The Asian Elephant: An Endangered Icon

NILANGA JAYASINGHE
ASIAN SPECIES CONSERVATION MANAGER

Asian elephants are incredibly important for our environment and play a key role in the ecosystems they live in. Unfortunately, they are facing many challenges from threats such as habitat loss, human-elephant conflict, and poaching. To keep their populations from continuing to decline, WWF has launched an ambitious conservation plan which aims to tackle these threats facing wild elephants in Southeast Asia and China. Join WWF’s Nilanga Jayasinghe, Asian Species Conservation Manager, as she shares more about this exciting project and explain why it’s essential to protect this important species.