Asian elephants and people - Sri Lanka
63 views · Published 28 October 2011 · 3:15 · Indexed 30 September 2026
Channel: GreenTV · 2011 · Nonprofits & Activism
Winner of a Whitley Award donated by The Shears Foundation. Prithiviraj Fernando (Sri Lanka), head of the Centre for Conservation and Research, Colombo, is working to safeguard wild Asian elephants by balancing their need to range outside of tight 'protected zones' with the needs of paddy farmers whose lives can be devastated by a single crop raid.
