Most of us know that African elephant populations are threatened from a dramatic increase in poaching. But did you know the Asian elephant is in a far more dire situation and could be extinct within only 10 years? How could this be possible? Is there anything we can do or will our generation be the one that lets this intelligent and fascinating species die off? Leanne Fogarty from Vancouver will speak on “The Last Elephants in Thailand”. She will outline the many reasons Asian elephants are facing extinction; how they are being abused in the tourist industry; and what you and I can do to save this keystone species.
More from BIL 2014
- Alex Chuang — Alex Chuang
- Anonymous and the Tools of Revolution — Lorraine Murphy
- Ariel Garten — Ariel Garten
- BIL Conference - Ricky Shetty — Ricky Shetty
More on Environment & Food
- (Underwater) Citizen Science — Kachina Gosselin ▶ video
- 10 Simple Ways for Better Coffee (aka. you are probably brewing coffee all wrong...) — Troy Gardner ▶ video
- An "integrated" Solution to Water Mismanagement in the West — David Zetland
- Biohacked Wine : Kill Your Hangover — Todd White ▶ video