Killing of elephants driven by the illegal ivory trade has reached crisis levels in Africa ... “Alarmingly, 2011 recorded the highest number of large-scale seizures ever,” said Lamine Sebogo, WWF’s ...

The TRAFFIC/WWF report, More Ivory than Elephants: Domestic Ivory Markets in Three West African Countries, highlights that these unregulated markets are the principal forces driving elephant poaching.

the African forest elephant. By toppling small trees and shrubs and stripping vegetation from large trees, the elephants help the trees to grow. Larger trees store significantly more CO2. WWF ...

Michael Viyof Kuwong, wildlife veterinary officer at the WWF Kudu Zombo Programme, said this is equally true for African forest elephants (Loxodonta cyclotis) which are intuitive, including being ...

Large trees in the African bush capture CO2. IBM's predictive AI technology will allow WWF track and protect the African forest elephants who help large trees can grow.