In order to achieve our Mission, Elephant Nature Foundation has several short- and long-term strategic goals for each of our flagship projects. Among them are the following:

Elephant Nature Park:
• Provide a home to rescued elephants, dogs, and cats.
• Become self-sustaining and provide a demonstrative business model for trekking camps and other elephant tourist attractions.
• Generate much-needed funds by increasing the number of visitors to the Park, opening a gift shop, and launching a fundraising strategy including an elephant adoption program.
• Raise the profile of the Park by moving to a key building within Chiang Mai, as well as increasing marketing and media exposure. This will in turn increase awareness of the plight of the Asian elephant.
• Develop the volunteer program to include activism and advocacy work.
• Provide an opportunity for Thai people to become regular visitors at the Park and volunteers within the Chiang Mai office.
• Increase our self-sufficiency by purchasing more land for the purpose of growing crops to feed the herd.
• Extend the Park to give additional space to the elephants and provide a home to more elephants.
• Seek feedback and comments from visitors and review the program in accordance with this feedback.

Jumbo Express:

• Make and maintain links with hill tribes and provide medicinal and educational assistance for the people and elephants within the tribes.
• Research, observe, and record the number of elephants in the wild and the number and living conditions of domestic elephants.
• Document research findings to be used as a reference tool for future visits and to substantiate the need for financial resources.
• Provide an opportunity for international visitors to assist in Jumbo Express trips.
• Develop a volunteer program which includes an extended Jumbo Express project.

Elephant Haven:

• Provide a safe haven where the Park's elephants are free to roam.
• Develop an educational visitors program independent of Park visits which also includes vegetation, wildlife, and habitat education.
• Conserve vital elephant habitat, including registering trees.
• Facilitate a preliminary de-domestication program.

Overall Goals:

• Work without politics and in cooperation with local and international elephant and government organizations to protect elephants and their environment.
• Attract and develop academic involvement including links with veterinarians and veterinary organizations.
• Increase the scope of the education programs and the impact they have.