Between 400 and 600 wild elephants recorded in Cambodia
Conservation efforts for the Kingdom’s wild elephants continues and experts have recorded between 400 to 600 wild elephants and 70 domestic elephants.
The Ministry of Environment has actively supported the district elephant conservation project and has collaborated with partners to develop a long-term strategic plan for wild elephant conservation.
The Elephant Valley Project is an ecotourism project of the Elephant Livelihood Initiative Environment (E.L.I.E.) that aims to improve the health and well-being of domesticated elephants, conserve wildlife sanctuaries and support local communities working closely with them.
The project in Mondulkiri has a veterinary team looking after the health of Asian elephants living in their 1,500 hectares-habitat, including forests, rivers and grasslands.
It also supports 2,000 local communities, mostly from the Bunong ethnic group, through employment, skills training, community health care, education support and facilitation of the voting.
