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1 month, 2 weeks ago

Real-Time Monitoring of Wild Asian Elephants in Xishuangbanna, China

Real-time monitoring of Asian elephants near Xishuangbanna, China, using infrared cameras and drones has helped to ensure the safety of the animals and the well-being of the local community. The system, which covers 38 areas where elephants are known to appear, uses AI image recognition to identify and track the animals in real-time. Rangers monitor the elephants and prevent conflicts …

1 month, 2 weeks ago

Asian Elephant A'Bao Makes Significant Progress in Reintroduction to the Wild

China Daily

Asian elephant A'Bao successfully reintegrated into a wild elephant herd in Xishuangbanna Dai autonomous prefecture, Yunnan province. The elephant, who was rescued in 2018 and rehabilitated, has shown signs of successfully integrating into the herd, indicating a milestone achievement in the reintroduction experiment.

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1 month, 2 weeks ago

Learning to live with elephants

China Daily

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 …

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Modern Technologies Offer Hope for Elephant-Human Coexistence in Southwest China

China Daily

Wild Asian elephants are becoming increasingly common in Xishuangbanna, China, with residents gradually learning to live with them. Modern technologies such as early warning apps and dedicated teams of rangers help keep the elephants away from humans. While the elephants can be a nuisance for farmers, they are also a vital part of the local ecosystem. The villagers are working …

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Modern Technologies Offer Hope for Elephant-Human Coexistence in Southwest China

China Daily

Wild Asian elephants are becoming increasingly common in Xishuangbanna, China, but the local residents have traditionally hated them. However, modern technologies such as early warning apps and dedicated teams of rangers are helping to change attitudes. The villagers are now using a temporary sign to alert residents of elephant sightings and are working to keep the elephants away from their …

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1 month, 2 weeks ago

Learning to live with elephants

China Daily

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 …

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6 months ago

Open-minded villagers key to success of cooperative project

China Daily

Zhang Jiangmei sits with Ma Chenyue and Cao Dafan in Daotangqing village in Jinghong, Yunnan province. CHEN LIANG/CHINA DAILY Before conservationists from the International Fund for Animal Welfare China, the Xishuangbanna National Nature Reserve and the Rainforest Foundation of Xishuangbanna launched their cooperative community project in Daotangqing, in June 2020, Zhang Jiangmei rarely wore the traditional dress of her Yi …

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6 months ago

Open-minded villagers key to success of cooperative project

China Daily

Zhang Jiangmei sits with Ma Chenyue and Cao Dafan in Daotangqing village in Jinghong, Yunnan province. CHEN LIANG/CHINA DAILY Before conservationists from the International Fund for Animal Welfare China, the Xishuangbanna National Nature Reserve and the Rainforest Foundation of Xishuangbanna launched their cooperative community project in Daotangqing, in June 2020, Zhang Jiangmei rarely wore the traditional dress of her Yi …

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6 months ago

Program helps locals live with elephants

China Daily

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. CHEN LIANG/CHINA DAILY Most of the country's wild Asian elephants, more than 280 individuals, are distributed in Xishuangbanna Dai autonomous prefecture in the southernmost part of Yunnan province. …

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6 months ago

Program helps locals live with elephants

China Daily

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. CHEN LIANG/CHINA DAILY Most of the country's wild Asian elephants, more than 280 individuals, are distributed in Xishuangbanna Dai autonomous prefecture in the southernmost part of Yunnan province. …

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6 months ago

Program helps locals live with elephants

China Daily

Cao Dafan visits Daotangqing village in Jinghong. CHEN LIANG/CHINA DAILY Beekeeping In June 2020, IFAW China, in collaboration with the Mengyang Protection Station of Xishuangbanna National Nature Reserve and the Rainforest Foundation of Xishuangbanna, a local nonprofit, the "Community Livelihood Development to Promote Asian Elephant Protection" project was launched in Daotangqing village, Mengyang township, Jinghong. This community, comprising 34 households …

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6 months ago

Program helps locals live with elephants

China Daily

Cao Dafan visits Daotangqing village in Jinghong. CHEN LIANG/CHINA DAILY Beekeeping In June 2020, IFAW China, in collaboration with the Mengyang Protection Station of Xishuangbanna National Nature Reserve and the Rainforest Foundation of Xishuangbanna, a local nonprofit, the "Community Livelihood Development to Promote Asian Elephant Protection" project was launched in Daotangqing village, Mengyang township, Jinghong. This community, comprising 34 households …

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6 months, 3 weeks ago

Locals in Yunnan trained on Asian elephant awareness

China Daily

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. CHEN XINBO/XINHUA On just the second day after arriving in Mengla county in the Xishuangbanna Dai autonomous prefecture, Yunnan province, Ma Chenyue and her colleagues received word that …

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11 months, 1 week ago

Country presses the accelerator on rail development

China Daily

A train on the China-Laos Railway travels through Xishuangbanna Dai autonomous prefecture, Yunnan province, in April, heading to Vientiane, the Laotian capital. March 19 marked the first anniversary of the opening of the Belgrade-Novi Sad section of the Serbia-Hungary Railway, the first high-speed railway in Serbia and also a landmark Belt and Road Initiative project in Europe. Ju said successful …

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1 year ago

An encounter of elegance in Yunnan rainforest

China Daily

No 1 campsite in Xishuangbanna Dai autonomous prefecture, Southwest China's Yunnan province. That is why the tropical rainforest in Xishuangbanna Dai autonomous prefecture, which is known as the kingdom of flora and fauna located in the deep south of Southwest China's Yunan province, is growing in popularity as a destination for weekend getaways and study tours, attracting people from far …

1 year ago

An encounter of elegance in Yunnan rainforest

China Daily

No 1 campsite in Xishuangbanna Dai autonomous prefecture, Southwest China's Yunnan province. That is why the tropical rainforest in Xishuangbanna Dai autonomous prefecture, which is known as the kingdom of flora and fauna located in the deep south of Southwest China's Yunan province, is growing in popularity as a destination for weekend getaways and study tours, attracting people from far …

1 year, 3 months ago

Former Spring Bud Girl Becomes a Dedicated Community Worker

China Daily

A file photo of Yu Han, a former recipient of the Spring Bud project and vice-president of the trade union in the administrative committee for Ganlanba State Farm Community in Jinghong city of Xishuangbanna Dai autonomous prefecture, Southwest China's Yunnan province "It's been raining for days and the weather is cool in Xishuangbanna," said Yu Han, vice-president of the trade …

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1 year, 8 months ago

Yunnan village prospers, naturally

China Daily

Asian elephants have been seen in many locations of Southwest China's Yunnan province, making headlines and posing questions on how humans and elephants can live in harmony. Locals in Daotangqing village, located on the edge of the Xishuangbanna National Nature Reserve, Southwest China's Yunnan province, have turned to keeping bees and growing eco-friendly fruit trees to improve income and strengthen …

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2 years, 2 months ago

Angry tourists confront armed guards as Chinese airport placed in Covid lockdown

The Telegraph

Angry tourists have been filmed confronting armed guards in full hazmat suits in China after an entire airport was locked down. “I spent 8,000 RMB for a two hour tour in Xishuangbanna airport, I am really speechless,” a user on the Chinese social media platform Weibo said after their flight was grounded. Fears tough Covid curbs could be implemented more …

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3 years, 1 month ago

What makes Xishuangbanna one of the best regions to visit in 2022?

China Daily

Xishuangbanna, one of the eight autonomous prefectures in Southwest China's Yunnan province, has made it to the list of Lonely Planet's top 10 regions to visit in 2022. A paradise for plants and animals A scene of the Xishuangbanna Tropical Botanical Garden. Xishuangbanna boasts the most intact tropical ecosystem in China, which harbors a quarter of the country's animal species …

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3 years, 4 months ago

引发全球关注的亚洲象群平安回归适宜栖息地

China Daily

8月8日20时许，云南北移亚洲象群14头大象已跨过元江，平安回归适宜栖息地。亚洲象群通过老213国道元江桥（无人机照片，8月8日摄）。新华社发 A herd of wild Asian elephants that has wandered Southwest China's Yunnan province for more than 17 months appears to be heading home to its traditional habitat in Xishuangbanna National Nature Reserve. 在云南游荡了17个多月以后，亚洲象群正在回归原栖息地——西双版纳国家自然保护区的路上。【知识点】亚洲象（Asian elephants）为我国一级重点保护野生动物（wild animals under first-class national protection），在世界自然保护联盟濒危物种红色名录（ the International Union for Conservation of Nature Red List of Threatened Species）中被列为“濒危物种”（endangered species），主要分布在云南普洱、西双版纳、临沧3个州市，是亚洲现存最大和最具代表性的陆生脊椎动物（terrestrial vertebrate），也是维持森林生态系统的“工程师”。云南省林业和草原局党组书记、局长万勇介绍： The elephants …

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3 years, 6 months ago

Videos of roving elephants remind me of a rampage I filmed

China Daily

Aerial photo taken on June 13, 2021 shows the herd of wild Asian elephants sleeping in Shijie township of Yimen county, Yuxi city, Southwest China's Yunnan province. The recent viral videos of wild elephants wandering in a downtown area in Yunnan province immediately reminded me of my own experience watching a herd-perhaps even the same one-destroy buildings in the province's …

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3 years, 6 months ago

There's nothing amusing about stray animals

China Daily

A herd of wild Asian elephants makes its way in Yuxi's Eshan Yi autonomous county, Yunnan province, on May 28, 2021. The elephants have been on the move for several months now, covering 400 kilometers since leaving their habitat in Xishuangbanna National Nature Reserve sometime last year. In Nanjing, East China's Jiangsu province, a wild boar rushed into a milk …

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3 years, 8 months ago

Off the beaten track

China Daily

Tuotuo and Susu with a senior cowherd in a cattle-farming clan in Yangdong village, Liping county, Guizhou. They took the boy to pick up pineapples in Xishuangbanna's Manyuan village, and learned about the coffee planting history in Pu'er, and visited a plantation. "After several years of traveling, my son likes to communicate with others, and when we travel overseas, he …

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Real-Time Monitoring of Wild Asian Elephants in Xishuangbanna, China

Asian Elephant A'Bao Makes Significant Progress in Reintroduction to the Wild

Learning to live with elephants

Modern Technologies Offer Hope for Elephant-Human Coexistence in Southwest China

Modern Technologies Offer Hope for Elephant-Human Coexistence in Southwest China

Learning to live with elephants

Open-minded villagers key to success of cooperative project

Open-minded villagers key to success of cooperative project

Program helps locals live with elephants

Program helps locals live with elephants

Program helps locals live with elephants

Program helps locals live with elephants

Locals in Yunnan trained on Asian elephant awareness

Country presses the accelerator on rail development

An encounter of elegance in Yunnan rainforest

An encounter of elegance in Yunnan rainforest

Former Spring Bud Girl Becomes a Dedicated Community Worker

Yunnan village prospers, naturally

Angry tourists confront armed guards as Chinese airport placed in Covid lockdown

What makes Xishuangbanna one of the best regions to visit in 2022?

引发全球关注的亚洲象群平安回归适宜栖息地

Videos of roving elephants remind me of a rampage I filmed

There's nothing amusing about stray animals

Off the beaten track