Promoting ecological civilization the key to balance with nature

Last year, I travelled to Yunnan province twice for field research, exploring ways to reduce or even resolve conflicts between humans and elephants by launching pilot projects to "return land to wilderness".

On the first trip in June last year, I visited Jiangcheng Hani and Yi autonomous county in Pu'er. The mountainous county borders Laos and Vietnam, and local residents have been disturbed by Asian elephants.

A small herd of the animals that passes through the county to mate with those from Laos has been dubbed "international elephants" by locals.