2008 CE - 2022 CE
“Forest elephants roam the rainforests of Central Africa nearly invisible to us except when they visit clearings in the forest. Self aware, empathetic, and highly social, mothers gather their families together with profoundly deep rumbles that travel far through the forest. Forest elephants are architects of the forest: creating paths used by other animals, dispersing seeds, even creating clearings like this one - clearings where humans come to hunt them. These giants are a key to majestic forests and all the diversity and wonder they hold - but logging and ivory poaching could take it all away in our lifetime.”
Never buy ivory.
Always choose FSC-certified paper products and furniture.
Avoid conflict minerals extracted from the forest elephant’s habitat in the Congo.
Support groups such as the Cornell Lab’s Elephant Listening project.
Visit:
Cornell Lab of Ornithology
Cornell Lab of Ornithology
Learn about Maya Lin’s fifth and final memorial: a multi-platform science based artwork that presents an ecological history of our world - past, present, and future.
Discover ecological histories and stories of former abundance, loss, and recovery on the map of memory.
Learn how we can reduce our emissions and protect and restore species and habitats – around the world.
See how art can help us rethink the problems we face, and give us hope that each one of us can make a difference.
Help make a global memorial something personal and close to home. Share your stories of the natural world.