China and Laos team up to boost wildlife protection

Keeping tabs: A mobile app alerting villagers of elephant activities in the border areas of China and Laos. — China Daily/ANN

CROSS-BORDER cooperation between the Xishuangbanna Dai autonomous prefecture in Yunnan province and northern Laos has helped create a solid ecological corridor for habitation by Asian elephants and other wildlife.

The Asian elephant is one of the most important species being protected along the border as it was hunted and killed as part of the illegal ivory trade in the past, posing a serious threat to its survival.