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Quotation[0] = 'With a small staff based in Kanchanaburi, ECN is gathering the hard data needed to understand the causes and effects of human-elephant conflict and establish an inclusive and collaborative approach to seeking solutions and planning interventions.';

Quotation[1] = 'Elephants are the national, royal and religious icons of Thailand, and yet their survival in the wild is threatened by the legitimate and illegitimate demands of an ever-increasing human population.';

Quotation[2] = 'Salakpra wildlife sanctuary is home to over 150 wild elephants whose optimal forest habitat has been persistently diminished by encroachment and over-exploitation, as well as by dams, roads, and associated ribbon development.';

Quotation[3] = 'ECN is a small non-government organization founded in 1998 by Belinda Stewart-Cox and Jittin Ritthirat. ECN works in partnership with local people and other NGOs, as well as with local and national government agencies.';

Quotation[4] = 'Salakpra wildlife sanctuary represents the front-line of human-elephant conflict in Thailand\'s Western Forest  Complex, a front-line line that provides the opportunity to seek a sustainable long-term solution to this iconic national problem.';

Quotation[5] = 'The aim of the Elephant Conservation Network is to secure the future of Salakpra\'s elephants and their forest ecosystem for the sustained benefit of local people and wildlife.';

Quotation[6] = 'Salakpra Wildlife Sanctuary forms the south-eastern arm of Thailand\'s Western Forest Complex, the country\'s largest conservation area, with 11 national parks and six wildlife sanctuaries that together cover over 18,000 km<sup>2</sup> of mosaic monsoon forest.';

Quotation[7] = 'ECN is implementing a broad programme of activities to tackle the dual challenges of elephant conservation and human-elephant conflict (HEC) in and around the Salakpra Elephant Ecosystem.';

Quotation[8] = 'ECN\'s policy is to recruit local people to fill staff positions, when possible and appropriate, to reinforce its commitment to seeking solutions with local people for local people and elephants.';

Quotation[9] = 'Salakpra wildlife sanctuary symbolises the pride and the shame of Thailand\'s protected area system. Gazetted in 1965, it was the country\'s first wildlife sanctuary, famous for its large mammals. Now it is damaged by abuse and neglect.';




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