शक्यं द्रव्यवनमनेकमनेकस्यां भूमौ वापयितुं न हस्तिवनम् ॥ कZ_०७.११.१५ ॥
śakyaṃ dravyavanam anekam anekasyāṃ bhūmau vāpayituṃ na hastivanam
A materials forest can be planted in many places on many kinds of land; an elephant forest cannot.
Prefer assets that can be replicated and geographically distributed; they are easier to expand, protect, and replace.
It depends on specific ecology and long time horizons for sustaining elephant populations, making it non-scalable and location-bound.