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  2. Sumatran elephant - Wikipedia

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    The Sumatran elephant (Elephas maximus sumatranus) is one of three recognized subspecies of the Asian elephant, and native to the Indonesian island of Sumatra.In 2011, IUCN upgraded the conservation status of the Sumatran elephant from endangered to critically endangered in its Red List as the population had declined by at least 80% during the past three generations, estimated to be about 75 ...

  3. International Elephant Foundation - Wikipedia

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    Based on IEF’s successful Sumatran elephant Conservation Response Unit project, IEF is developing a long-term relationship with Myanma Timber Enterprise (MTE) to assist in developing a Conservation Center and Conservation Response Units that would use out-of-work elephants for eco-education and conservation patrols. This center will also be a ...

  4. Tesso Nilo National Park - Wikipedia

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    The Belgian government committed to provide 200,000 euros in assistance for the construction of a Sumatran elephant conservation centre in the Tesso Nilo National Park, with the first quarter to be disbursed in 2011. The project will fund the relocation of dozens of tame elephants from Minas in Siak district, to Tesso Nilo.

  5. Sainyabuli province - Wikipedia

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    Elephant monitoring in the Nam Phouy NBCA needs to be improved. [19] In view of the concentration of the largest number of Asian elephants in the province and Laos, the Lao Elephant Conservation Center has been established in Hongsa District. [12] The Nam Phouy NBCA, entirely in the province, is named after Nam Phouy village (or Nam Phoun). It ...

  6. Way Kambas National Park - Wikipedia

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    The Elephant Conservation Centre (ECC) was established in the 1980s. The elephants in the centre have been domesticated and are used for heavy work, ecotourism, patrol and breeding. [ 21 ] Paintings created by elephants at the centre are sold by Novica, a commercial online arts agent associated with the National Geographic Society , with about ...

  7. Giam Siak Kecil-Bukit Batu Bioreserve - Wikipedia

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    The reserve houses an estimated 189 species of plants, 29 of which are classified as endangered under CITES, Appendix 1 and 3. [4] Peat swamp forest flora are dominant. Several species of animals found in the reserve are classified as endangered under CITES Appendix 1 including the Sumatran elephant (Elephas maximus) and Sumatran tiger (Panthera tigris sumatrae), two species of birds, and one fis

  8. Leuser Ecosystem - Wikipedia

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    Leuser Ecosystem, Aceh. The Leuser Ecosystem is an area of forest located in the provinces of Aceh and North Sumatra on the island of Sumatra in Indonesia.Covering more than 2.6 million hectares it is one of the richest expanses of tropical rain forest in Southeast Asia and is the last place on earth where the Sumatran elephant, rhino, tiger and orangutan are found within one area. [1]

  9. List of mammals of Sumatra - Wikipedia

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    Agustinus Suyanto, Masaaki Yoneda, Ibnu Maryanto, Maharadatunkamsi and Jito Sugardjito (2002). "Checklist of The Mammals of Indonesia: Scientific name and distribution area table in Indonesia including CITES, IUCN and Indonesian category for conservation". LIPI-JICA-PHKA. O'Brien Timothy G., Kinnaird Margaret F. (1996).