Founded | 2018 |
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Founder | David Piot |
Type | Organisation |
Focus | Asian elephant conservation |
Location |
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Method | Species conservation, protection of forest, Environmental Education, Ecotourism |
Owner | David Piot |
Key people | Oan Kiry, general director. Dan Koehl, elephant welfare director and advisory expert.[1] |
Award(s) | silver-level certification from Asian Captive Elephant Standards (ACES) |
Website | https://www.kulenforest.asia |
Kulen Elephant Forest is a conservation organization founded in 2018 by David Piot, [2] The reserve, a 400-hectare elephant retirement park, was opened in December 2019, protecting the captive Asian elephants in Siem Reap Province in Cambodia, as well as protecting up to 1100 acres of protected forest inhabited by the former elephants of Angkor UNESCO World Heritage site.[3][4]