Learning to live with elephants
Editor's note: As protection of the planet's flora, fauna and resources becomes increasingly important, China Daily is publishing a series of stories to illustrate the country's commitment to safeguarding the natural world. Wild Asian elephants in Xishuangbanna, Southwest China's Yunnan province. As such, the people of Dahuangba in Southwest China's Yunnan province used to hate wild Asian elephants. A temporary sign sits at the side of the village's main road, ready to be used in the event of elephant sightings, reading: "Wild elephants spotted ahead. It doesn't help that the village is closely located to the Xishuangbanna National Nature Reserve — a lush 241,000-hectare tropical forest and an area about one and a half times the size of London — a major habitat of wild Asian elephants.
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