Elephant Protection Initiative says species could save itself by leading carbon footprint turnaround.
- But at a recent presentation by the Elephant Protection Initiative comprising 21 African countries, it was revealed that the African forest elephant (Loxodonta cyclotis), currently listed as critically endangered (that is one step away from being listed as extinct in the wild), could be a game-changer on the economic front.
- According to Ralph Chami, financial economist with the International Monitory Fund, “The carbon value of a single forest elephant to sequester carbon is worth $1.75 million. And the world is in dire need of carbon sinks.”
- Central to the health of the rainforest is the forest elephant that helps fight climate change by contributing significantly to natural carbon capture.
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