 These are wild elephants spotted in the remaining peat swamp forests of South Sumatra. Reaching back as far as the 7th century AD, humans and elephants have a long history starting with the kingdom of Srivajaya. Sri Indramarman introduced himself as the king who had a thousand elephants to the chief Muslim civil and religious ruler Khalif Umar bin Abdul Aziz. Since the 1980s, there have been human-animal conflict. A national transmigration program relocated migrants into the elephant's home range. Many forests were cleared, turned into open fields, and timber was extracted. Landscape changes stranded Sumatran elephant populations on pockets of land. Once they roamed free in the region, moving between forests and the shore, stretching from Palambang to the east coast of Sumatra. Now they are restricted inland by the plantations and residential areas. Environmental issues in the wetlands continue to be increasingly complex, including the infamous forest fires that continue to occur across Sumatra. The impact is also felt by elephants. Padang Sudihan Sibukur Wildlife Reserve is the only conservation area in South Sumatra. If more areas were declared conservation areas, the elephant's natural habitat could be restored and the elephants could access their old routes back to the waters. No less important is how the surrounding communities can benefit from conservation. The community needs, most of all, the needs of the elephant, and the need for protection. The human needs the elephant and the need for protection from the wild animals. The elephant has been here for hundreds of years. From the very beginning, the elephant has been here for a long time. We, the Musna, don't really care about the elephant. We just do what we're told to do. A possible solution to the problem can be found in the restoration of the buffer zone between the conservation area and the community land.