Exciting news from our field partners in Sumatra - Indonesia! Last year we provided support for a project to deploy a total of six GPS collars on wild elephants in Way Kambas National Park in southern Sumatra.
Due to the situation with COVID-19 the completion of the project was delayed. It was able to start in August 2020, and we are pleased to report that now six wild elephants have been successfully fitted with a collar! Data from the deployed GPS collars will help better the wildlife department and veterinarians understand migration patterns, home range sizes, and use of habitat by several different elephant herds that live within the National Park.
Furthermore the data will help the implementation of effective strategies to minimize human-elephant conflict along the National Park boundary. We are grateful for the efforts of the field staff of the Way Kambas National Park and to our in-country partners Komunitas Untuk Hutan Sumatera who work to support the conservation of critically endangered Sumatran elephants. Thank you to all of our Sumatran partners! And thank you to all of our generous donors who continue to fund this important work towards the conservation of elephants in Sumatra and beyond!
