How communities and innovation can save Nigeria’s last forest elephants – Forest ranger

 

(Posted 03rd September 2025)

 

Courtesy of African Elephant News

 

Ajibola Adedoye, EnviroNews (Nigeria), August 31, 2025
Deep in the ancient canopy of the Omo Forest Reserve in Ogun State, Nigeria, lives one of West Africa’s most critically endangered species: the African forest elephant. Once roaming vast expanses, their numbers have been decimated by poaching, habitat loss, and human-elephant conflicts. Today, their survival rests precariously on the shoulders of conservationists and the very communities who share their home.
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