Uniting plantations to save Bornean elephants: Interview with Farina Othman

Mongabay
Jun 10, 2025, 10:34 am262 pts
In 2006, Farina Othman heard a loud boom when she was observing a group of Bornean elephants in a forest in the Lower Kinabatangan area, one of the largest floodplains in Malaysia. She recognized that it was the sound from a bamboo cannon. It’s a type of homemade firecracker locals use to chase elephants…

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