Bernama
January 3, 2009
BANDA ACEH, Jan 3 (Bernama) -- Wild elephant incursions into human settlements in Aceh will continue if nothing is done to stop illegal logging in forest areas, Antara news agency reported quoting a local nature conservation official as saying.
"The problem will persist unless illegal logging is stopped," Andi Basrul, head of the Nanggroe Aceh Darussalam Natural Resources Conservation Agency (BKSDA), said here Saturday.
During December 2008, wild elephants had invaded a number of villages in Aceh, damaged a few houses and injured several people.
Basrul said his agency could not do much to stop the animals' incursions because they were merely reacting to the damage being done to their habitat.
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