The largest land animals on Earth. But their size has not protected them from the impacts of poaching or from the continued destruction of the vast swathes of interconnected habitat they need. This latest Red List of Threatened Species - considered to be the comprehensive report on how nature is faring on an increasingly crowded planet - puts Africa's savanna elephants into the endangered category. Forest elephants are now even closer to extinction - critically endangered. Across Africa, there are now just over 400,000 wild elephants. And this latest examination of decades of census data and habitat surveys has shown that the demand for ivory still drives the decline in their numbers. The loss of species and natural spaces is happening all around the world. But conservationists are confident that this wake-up call could ensure that these giant icons of African wildlife get the protection and the space that they need.

The largest land animals on Earth. But their size has not protected them from the impacts of poaching or from the continued destruction of the vast swathes of interconnected habitat they need. This latest Red List of Threatened Species - considered to be the comprehensive report on how nature is faring on an increasingly crowded planet - puts Africa's savanna elephants into the endangered category. Forest elephants are now even closer to extinction - critically endangered. Across Africa, there are now just over 400,000 wild elephants. And this latest examination of decades of census data and habitat surveys has shown that the demand for ivory still drives the decline in their numbers. The loss of species and natural spaces is happening all around the world. But conservationists are confident that this wake-up call could ensure that these giant icons of African wildlife get the protection and the space that they need.

The largest land animals on Earth. But their size has not protected them from the impacts of poaching or from the continued destruction of the vast swathes of interconnected habitat they need. This latest Red List of Threatened Species - considered to be the comprehensive report on how nature is faring on an increasingly crowded planet - puts Africa's Savanna elephants into the endangered category. Forest elephants are now even closer to extinction - critically endangered. Across Africa, there are now just over 400,000 wild elephants. And, this latest examination of decades of census data and habitat surveys has shown that the demand for ivory still drives the decline in their numbers.The loss of species and natural spaces is happening all around the world. But conservationists are confident that this wake-up call could ensure that these giant icons of African wildlife get the protection and the space that they need.

The largest land animals on Earth. But their size has not protected them from the impacts of poaching or from the continued destruction of the vast swathes of interconnected habitat they need. This latest Red List of Threatened Species - considered to be the comprehensive report on how nature is faring on an increasingly crowded planet - puts Africa's savanna elephants into the endangered category. Forest elephants are now even closer to extinction - critically endangered. Across Africa, there are now just over 400,000 wild elephants. And this latest examination of decades of census data and habitat surveys has shown that the demand for ivory still drives the decline in their numbers.The loss of species and natural spaces is happening all around the world. But conservationists are confident that this wake-up call could ensure that these giant icons of African wildlife get the protection and the space that they need.

The largest land animals on Earth. But their size has not protected them from the impacts of poaching or from the continued destruction of the vast swathes of interconnected habitat they need. This latest Red List of Threatened Species - considered to be the comprehensive report on how nature is faring on an increasingly crowded planet - puts Africa's savanna elephants into the endangered category. Forest elephants are now even closer to extinction - critically endangered. Across Africa, there are now just over 400,000 wild elephants. And this latest examination of decades of census data and habitat surveys has shown that the demand for ivory still drives the decline in their numbers.The loss of species and natural spaces is happening all around the world. But conservationists are confident that this wake-up call could ensure that these giant icons of African wildlife get the protection and the space that they need.