ECN Press
- British conservationist in Thailand receives OBE
- THE NATION, June 13, 2011
- Belinda Stewart-Cox, who has spent the last 25 years working for wildlife conservation in Thailand, has received the prestigious OBE in the Queen's Birthday Honours.
- Agony and Ivory
- Vanity Fair, August 2011
- ECN is not directly involved in the ivory trade issue – although indirectly we are, of course, through our Smart Patrol Support Projects which are reducing poaching in our target areas. And we will also be helping indirectly if/when we get funding to do the Guide to Thai Elephant Laws and Stakeholders with Richard Lair as a way of informing people in the run-up to CITES CoP 2013.
- Living in Harmony
- Freelander Issue 2, July 6, 2011
- Damage to crops is increasing tension between local farmers and elephants. To help find ways to solve this problem -- before farmers or elephants lose their lives -- FREELAND staff and rangers attended crop-raiding response training with the Elephant Conservation Network.
- Local explores the magical world of Asian elephants
- The Cochrane Eagle, May 31, 2011
- By Thia Bunker
- We were the guests of Belinda Stewart-Cox, director of the Elephant Conservation Network (ECN), and her unbelievably dedicated staff. Much of ECN’s work focuses on mitigating human-elephant conflict in Salakpra.
- Elephants, art and the Royal Wedding
- Endangered Species Bulletin, 27 April 2011
- Daniel Pruce, Deputy Head of Mission, recently participated in the Arts for Elephants day in Kanchanaburi organised by the Elephant Conservation Network (ECN) to mark Thai Elephant Day.
- A wedding gift for charity
- Bangkok Post Expat Scene, March 31 2011
- Belinda Stewart-Cox is high on the list of expats to look out for at the moment, since it was announced that her Elephant Conservation Network, based in Kanchanaburi, has been selected by Prince William and his fiance, Catherine Middleton, as one of the recipients of their wedding charitable gift fund. The donation will be made through the the Zoological Society of London (ZSL).
Correction: Belinda Stewart-Cox left the Seub Foundation in 1999, and founded ECN with Jittin Ritthirat.
- PRESS RELEASE: Zoological Society of London to benefit from Royal Wedding Charitable Gift Fund (33 kb)
- ZSL, 24 March 2011
- By ZSL
- The Zoological Society of London (ZSL) is delighted to have been chosen by Prince William and Miss Catherine Middleton as a beneficiary of their generous wedding charitable gift fund.
- Elephant Day in Kanchanaburi (1.2 mb)
- 13 March 2011
- Following the successful debut of our Arts for Elephants project on Elephant Day 2010, the Elephant Conservation Network (ECN) organised another painting competition and associated activities for students aged 7-17 on Thai Elephant Day, 13 March.
- Baby elephant tortured into submission before illegal smuggling from Burma to Thailand
- MSNBC Photo Blog, 3 March 2011
- By John Brecher
- I see almost 10,000 pictures a day, and many document some form of suffering. Some of that suffering is incidental as people try to survive, some happens in chaotic situations, and some is intentional. But in all of it, I've never seen an image of such a deliberate infliction of misery.
- A Giant Problem (426 kb)
- Endangered Species Bulletin, Spring 2010
- By Belinda Stewart-Cox
- Four years ago, my colleague Jittin Ritthirat and I turned our attention to a little known, woefully neglected wildlife sanctuary called Salakpra, which lies a few kilometers south of the better known UNESCO world heritage site Huai Kha Khaeng, my original "home" in Thailand.
- A Giant Problem (1.8 mb)
- Bangkok Post, 21 April 2008
- By Kloykamol Siribhakdi
- Elephant incursions on farmland around the Salakpra Wildlife Sanctuary are an ongoing challenge. This brief article looks at some problems facing an ever-dimishing Salakpra, and some of the human-elephant conflict (HEC) that has resulted.
- The Wildlife Protector (581 kb)
- Wiltshire View Magazine
- by Stephen Giles
- Belinda Stewart-Cox's efforts to oppose a hydro-electric dam launched the conservation movement in Thailand, and led to the creation of the Thung Yai and Huai Kha Kaeng world heritage site. This article examines Belinda's rationale for wild elephant conservation and why she founded ECN.