This is an ambitious plan that will continue to require the cooperation of all stakeholders to achieve its aims. It is being updated and re-launched in the midst of the Covid-19 pandemic - a situation that imposes even greater challenges than have been experienced during the previous five years. The provision in the plan for regional/cluster elephant management committees that include representative from the range of stakeholders that have a strong interest in elephant conservation is a major step in devolution of responsibility. More importantly it provides for a feedback loop that is shorter and closer to the action on the ground and so should facilitate responsive and timely management.