Experts mull fate of Indonesia’s elephants, tigers August 29, 2007
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More than 100 experts and officials are meeting in Indonesia to draft a plan to save Sumatran elephants and tigers from extinction.
Satellite images show large areas of their habitat, lowland tropical forests have been destroyed by farming and logging.
This has led to conflicts with humans, resulting in the deaths of 42 people and 100 elephants between 2002 and 2007.
The three-day meeting in the Sumatran city of Padang, is attended by about 120 local and international delegates.
