Photo report of tree planting event for wild elephants
Last Tuesday, July 5th, ECN and BTEH organized another tree planting event for wild elephants in Salakpra Wildlife Sanctuary. With 320 volunteers, the job was done in 2.5 hours and the forest got about 5,000 extra trees. This time we selected a different location inside the sanctuary. At the previous planting site we covered most of the open areas already, and at the new location there is a serious human-elephant conflict. The newly planted forest will hopefully act as a buffer zone, so eventually the elephants will no longer go to plantations to find food. The many local children who came to help us, were very impressed with the project. Some children told us that wild elephants come to their school sometimes, because of the mango trees in that area. Now that they have learned more about the situation of wild elephants, they want to do more to protect them. And that is exactly the objective of this project!
A big thanks to the participating schools: Sisawat kindergarden, Baan Chong Krating, Baan Chao Nin, Moo Baan Dek, Ko Keew, Sisawat Pittaya Kom, and the local police from Sisawat and Lat Ya station, officers from Sri Nakarin and Thathung Na, the forest rangers of Salakpra.
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