Podcast: With just 10 years left to save Sumatran elephants, what can be done now?
by Mongabay.com on 22 January 2021
In Sumatra, elephants’ forested habitat has been replaced recently at a rapid pace for commercial activities like oil palm plantations, pulp and paper production, and other uses.
The total Sumatran elephant population was estimated to be no more than 2,800 individuals in 2007, but they likely number about half that now.
It’s been said that there’s just 10 years left to save this critically endangered species, and experts that Mongabay spoke with say that this is probably optimistic: however, taking the meaningful actions they suggest could succeed during that time and would have additional benefits for other wildlife plus human communities, too.