At noon on January 16, Mr. Mai Van Duong, deputy director in charge of the Management Board of Quang Nam Elephant Species and Habitat Conservation Area, said that while going to the fields, people discovered herds of elephants. Forest elephant including 5 elephants in the forest area of this reserve.
People used cell phones to return the scene of elephants moving. According to the content of the clip, the elephants are quite fat, there are no signs of aggression, destroying agricultural products, and there is no conflict with the people.
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Elephants were discovered by local people. |
“The characteristics of elephants are to move in search of food periodically, according to regions, move along the old way and because the food source in the forest is more secure than before, the elephants are relatively fat and healthy,” said Mr. speak.
Previously, the region elephant activity In rare cases, some areas in the forest area bordering Phuoc Son have gold mining, people constantly come in and out and graze livestock, which affects elephants. Recently, the situation of gold mining has decreased significantly, the forest area is strictly protected, so the elephant’s safe area has been expanded and food is guaranteed.
Quang Nam Elephant Species and Habitat Conservation Area Management Board organized training and provided some equipment to repel elephants; equipped with a solar power system, when elephants come out of the electric forest, they will light themselves up; deploying planting some locust trees, creating fences and safe corridors to prevent elephants from going out.
Previously, in 2017, Nong Son district and Quang Nam Provincial People’s Committee cooperated with the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) to establish the Elephant Species and Habitat Conservation Area on an area of nearly 19,000 hectares, in Phuoc Ninh Commune and Guilin; in which, the strictly protected subdivision covers an area of 13,000 ha.
In addition, the buffer zone of the reserve is 25,000 ha, belonging to 9 communes of 5 districts including Nong Son, Dai Loc, Nam Giang, Phuoc Son and Hiep Duc.