Long-distance migration across the large landscapes is an important ecological process in wild elephants, which enable them to search new feeding grounds and resources, altering the forest ecosystem and biodiversity, strengthening the gene flow among the populations and to sustain in a changing environment. However, in the recent past a long chain of the forest from where elephant used to perform such long-distance migrations has been fragmented and unsustainable land-use practices have disconnected most of the elephant corridor. Recently, India hosted the 13th Meeting of the Conference of Parties to the Convention on Migratory Species (CMS), wherein India’s proposal for inclusion of the Asian elephant in the Appendix I of the Convention was adopted. The inclusion of Asian elephants in Appendix I of the CMS would provide the species with the international conservation importance, trans-boundary cooperation for conservation of elephants and in providing legal protection to the migratory routes of the elephants across international boundaries. Besides, this would also facilitate in strengthening the gene base of the populations and in reducing the human–elephant conflict across the migratory route of the elephants.

穿越大景观的长距离迁移是野象的重要生态过程，使它们能够寻找新的觅食地和资源，改变森林生态系统和生物多样性，加强种群之间的基因流动并在不断变化的环境中维持生命。但是，在最近的一长串森林中，用于进行这种长距离迁移的大象从那里分散了，不可持续的土地利用方式使大多数大象走廊失去了联系。最近，印度主办了《迁徙物种公约》（CMS）缔约方大会第十三届会议，其中通过了印度关于将亚洲象纳入《公约》附录一的提议。将亚洲象纳入CMS附录I将为该物种提供国际保护重要性，为保护大象提供跨界合作，并为大象跨越国际边界的迁徙路线提供法律保护。此外，这还将有助于加强种群的基因基础，并减少跨越大象迁徙路线的人与大象之间的冲突。