Hunting and deforestation led to a sharp decline in elephants in #China. By the 1980s there were just 150 elephants left in Xishuangbanna. Conservationists say a 1988 hunting ban and strict protection of elephant reserves have turned things around. The population has now doubled to more than 300. But the recovering #elephant population is being squeezed into ever-shrinking habitats, leading to more #conflict with #humans.

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