Forest elephants in Cameroon and the Congo Basin could be extinct within 10 years without measures to fight the illegal ivory trade and curb habitat loss, a WWF official said in an interview.
During the last 40 years, environmentalists estimate the forest elephant population has fallen 75 percent, standing at some 140,000 for the Congo Basin and 13,000-15,000 for Cameroon.
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Links:
[1] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/news/cameroon-forest-elephants-face-extinction-wwf
[2] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/newspaper/planet-ark-australia
[3] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/forests
[4] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/mining
[5] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/congo
[6] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/deforestation
[7] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/wildlife
[8] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/elephant
[9] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/illegal-trade
[10] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/poaching
[11] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/wwf
[12] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/cameroon
[13] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/asia
[14] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/china
[15] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/india
