NAKHON RATCHASIMA, July 30 (TNA) – The Department of
National Parks, Wildlife and Plant Conservation (DNP) grows thorny bamboo to act
as natural fences, preventing wild elephants from roaming outside the Khao Yai
national park area.
Officials and volunteers built thorny bamboo fences
to prevent wild elephants from encroaching into farmlands and residential areas
near the reserve forest.
Jongklai Worapongsathorn, the DNP’s deputy chief
said that it was one of the natural method, adopted by many countries for
forest reserve management to solve the human-elephant conflict.
It targets the area, where wildlife often trespasses into
people’s property and plantations to forage for food.
The project, which started in January 2018 will end
in September 2021. The same measure will
be implemented in other forest areas under the supervision of the DNP. (TNA)
