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The other concern is that the protected are not all occupied by elephants, and the range of elephants extends far beyond the boundaries of protected areas. Those lands are subject to encroachment and agricultural expansion. Those elephants not within protected areas are going to be subject to great pressures in the future and are in fact subject to pressures right now. In the future they will be confined to a smattering of protected areas across the continent. So it’s a fragmented situation.