. >> we all know about the charismatic megafauna that live in africa--elephants, lions, hippos, things like that. i guess what's less known to the international community are the charismatic megafauna in asia, and particularly sumatra. so here we have aceh, 3.5 million hectares of rainforest, it contains about a third of the sumatran elephant population, uh, possibly a third of the sumatran tiger population. it contains nearly 90% of the sumatran orangutan population. it's critically important for the survival of large mammals, not just in sumatra but across asia as well. elephants prefer lowland forest habitat. that's their prime habitat. that's also the habitat or the land that's most in demand for agricultural plantations or for logging concessions as well. the expansion of palm oil plantations certainly has been a key contributor to elephant forest habitat loss. that's without a 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. >> t