“Because Gabon is thought to hold the largest remaining population of forest elephants, the implication is that forest elephants are in even more trouble than previously believed,” said John Poulsen ...

The Minkébé National Park, in turn, is home to Gabon’s biggest elephant population and to probably the largest forest elephant population in Africa. “At least until these data came out,” she said.

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Over 50% of African forest elephants reside in Gabon, while most of the African savanna elephant population is spread through ...

Today Gabon’s jungles are a stronghold for forest elephants, along with mandrills, chimpanzees, gorillas, and endangered ...

The country has declared war on poachers, to protect its forest elephants and other wildlife. Mr White told Hardtalk's Stephen Sackur: "We realise in Gabon that if we don't get it right we are ...

RANGE: The majority of remaining forest elephant populations occur in Central Africa, in the countries of Gabon, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Republic of Congo, Central Africa Republic and ...

At the same time, it is officially identifying African elephants as two distinct species: savanna elephants and forest elephants. The reclassification — part of an update to IUCN’s Red List of ...

But Gabon hopes to show how to build an industry ... it could encroach on crucial habitat for great apes, forest elephants, and other threatened species. Photograph by PASCAL MAITRE IndonesiaIn ...