Observers are urgently calling for a review of plantation activities that intrude on elephant habitats in Aceh after dozens of elephants again entered and occupied a residential area in the province, forcing villagers to flee. “This is the fifth time this year that conflict has arisen between elephants and humans in this area. Since last year, it’s happening more and more frequently,” district head Muktar said on Friday after residents of Sejahtera hamlet, Bener Meriah regency, had to leave their homes after displaced elephants invaded. According to Muktar, no such conflict had been known of before 2012. “Most of...
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