Sumatran bridge project in elephant habitat may exacerbate degradation

Mongabay
Oct 7, 2020, 2:21 am119 pts
OGAN KOMERING ILIR, Indonesia — Officials in Sumatra plan to build a billion-dollar bridge to the Bangka-Belitung archipelago off the island’s east coast, but conservationists warn it threatens a key habitat of the critically endangered Sumatran elephant. The governments of the provinces of South Sumatra…

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