Conservationists want to introduce elephants into Europe - here's why

Oct 7, 2021

a newly born female Asian elephant calf (C) walks next to its one month-old sister

"This massive loss of megaherbivores in such a relatively short period has had effects on vegetation that we can still see today." Image: REUTERS/David W Cerny

Nora Ward

Lecturer in Philosophy, National University of Ireland Galway

Ramiro D. Crego

Postdoctoral Researcher, National Zoo and Smithsonian Conservation Biology Institute

Our Impact

The Big Picture

Explore and monitor how Nature and Biodiversity is affecting economies, industries and global issues

A hand holding a looking glass by a lake

Crowdsource Innovation

Get involved with our crowdsourced digital platform to deliver impact at scale

Stay up to date:

Nature and Biodiversity

Elephants could help rebalance ecosystems in Europe. Image: Cocoparisienne/Pixabay

Have you read?

Discover

How does the World Economic Forum encourage biological diversity?

Don't miss any update on this topic

Create a free account and access your personalized content collection with our latest publications and analyses.

License and Republishing

World Economic Forum articles may be republished in accordance with the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International Public License, and in accordance with our Terms of Use.

The views expressed in this article are those of the author alone and not the World Economic Forum.