Leuser rainforest: Will Sumatra's elephants go extinct?

A planned hydro-electric dam funded by China would sever the last remaining elephant corridor in the lowland of the Leuser rainforest in Sumatra, Indonesia. A small village is the only thing that stands in its way.

This is a series about the animals of Indonesia's Leuser rainforest and the people trying to save them.

Part five of a five part series.

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Filmed, edited and produced by Charlotte Pamment

Reporter: Mehulika Sitepu, BBC Indonesia

Additional production support by Shinta Retnani