Indonesia: Kalimantan Palm Plantations Threaten Last Pygmy Elephants

Jakarta Globe: With no more than 80 Borneo pygmy elephants left in Indonesia, the massive clearing of forests to make way for palm oil plantations poses a major threat to the survival of the species, environmentalists warn. In a statement released on Wednesday, WWF Indonesia said a four-year- survey that concluded last year showed there were only 20 to 80 of the elephants left, all in northern East Kalimantan on the border with Malaysia's Sabah state. The group warned that the expanding plantations were driving...

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