“They Destroy Everything”: when Elephants Exhaust Farmers in Gabon

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Endangered, the forest elephant in Gabon benefits from an exemplary conservation policy. But it is becoming a scourge in villages and fields, where it ventures due to deforestation. Kango (Gabon), report Jean-Baptiste Migolet slices through tall ferns with his machete. At his feet, his little dog, Soleil, zigzags through the wet grass. The air is heavy, laden with the smell of crushed leaves. "The elephants came here three years ago (…) Read mor…