African elephant populations stabilise in southern heartlands

Scientist say animals still need protecting and also connecting to restore habitats fragmented by human activitiesAfrican elephant populations have stabilised in their southern heartlands after huge losses over the last century, according to the most comprehensive analysis of growth rates to date.The latest analysis also provides the strongest data so far showing that protected areas that are connected to other places are far better than isolated "fortress" parks at maintaining stable populations, by allowing the elephants to migrate back and forth between areas as they did naturally in the past. Continue reading...