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World Elephant Day: When We Stop Fighting Elephants, Can We Start Living With Them?

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Every year on 12 August, World Elephant Day asks the world to pause and think about one of Earth's most extraordinary animals. The elephant is enormous, powerful and intelligent. It can reshape a forest simply by feeding, moving and trampling through it. It can remember landscapes, follow traditional routes and maintain complex social relationships.  It can also destroy a farmer's crop in a single night. That last fact is where conservation becomes complicated. For millions of people, elephants are symbols of wisdom, strength, prosperity and cultural identity. In India, the elephant is not merely another wild animal. It is the country's National Heritage Animal , and India supports around 60% of the world's wild Asian elephant population. But admiration does not automatically produce coexistence. Across India's elephant landscapes, forests are being fragmented, agricultural fields are expanding, roads and railway lines cut across movement routes, settlements grow c...
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When the Stage Goes Silent: The Hidden Footprint of a Disrupted Event

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A n event can disappear from the stage in a matter of hours. Its footprint cannot. That distinction is easy to miss when an event is cancelled or postponed. The immediate story is usually about the reason for the cancellation, the disappointment of the audience, the organisers' response and the possibility of a new date. Once the venue goes quiet, however, the public conversation often moves on. But sustainability asks us to look backwards and forwards. What had already happened before the cancellation? How many people had travelled? How much energy had already been consumed? How much equipment had already been moved? What resources had been purchased, prepared or mobilised? What financial commitments had already been made? What happens when those people have to travel home? And if the event is rescheduled, what happens when many of those journeys, preparations and operations have to happen again? These questions become particularly interesting in the context of the recently postpo...
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