At present, the second phase of the 15th Conference of the Parties to the Convention on Biological Diversity (COP15) is being held in Montreal, Canada. The sharing of experience in Asian elephant conservation and management in my country has become the focus of attention at the "

At present, the second phase high-level meeting of the 15th Conference of the Parties (COP15) of the Convention on Biological Diversity () is being held in Montreal, Canada. my country's experience in the protection and management of Asian elephant has become the focus of attention at the "Various Small Population Species and Biodiversity Conservation Side Meeting".

According to the feedback from the monitoring team, after the Asian elephant herds who returned to the north and south returned to their original habitat last year, they were in good health and frequently communicated with other elephant herds.

At 23:48 on August 12, 2021, on the night of the 10th "World Elephant Day", 14 Asian elephants in Yunnan moved north from Manlai Town, Yuanjiang County, Yuxi City to enter Mojiang County, Pu'er City, and return to their traditional habitat range. Xinhua News Agency (photo by He Yougang)

At the end of last year to the beginning of this year, there were 6 new baby elephants in the four elephants active in Wild Elephant Valley ; 4 new baby elephants were added this year... Front-line monitors reported that in Xishuangbanna and wild Asian elephants in Pu'er, in recent years, baby elephants were born every year.

, Director of the Yunnan Provincial Forestry and Grassland Bureau , said at the meeting that in 1976, there were less than 150 Asian elephants in Yunnan, and the number has increased by more than 100 in more than 40 years. As the global total number of Asian elephants tends to decrease, my country's wild Asian elephants ushered in a "baby boom" against the trend.

Asian elephant is the flagship species of the largest existing terrestrial animal and tropical forest ecosystem in Asia. It is listed as a national first-class key protected wildlife by China and is evaluated as an "endangered" species by World Union for Conservation of Nature. In China, wild Asian elephants are mainly distributed in three prefectures and cities, Xishuangbanna, Pu'er and Lincang, Yunnan.

Protection managers of Asian elephant distribution areas continue to improve habitat quality by strengthening the protection and restoration of Asian elephant habitats. At present, 11 nature reserves have been established in the Asian elephant distribution area with an area of ​​5,098 square kilometers. In order to supplement Asian elephant food sources, Yunnan has implemented 800 hectares of habitat restoration and transformation, built an "elephant food source", and planted plants that elephants love to eat, such as elephant grass , sweet bamboo , zongle leaf reed . Use various technical means such as personnel tracking, infrared cameras, and video surveillance to realize the real-time release of Asian elephant position information to avoid human-elephant conflicts to the greatest extent.

In addition, Yunnan has also established the Xishuangbanna Asian Elephant Rescue and Breeding Center. Over the past 20 years, it has accumulated rich experience in the field rescue of Asian elephants and the care of abandoned baby elephants.

At present, the creation of Asian Elephant National Park is being carried out in an orderly manner.