Cambodian ministry, WWF urge action to protect endangered Asian elephants

An Asian elephant at Keo Seima Wildlife Sanctuary. - Photo: Filio Agoo & Everland via Keo Seima REDD

PHNOM PENH: The international conservation organisation World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF) estimates that the population of elephants in South-East Asia and China currently stands between 8,000 and 11,000, with Cambodia home to an estimated 400 to 600.

WWF has expressed concern over the severe loss of Asian elephant habitats and is calling for urgent action to conserve the region's most significant remaining populations.