The Asian Elephant: An Action Plan for Its ConservationIUCN, 1990 - 80 sidor This Action Plan considers elephant populations across Asia on the basis of size and provides recommendations to enhance their long-term survival. It also considers the management of elephants in captivity. Given that the basis for improved management of elephants throughout Asia must be sound systematic scientific research, the Action Plan recommends a number of research projects that need to be carried out in the field. |
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Aceh Action Plan agriculture Arunachal Pradesh Asian elephant Assam Bangladesh Bhutan Blouch and Simbolon Bukit Burma Cambodia capture China comm conflict conservation areas Conservation Measures Taken Conservation Problems Cox's Bazaar crops Distribution of elephants domestic elephants elephant conservation Elephant Distribution elephant habitat elephant populations elephant range elephants in captivity elephants in Sumatra elephants occur established estimated Forest Department Game Reserve Gunung herds hills hunting IUCN ivory Kalimantan Kambas Khan Khao km² km² Human population km² of forest Lahiri-Choudhury Lampung Laos large numbers logging Manas National Park Nature Reserve Nepal North number of elephants number of wild Olivier Peninsular Malaysia phants plantations poaching population of elephants priority programme protected areas province Recommended Actions Riau Sabah Santiapillai shifting cultivation south India South Sumatra Specialist Group species Sri Lanka Sukumar Sumatran elephant survey Thailand timber industry tion Total forest trained elephants translocation tuskers UNDP/FAO Vietnam wild elephants Wildlife Sanctuary Zaifu
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Sida vi - ... These tusks form the only real ivory, and, even in these, the part which is covered by the flesh is merely common bone, and of no value whatever; though, indeed, of late, in consequence of the insufficient supply of ivory, they have begun to cut the bones as well into thin plates. Large teeth, in fact, are now rarely found, except in India, the demands of luxury having exhausted all those in our part of the world.
Sida vi - It was the elephants' dignity and intelligence that gained our respect. To watch an elephant building a bridge; to see the skill with which the great beast lifted the huge logs and the accuracy with which they were...
Sida vi - ... them our retreat from Burma would have been even more arduous and our advance to its liberation slower and more difficult.
Sida 47 - Given this background. the emphasis must be to maintain forest cover over large areas where remoteness. difficulty of terrain and density of cover provide natural protection.
Sida 11 - Despite the fact that Bangladesh is one of the poorest countries in the world, the Government has taken some steps to conserve the country's rich but dwindling wildlife.
Sida 38 - Bali, at least 2.5 million people have been resettled in the "outer islands" of Sumatra, Kalimantan, Sulawesi, and Irian Jaya, and the movement of 65 million additional people is planned for the next 20 years (Colchester 1986).
Sida 65 - That wherever possible these catchments be inter-connected by jungle corridors, preferably along river banks; 3.
Sida iv - AESG has been supported in this work by generous donations from the World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF), the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP), the...
Sida 72 - Few existing and proposed national parks and wildlife sanctuaries containing elephants are of sufficient size to maintain viable elephant populations in the long-term.
Sida 23 - The problem is further compounded by the fact that a large proportion of them are migrants from neighbouring Burma and Laos (Yang Yuan-Chang, pers.
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Conserving Biological Diversity: A Strategy for Protected ..., Volym 23–193 Susan M. Braatz Obegränsad förhandsgranskning - 1992 |