"As postwar Vietnam slowly began to open its economy, land was increasingly cleared for rice farms and coffee and rubber plantations. Factories sprang up. New dams and roads were built, and cities sprawled. Illegal loggers, too, were busy at their work, clear-cutting ancient stands of mahogany, teak and ironwood for overseas markets. The population skyrocketed, and with a population of 92 million, Vietnam today is larger than Germany. It’s nearly twice the size of Spain.
In the process, the elephants have died."
"There are only 80 wild elephants left in Vietnam thanks to
illegal poaching and deforestation."
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