Women farmers in Sumatra find a gentler way to keep elephants at bay

Mongabay
Sep 3, 2026, 1:31 am113 ptsTrending
On the island of Sumatra, Indonesia, in the buffer zone of a national park, a women-led farming group has come up with a solution to reduce encounters with elephants. Deforestation and oil palm encroachment have stripped Tesso Nilo National Park of more than three-quarters of its old-growth forest. This has…

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