Authorities in Indonesia's Aceh province on the east of the country have erected an 80-kilometer-long electric fence in remote areas to reduce escalating confrontations between wild elephants and villagers. The head of the Pinaron sub-district, Mohammad Isaak, stated that a low-voltage electric fence has been installed through six villages in Pinaron and neighboring Yerbaidi sub-districts. The fence aims to mitigate negative encounters between residents and protected Sumatran elephants, which often enter agricultural lands and farms in the forested area. It is noted that the conflict between humans and wildlife is a common problem in parts of the Aceh region, which borders the Leuser Ecosystem, one of the remaining habitats for endangered Sumatran elephants and tigers. The Indonesian government has listed Sumatran elephants among the country's most endangered mammals, with their population estimated between 2,400 and 2,800.
