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Forest populations have decreased by 90% over the last 50 years , study warns.
In just over half a century, forest elephant populations have fallen 90% on average.
In the Sahel region of northern Africa , elephant populations overall have been 'decimated' The reasons for plummeting populations are largely human-caused namely, poaching, retaliatory killing for crop raiding and habitat fragmentation.
Males are still being targeted by trophy hunters for their precious tusks.
The IUCN lists African savannah elephant populations as vulnerable.
Poachers kill elephants for their ivory and meat, and farmers sometimes kill them to protect crops.
Three living elephant species are currently recognised - the African bush elephant, the African forest elephant, and the Asian elephant.
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