Microsoft founder funds Africa-wide elephant survey to measure ivory poachers' toll

Mongabay
By Jeremy HanceDec 4, 2013, 2:46 pm186 pts
Beginning next year, light planes and helicopters will undertake the first ever continent-wide aerial survey of Africa's vanishing elephant populations. The hugely ambitious initiative, which will count elephant herds in 13 countries, is being funded by Microsoft founder, Paul Allen, through his Paul G. Allen…

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