The 9th meeting of the International Union for the Conservation of Nature (IUCN) Species Survival Commission (SSC) Asian Elephant Specialist Group (AsESG) was held at the Anantara Resorts flagship Avani Riverside Hotel in Bangkok, Thailand from April 25 to the 27th.
Asian elephant specialists from around the world including from the 13 Asian elephant range countries met to deliberate matters pertaining to the conservation, protection, welfare and management of the critically endangered Asian elephant. A highlight of this year’s meeting was the presence of official State representatives from all thirteen Asian elephant range countries.
The meeting covered issues ranging from how the Rohingya crisis is affecting elephants in Bangladesh and increasing human elephant conflicts to releasing captive elephants back to the wild in Thailand.