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Asian Elephant
Elephas maximus
Status: Endangered
The Asian elephant has been in decline for centuries and generally survives only in highly fragmented populations. They live in the region of the world with the densest human population, driving the pre-eminent threats of habitat loss, degradation and fragmentation, which in turn lead to increased human/elephant conflict when elephants eat or trample crops. Poaching for ivory remains a major threat. Important conservation priorities include habitat conservation and maintaining habitat corridors, and managing human/elephant conflict as part of an integrated land-use policy that recognizes elephants as economic assets from which local people need to benefit or at least not suffer.
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