Protected area management priorities crucial for the future of Bornean elephants

Evans, Luke J.; Asner, Gregory P.; Goossens, Benoît

doi:10.1016/j.biocon.2018.03.015

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“…The design of a holistic management and conservation strategy for elephants in Sabah requires a better understanding of elephant movements, including identification of preferred habitats, areas they avoid and the most-important feeding locations, as well as confirmation of the sites and causes of movement bottlenecks. Over the past 8 years, Sabah Wildlife Department, Danau Girang Field Centre and WWF-Malaysia have tracked more than 50 elephants, and collected information on their movements while observing important changes in the landscape and habitat availability (Evans et al, 2018). The data gathered from tracking and close monitoring of collared elephants improve our understanding of the habitat requirements of elephants in the region, making it possible to identify the landscape where habitat connectivity can be optimized and human-elephant conflicts can be minimized.…”

Section: Scientific Research On Movement and Behaviourmentioning

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Shift of paradigm needed towards improving human–elephant coexistence in monoculture landscapes in Sabah

Othman

Goossens

Cheah³

et al. 2019

International Zoo Yearbook

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This article outlines the contemporary situation of the Bornean elephant Elephas maximus borneensis in Sabah (Malaysian Borneo), and focuses on the existing challenges that need to be addressed to enable people and elephants to coexist, particularly in man‐made landscapes dominated by oil‐palm plantations. Bornean elephants are confined mostly to Sabah, to the north‐east 5% of the Borneo Island. Sabah started to expand its commercial plantation sector in the early 1980s and is the largest producer of palm oil in Malaysia, contributing c. 10% of global output for this commodity. The rapid pace of plantation expansion has resulted in the loss of the majority of lowland areas that are also needed by large mammal species to sustain breeding populations. Elephants are extreme lowland/floodplain specialists, and they still attempt to use their former and preferred habitat, which is now mostly dominated by oil‐palm plantations. At the time of writing, the land‐use planning system favoured by the government insufficiently incorporates the ecological and management needs for elephants across the entire landscape. This article also highlights the need for better collaboration and coordination between stakeholders to address the increasing rate of human–elephant conflicts in Sabah.

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Shift of paradigm needed towards improving human–elephant coexistence in monoculture landscapes in Sabah

Othman

Goossens

Cheah³

et al. 2019

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“…Both African elephants -Savanna elephants Loxodonta africana and Forest elephants Loxodonta cyclotisand Asian elephants Elephas maximus are threatened because of habitat loss and fragmentation (Evans et al, 2018), and poaching for ivory (Breuer et al, 2016;Ihwagi et al, 2018) and, more recently, skins (Sampson et al, 2018). These activities disrupt social hierarchies (Jones et al, 2018) and increase stress, which may decrease resilience (Vijayakrishnan et al, 2018).…”

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Zoo elephant research: contributions to conservation of captive and free‐ranging species

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Dierenfeld

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African elephants Loxodonta africana and Asian elephants Elephas maximus are not thriving in many captive settings and are threatened throughout their native ranges. Many zoos support in situ conservation projects and provide opportunities to conduct ex situ research in controlled settings with comparably approachable animals. Zoo elephant projects may facilitate fieldwork with free‐ranging elephants (e.g. development of non‐invasive sampling and analytical tools), which may then also improve the husbandry of elephants in human care. Free‐ranging elephants also benefit from drug therapies and veterinary care when they are orphaned, kept as working elephants or brought in as rehabilitation cases – especially as human–elephant conflicts become more common as a result of ever‐expanding human populations. Much has been learned about the basic biology and husbandry needs of elephants but, often, the more we learn, the more questions arise. There are physiological differences between African and Asian elephants, and this should affect the management of these animals. This paper will provide brief overviews of the current state of knowledge regarding the pharmacology, nutrition, reproduction, sensory biology and diseases (primarily elephant endotheliotropic herpesvirus infections) relevant to elephants with recommendations for future research.

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“…One case study in Sabah, Malaysia found that after 17 years of post-oil palm regrowth, a set-aside supported almost 50% of natural forest carbon and was more used by elephants (408).…”

Section: Unintended Consequences Of Initiatives and Pledgesmentioning

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Oil palm and biodiversity: a situation analysis by the IUCN Oil Palm Task Force

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Protected area management priorities crucial for the future of Bornean elephants

Cited by 34 publications

References 42 publications

Shift of paradigm needed towards improving human–elephant coexistence in monoculture landscapes in Sabah

Shift of paradigm needed towards improving human–elephant coexistence in monoculture landscapes in Sabah

Zoo elephant research: contributions to conservation of captive and free‐ranging species

Oil palm and biodiversity: a situation analysis by the IUCN Oil Palm Task Force

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