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Where Learning Happens: Highlights from the 2010 Annual Report

Elephant trails. The Smithsonian believes the best conservation begins at home. That is why, more than a building project, Elephant Trails is a campaign to save the diminishing numbers of Asian elephants in the wild by assembling resources and decision-makers, combining them with world-renowned Smithsonian programs, and supporting broader public education. With their numbers decreased by 70 percent, the pachyderms are on the International Union for the Conservation of Nature’s Red List of Threatened Species. As no single entity can save Asian elephants, the National Zoo is bringing together partners in dozens of countries—governments, non-governmental organizations, zoos, individual philanthropists—to make this campaign a global priority.

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Posted: 16 October 2011
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Alex di Giovanni is primarily responsible for "other duties as assigned" in the Office of Communications and External Affairs. She has been with the Smithsonian since 2006 and plans to be interred in the Smithson crypt.