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WWF Indonesia to present human-elephant conflict mitigation project at Paris Peace Forum
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A group of wild Sumatran elephants forage for food at an estate belonging to locals in Negeri Antara village in Pintu Rime district, Bener Meriah regency, Aceh, on Sunday.
(Antara/Irwansyah Putra)
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proposal on how to achieve peaceful coexistence between humans and wildlife, titled "Living in Harmony: Mitigating Human-Wildlife Conflict", is set to be presented by the World Wildlife Fund (WWF) Indonesia at the second Paris Peace Forum from Nov. 11 to 13.
The forum will be held in France, with 30 world leaders scheduled to attend the Nov. 12 ceremony. The first Paris Peace Forum held in commemoration of the centennial of the 1918 Versailles Treaty, which ended World War I.
At the forum, WWF Indonesia will highlight an initiative in Aceh that focuses on helping humans live in harmony with wild elephants.
For the project, WWF Indonesia has partnered with local community patrol team Flora and Fauna Defenders Team (TPFF) in Peusangan district, Central Aceh regency.
The team, founded in 2017 by locals, works at raising awareness among the youth of Karang Ampar and Bergang villages in Peusangan about the importance of coexisting with elephants. It was founded after locals killed a male elephant for its tusks.
The NGO also partners with Teman Gajah (Friends of Elephants), a movement initiated by Indonesian singer-songwriter Tulus, to raise awareness about the alarming decline of Indonesia’s elephant population.
Along with Program Peduli (Caring Program) initiated by another NGO the Partnership for Governance Reform (Kemitraan) that aims to improve social inclusion in marginalized communities, the two projects from Indonesia are among the 114 initiatives selected from 716 applications from over 50 countries that will be showcased at the global forum.
