Conservation

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Nature conservation is the moral philosophy and conservation movement focused on protecting Species from extinction, maintaining and restoring habitats, enhancing ecosystem services, and protecting biological diversity. A range of values underlie conservation, which can be guided by biocentrism, anthropocentrism, ecocentrism, and sentientism, environmental ideologies that inform ecocultural practices and identities.

Conservation goals include conserving habitat, preventing deforestation, halting Species extinction, reducing overfishing, and mitigating climate change. Different philosophical outlooks Guide conservationists towards these different goals.

The population of Asian elephants living in the wild has reduced to at least 50 percent within the last three generations (Choudhury et al., 2015; IUCN, 2012).

The major conversion of forested lands into plantations and human-dominated areas including infrastructure developments such as constructionof roads, highways, railways, human settlements and others, have ledto the massive reduction and fragmentation of elephant habitats in recentdecades. The plantations are often planted with crops of rice, wheat, banana,sugarcane, and oil palm for extraction of palm oil and rubber which dominateforests conversion in Southeast Asia. In addition, the continuous reductionsand fragmentations of habitats and available food sources have drivenelephants to intrude into plantations; raid crops; damage properties; andinjured and killed people. The grouping of all high quality and elephants’favorite crops in a particular area rather than naturally scattered around asin the forests has also lead elephants to forage in the plantations instead ofthe forests. Furthermore, cultivation practices have also resulted in severehabitat loss and fragmentation as forest is being burned by the farmers toclear for cultivation. The loss and fragmentation of habitats also disruptsthe migratory routes of elephants; force the formation of pocket Herds orisolated populations, which may indirectly bring into inbreeding depression.Moreover, Poaching and accidents also threatens the elephant population.Thus, the results of this study indicate that habitat loss and fragmentation;HEC; poaching; and accident are the current main threats to Asian elephantsin elephant range states.

Ee Ling Lee, Threats to the Conservation of Asian Elephants: A review study

Conservation is mentioned on 26 other pagesRumbling, Poaching, Ivory, AfESG, EMA, EMOA, STE, Circus elephant, Human-Elephant-Conflict, IUCN, AsESG, FAO Forestry Department, Thai Elephant Orchestra, Thai National Elephant Institute, The Askari Project, Tsavo Trust, IZW, Dak Lak Elephant Conservation Center, Asian Elephant Research and Conservation Centre, EEHV, AZA, Conservation, ICZ, Contraception, Sumatran Mahout Communication Forum (FOKMAS), IEF,

Conservation is mentioned on 20 person pagesAbelardo Moreno Bonilla, Aubrey Weinman, Bindi Irwin, Bobby-Jo Vial, Cynthia Moss, Darrick Thomson, David Mannes, Esthi Warahapsari, Gary Jacobson, Heinrich Dathe, Henning Wiesner, Iain Douglas-Hamilton, Jeremy Goodman, Joan Embery, Kushal Sarma, Lou Barreda, Lyn de Alwis, Marthe Kiley-Worthington, Prajna Chowta, Pulinkunnel Easa,

Conservation is mentioned on 20 location pagesAane Mane Foundation base camp, Al Ain Wildlife Park and Resort, Atherstone Nature Reserve, Borneo Elephant Sanctuary (BES), Bristol Zoo, Buluh Cina ecopark, Bushimaie Hunting Reserve, Central Park Zoo, Circus Royale Australia, Clem Coetzee, CWRC in Manas National Park, Fort Worth Zoo, Garamba National Park, Indianapolis Zoo, Kalawewa National Park, Keo Seima Wildlife Sanctuary, Khao Yai National Park, Koorgalli Rescue And Rehabilitation center, Krabi Ao Nang Elephant Sanctuary, Kuala Gandah Elephant Conservation Education Centre,

Conservation is mentioned on 20 elephant record pages Jayaprakash, Airawat, Aiswary Mala, Aiyara, Aji, Aji, Amaltari Gaj , Ambe Kali, Amel, Awang Uban (wild), Ayu Rosalina, Babe (Assam), Baby, Bagmati Kali, Bak Kham, Balmiki Prasad, Banana, Barack (Rocky), Bayu, Bhagwati Kali,

Reference list Koehl, Dan, (2026). Conservation. Elephant Encyclopedia, available online retrieved 20 September 2021 at https://www.elephant.se/index.php?id=243. (archived at the Wayback machine)

Sources used for this article is among others:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nature_conservation
ICZ conservation database, https://www.iczoo.org/index.php/conservation-database/

Selected publications

Ee Ling Lee, Threats to the Conservation of Asian Elephants: A review study

Links about Conservation

Selected external links for this article about Conservation:

ICZ conservation database, https://www.iczoo.org/index.php/conservation-database/
Ee Ling Lee, Threats to the Conservation of Asian Elephants: A review study, https://www.academia.edu/35689267/Threats_to_the_Conservation_of_Asian_Elephants_A_review_study

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