learn more about the elephant flying squads.
Dr Christy Williams of WWF putting a radio collar on a Bornean Pygmy elephant.
© A. Christy WILLIAMS / WWF
Better land use
WWF and the Sabah (Malaysia) Wildlife Department set out on an expedition to capture several pygmy elephants on the island of Borneo and outfit them with high-tech equipment to better study the population. For the first time, the movements of Borneo pygmy elephants were monitored via satellite radio collars, providing important insights into their natural history. Movements from the study helped the Sabah Wildlife Department design management plans for forestry concessions that took elephant habitat needs into account.
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