Thorny Bamboo Fences To Prevent Elephant Invasion

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)