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Wide shot of elephants walking2. Mid shot of elephants in water3. Wide shot of elephants in water4. Mid shot of elephant swimming5. Mid shot of...\u003c/span\u003e\n\u003cspan class='full-description hide'\u003eAP Television\u003cbr/\u003eTa Mao Wildlife Reserve, Takeo province, southeastern Cambodia, 28 May 2010 \u003cbr/\u003e1. Wide shot of elephants walking\u003cbr/\u003e2. Mid shot of elephants in water\u003cbr/\u003e3. Wide shot of elephants in water\u003cbr/\u003e4. Mid shot of elephant swimming\u003cbr/\u003e5. Mid shot of man with elephants\u003cbr/\u003e6. Close shot of man with elephants\u003cbr/\u003e7. Various of man petting elephant\u003cbr/\u003e8. SOUNDBITE (English) Nick Marx, Wildlife Alliance Programme Manager in Cambodia \u0026amp; Manager of Phnom Ta Mao Wildlife Reserve, Takeo province:\u003cbr/\u003e\"The main threats elephants face within Cambodia is the same as most other species face - it's conflict with human beings, there's great forest loss so there's deforestation and also obviously there is a certain amount of hunting. Our elephant here was snared.\"\u003cbr/\u003e9. Mid shot of elephant with prosthetic leg walking\u003cbr/\u003e10. Close shot of prosthetic leg\u003cbr/\u003e11. Wide shot of elephants and keeper in pool\u003cbr/\u003e12. Mid shot of elephants in pool playing\u003cbr/\u003e13. SOUNDBITE (English) Nick Marx, Wildlife Alliance Program Manager in Cambodia \u0026amp; Manager of Phnom Ta Mao Wildlife Reserve, Takeo province. \u003cbr/\u003e\"The wildlife trade is huge. It's decimating all species - elephants for tusks and various body parts and the same goes for all species. Trade, not within Cambodia particularly, but with other countries is huge and if we are to conserve elephants and other wildlife, wildlife trade must stop.\"\u003cbr/\u003e14. Pan of elephants and keepers walking\u003cbr/\u003e15. Wide moving shot of elephants and keeper running down road\u003cbr/\u003eAP Television\u003cbr/\u003eKoh Kong Province, southwest Cambodia, 2 June 2010\u003cbr/\u003e16. Mid pan shot of group of men chatting\u003cbr/\u003e17. Close shot of man's face\u003cbr/\u003e18. Mid shot of group of men chatting\u003cbr/\u003e19. Mid moving shot of man walking\u003cbr/\u003e20. SOUNDBITE (Khmer) Mundy, Farmer and former hunter:\u003cbr/\u003e\"I used to hunt wild animals in this area for many years and I killed many of them. But when I met the elephant conservation team I began to change my habits. They showed me how to grow high value crops and I actually earn more money doing that.\"\u003cbr/\u003e21. Wide shot of school building\u003cbr/\u003e22. Wide shot of group of men in front of class\u003cbr/\u003e23. Mid shot of students\u003cbr/\u003e24. Mid shot of men testing electric fence\u003cbr/\u003e25. Close shot of electric fence testing device\u003cbr/\u003e26. Mid shot of electric fence\u003cbr/\u003e27. Wide shot of men gathered at base of tree-house\u003cbr/\u003e28. Mid shot of tree-house\u003cbr/\u003e29. SOUNDBITE (English) Matt Maltby, Projects Officer at Fauna \u0026amp; Flora International \u0026amp; volunteer with Cambodia Elephant Conservation Group\u003cbr/\u003e\"If this doesn't scare the elephants away we can use more of the heavy artillery which is fireworks. We can fire these off, make a big load bang and hopefully scare the elephants away.\"  \u003cbr/\u003e30. Mid shot of man setting off firework\u003cbr/\u003eAP Television\u003cbr/\u003eHeadquarters of Cambodia Elephant Conservation Group, Phnom Penh, 7 June 2010\u003cbr/\u003e31. Set up shot Vathana Tuy\u003cbr/\u003e32. SOUNDBITE (Khmer) Vathana Tuy, Founder and Head of the Cambodian Elephant Conservation Group:\u003cbr/\u003e\"I think that the world can learn a couple of useful things from our experience. Firstly I think you have to inspire people to want to protect elephants, to have a high tolerance for them and secondly the best way to protect elephants is to work with local communities and to make it worth their while to protect the elephants. I think that's the most successful strategy.\"\u003cbr/\u003eAP Television\u003cbr/\u003eTa Mao Wildlife Reserve, Takeo province, southeastern Cambodia, 28 May 2010 \u003cbr/\u003e33. Wide shot of elephants walking in water.\u003cbr/\u003e34. SOUNDBITE (English) Nick Marx, Wildlife Alliance Program Manager in Cambodia \u0026amp; Manager of Phnom Ta Mao Wildlife Reserve, Takeo province. \u003cbr/\u003e\"One would like to think there's hope for elephants and all wildlife wherever they live, but this will depend mainly on the people living in a particular country and of course very greatly on how much the governments in these countries want to conserve their own wildlife.\"\u003cbr/\u003e35. Wide shot of elephants and keeper\u003cbr/\u003e36. Close shot of elephant and keeper\u003cbr/\u003eIn Cambodia and across south Asia, the number of elephants living in the wild has fallen sharply in recent decades.   \u003cbr/\u003eVast deforestation has destroyed much of the elephant's natural habitat resulting in a surge in deadly human-elephant conflicts across the region. \u003cbr/\u003eOne conservation group in Cambodia has managed to reverse this trend, stopping the decline in the country's elephant population by working with local communities to protect them.  \u003cbr/\u003eElephants in the wild might one day be a sight from the past.\u003cbr/\u003eExperts say only 40,000 to 50,000 wild Asian elephants remain across south Asia. \u003cbr/\u003eIn Cambodia, the elephant population has dwindled from 2,000 in 1995 to about 400 today. \u003cbr/\u003eSmaller than their African cousins, they live in large blocks of forest near water sources and grasslands, a habitat that has been greatly reduced in the last half century.\u003cbr/\u003eWith the destruction of their natural habitat, elephants are forced to search for food on farmlands, bringing them into conflict with humans. \u003cbr/\u003eNick Marx is the manager of the Phnom Ta Mao Wildlife Reserve which provides a new home for at risk elephants. \u003cbr/\u003eLandmines left over from Cambodia's three decades long conflict have killed many elephants.\u003cbr/\u003eBut, it's the international wildlife trade that is the biggest threat to elephants today, says Marx.\u003cbr/\u003e\"The main threats elephants face within Cambodia is the same as most other species face - it's conflict with human beings, there's great forest loss so there's deforestation and also obviously there is a certain amount of hunting. Our elephant here was snared,\" he says.\u003cbr/\u003eElephants in Cambodia were hunted for their tails, tusks and the tips of their trunks - body parts which are believed to be symbols of power.\u003cbr/\u003e\"The wildlife trade is huge. It's decimating all species - elephants for tusks and various body parts and the same goes for all species. Trade, not within Cambodia particularly, but with other countries is huge and if we are to conserve elephants and other wildlife, wildlife trade must stop,\" says Marx.\u003cbr/\u003eThe loss of so many Asian Elephants has seen this majestic species added to the World Conservation Union's Red List of Threatened Animals.  \u003cbr/\u003eBut in Cambodia, one organisation has succeeded in stopping the downward trend.\u003cbr/\u003eThe Cambodian Elephant Conservation Group helps villagers learn to live with elephants instead of killing them. \u003cbr/\u003eFounded in 2005, the group has succeeded in stabilising the wild elephant population at about 400 by working with local communities. \u003cbr/\u003eThe programme helps former hunters earn a good living from alternatives like agriculture.  \u003cbr/\u003eFormer hunter Mundy used to hunt elephants and other wild animals to supplement his poor farming income.\u003cbr/\u003e\"I used to hunt wild animals in this area for many years and I killed many of them. But when I met the elephant conservation team I began to change my habits. They showed me how to grow high value crops and I actually earn more money doing that,\" he says.\u003cbr/\u003eThe group also visits schools to educate children on how to co-exist with elephants. \u003cbr/\u003eThe children then pass the new knowledge to their parents.\u003cbr/\u003eElectric fences are provided free of charge to protect valuable crops.\u003cbr/\u003eVolunteers man a series of watchtowers near villages to keep an eye out for approaching elephants. \u003cbr/\u003eNoise makers are used to scare them away, says volunteer Matt Maltby.\u003cbr/\u003eVathana Tuy, the founder and head of the Cambodian Elephant Conservation Group, was recently awarded the prestigious Goldman Environmental Prize for his work protecting elephants.\u003cbr/\u003eHe says that the world could learn some valuable lessons from his experience working to protect elephants in Cambodia. \u003cbr/\u003e\"I think that the world can learn a couple of useful things from our experience. Firstly I think you have to inspire people to want to protect elephants, to have a high tolerance for them and secondly the best way to protect elephants is to work with local communities and to make it worth their while to protect the elephants. I think that's the most successful strategy,\" he says.\u003cbr/\u003eWhile Cambodia has managed to stabilise elephant numbers the longer term picture remains unclear. \u003cbr/\u003eWhether elephants and other endangered species will be saved depends on people summoning the political will, says Marx. \u003cbr/\u003e\"One would like to think there's hope for elephants and all wildlife wherever they live, but this will depend mainly on the people living in a particular country and of course very greatly on how much the governments in these countries want to conserve their own wildlife,\" he says.\u003cbr/\u003eWith the human population in the rise, less and less space will be left for migratory species like elephants.\u003cbr/\u003eBut the methods used so effectively in Cambodia could offer Elephants hope in other parts of Asia.   \u003cbr/\u003ekeyword animals\u003cbr/\u003e\u003c/span\u003e\n\u003c/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class='action-container flex justify-between'\u003e\n\u003cbutton 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