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        "id": 1555052,
        "msgid": "aceh-builds-80-km-of-electric-fence-to-deter-elephants-1771175498",
        "date": "2026-02-14 15:34:06",
        "title": "Aceh builds 80 km of electric fence to deter elephants",
        "author": "",
        "source": "ANTARA_EN",
        "tags": "",
        "topic": "Infrastructure",
        "summary": "Authorities in East Aceh District have built nearly 80 kilometers of electric fencing in remote areas to reduce escalating conflicts between wild elephants and villagers, an official said. Muhammad Ishak, head of Peunaron Subdistrict, said 79.92 kilometers of low-voltage \u201celephant shock\u201d fencing has been installed across six villages in Peunaron and neighboring Serbajadi Subdistricts.",
        "content": "<p>Authorities in East Aceh District have built nearly 80 kilometers of\nelectric fencing in remote areas to reduce escalating conflicts between\nwild elephants and villagers, an official said. Muhammad Ishak, head of\nPeunaron Subdistrict, said 79.92 kilometers of low-voltage \u201celephant\nshock\u201d fencing has been installed across six villages in Peunaron and\nneighboring Serbajadi Subdistricts. The project is a collaboration\nbetween the East Aceh district government, the Natural Resources\nConservation Agency and the Leuser Conservation Forum, he said in East\nAceh on Friday. In Peunaron, fencing spans Sri Mulya Village for 11.5\nkilometers and Arul Pinang for 30.71 kilometers. Additional sections\ncover Peunaron Village for 9.26 kilometers and Peunaron Baru for 5.63\nkilometers. In neighboring Serbajadi, fences extend 9.72 kilometers in\nBunin village and 13.37 kilometers in Arul Duren Village, Ishak said.\nThe fencing is intended to mitigate negative interactions between\nresidents and the protected Sumatran elephants that frequently enter\nfarmland and plantations in the forested region. Authorities have also\nopened a wildlife conflict complaint post at the Peunaron subdistrict\noffice after prolonged reports of elephant incursions into residential\nand agricultural areas. In addition to elephants, villagers have\nreported tigers preying on livestock, prompting broader mitigation\nefforts to prevent casualties among residents and protected wildlife,\nIshak said. He urged community members and local stakeholders to support\nthe complaint post as a central reporting hub and an early response\nmechanism to manage wildlife encounters. Ishak expressed hope the\nelectric fencing would serve as a boundary to deter elephants from\ndamaging crops and plantations while minimizing harm to the animals.\nHuman-wildlife conflict is a recurring issue in parts of Aceh Province\nbordering the Leuser Ecosystem, one of the last habitats of critically\nendangered Sumatran elephants and tigers. The Indonesian government has\nlisted Sumatran elephants among the critically endangered mammals in the\ncountry. As per figures published on the official website of the World\nWildlife Fund (WWF), the population of Sumatran elephants is estimated\nto be about 2,400\u20132,800 individuals. The WWF has noted that poaching for\nthe illegal ivory trade remains a serious threat to the lives of wild\nelephants in several countries.<\/p>",
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