Dong Nai, Sept. 17 -- Nearly 130 conservationists from 13 Asian countries are gathering in the southern province of Dong Nai, home to Vietnam's second largest wild elephant population, from September 17 - 21 for the 12th meeting of the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) Species Survival Commission (SSC) Asian Elephant Specialist Group (AsESG). At the opening ceremony, Doan Hoai Nam, Deputy Director of the Forestry and Forest Protection Department at the Ministry of Agriculture and Environment, stated that the event serves as a platform for scientists and policymakers to exchange experience and discuss collaborative measures in response to biodiversity loss, climate change, and the constraints of conservation resources. ...