Thursday 15 March 2018

Elephant declines imperil Africa's forests



As elephant populations shrink, forest composition and structure will undergo dramatic change

Date:  March 12, 2018
Source:  Duke University

Summary:
Poaching and habitat loss have reduced forest elephant populations in Central Africa by 63 percent since 2001. This poses consequences not only for elephants but also for the region's forests, a new study finds. Without intervention to stop poaching, as much as 96 percent of Central Africa's forests will undergo major changes in tree-species composition and structure as local populations of elephants disappear and surviving populations are crowded into ever-smaller forest remnants.


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