The Forgotten Elephants of the Leuser Ecosystem

iLCP Fellow Paul Hilton goes looking for the highly endangered Sumatran Elephant, in his latest article on our iLCP National Geographic Voices blog:
“The future of the critically endangered Sumatran elephant hangs on a thread. Palm oil plantations have converted 90 percent of prime Sumatran elephant habitat to a monoculture desert. The lowland rainforests of the Leuser Ecosystem are the world’s best remaining habitat for the Sumatran elephant yet they are being bulldozed, often illegally, for palm oil everyday.”

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Newborn Sumatran elephant at the CRU IN Tangkahan, Leuser ecosystem, August 2015. Photo: Paul Hilton for RAN