Elephant extinction could threaten everything from rainforests to musical instruments. “Forest elephants are a keystone species that disperse the seeds of both large and small rainforest trees. If they go extinct, we risk losing the ecological processes that sustain rainforests.”

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1. Though this study doesn’t mention climate change, rainforests play a vital role.

   >Carbon sinks in the tropical rainforests are restricting the global warming to attain unprecedented heights. However, deforestation and climate change is switching them to a net carbon source at some of the deforested patches

   [https://www.nature.com/articles/s41612-024-00793-0](https://www.nature.com/articles/s41612-024-00793-0)

2. Forest elephants are primarily found in the Congo.

   The Chinese have been raping the Congo for its exotic woods.

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