the exnsion ofalm oil plantions ceainly habeen key contbutor tolephant forest bitat lo. that's without doubt. >> the future of this mountain elephant is bleak. it's a really difficult situation. as long as there's a demand for oil palm there's going to be a demand to clear lowland rainforest in sumatra. >> the distinct and unique sumatran elephant is now considered critically endangered, meaning that it's in imminent danger of extinction. >> you know, wn you don't have governments, when you don't have enfoement, and you got the chae to make piles of money, guess what's gonna happen. right, and we're seeing that play out. from a pure economic standpoint, you've got to sort of look at all the political actor the palm oil is generating revenue for the government in terms of export taxes on palm oil, in terms of payroll taxes and payments io ocial curity systems and all of the government programs. palm oil is more valuable than the forest right now because of the way we value forests. >> while indonesia is looking to scale up its production of palm oil, this will come at a g