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January 24th, 2012 
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It attributed the decline largely to habitat being deforested and converted
for agricultural plantations.
The IUCN said it changed its classification because the creature, the smallest
Asian elephant, has lost nearly 70 per cent of its habitat and half of its
population in one generation.
Despite the elephant being protected under Indonesian law, 85 per cent of its
habitats are not safeguarded as they are outside officially protected areas,
according to the IUCN.
This means they are likely to be converted for other uses, said the IUCN.
Elephant numbers in Sumatra’s Riau province alone have declined by 80 per cent
in less than 25 years due to rapid deforestation by pulp and paper
industries and oil palm plantations, the WWF said.
“The Sumatran elephant joins a growing list of Indonesian species that
are critically endangered, including the Sumatran orang-utan, the Javan and
Sumatran rhinos and the Sumatran tiger,” said Carlos Drews, director of
WWF’s global species programme.
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