Pekanbaru,, Nov. 10 -- The Riau Natural Resources Conservation Agency (BBKSDA) has taken a significant step in conservation efforts by fitting a GPS tracking collar on a dominant 40-year-old female Sumatran elephant in the Tesso Tenggara, Pelalawan District.

This initiative is designed to monitor the animal's movement and serve as an early warning system to minimize conflict between the large herd it leads and local human communities.

The collar installation was a complex, multi-agency operation that required assistance from two trained elephants from the Minas Elephant Training Center.

The BBKSDA Head, Supartono, explained that the immediate benefit is swift detection and response: "With this GPS collar, we can detect elephant movemen...