How Much is a Forest Elephant Worth
About $40,000 if you are a poacher! But, if you leave the animal to go about its daily routine and travel its historical pathways in peace it's value for services provided to human society is $1.7 m - a remarkable 40-fold increase on the commercial value of the elephant's tusks. So if we add up all the elephants, insects, kangaroos, birdies, sea creatures, grasses, trees, and ecosystems, what is their net worth? Around $127 trillion per annum according to a…