One of the most alarming trends in the Dja ecosystem is the steep decline of critically endangered African forest elephants. Only 219 elephants are estimated ...

Their populations declined by 62% between 2002 and 2011 and during that period, the species also lost 30% of its geographical range. As this downward trend ...

How many African forest elephants are left in the world? Scientists estimate that there were 26 million African forest elephants in the year 1800, but the ...

25 мар. 2021 г. · The African forest elephant (Loxodonta cyclotis) is now listed as Critically Endangered and the African savanna elephant (Loxodonta africana) as Endangered.

It is the smallest of the three living elephant species, reaching a shoulder height of 2.4 m (7 ft 10 in). As with other African elephants, both sexes have ...

Combined with African savanna elephants, as few as 415,000 elephants remain on the continent—a stark figure, considering scientists estimate there were 26 ...

In 2016, experts estimated that Africa's elephant population had dropped by 111,000 elephants in the span of a decade. Today, there are just 415,000 elephants ...

In 2015, there were around 415,000 African elephants left. For the Asian species, this is in the range of 40,000 to 50,000.

30 окт. 2023 г. · Since the 1980s, poachers have been killing more than 100,000 African elephants for ivory every single year, according to estimates, hitting ...