Status:

Already Vulnerable

Population:

62% in the early 2000s

40–80% smaller

A new study shows that due to rampant poaching, the remaining population of Africa’s forest elephants could be 40 to 80 percent smaller than originally thought.

2020:

Tourism
Poaching

With tourism revenue down, in some areas, poachers are already taking advantage of a dip in security funding — and it could get worse.

24 Months

With a 24 month gestational period, at current poaching rates, forest elephants would need 81 years to reverse the last decade of decline.