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Wildlife Photojournalist: Single Image category. Palm-oil Survivors by Aaron “Bertie” Gekoski, UK/USA. On the island of Borneo, three generations of Bornean elephants cross the terraces of an oil-palm plantation being cleared for replanting. In the Malaysian state of Sabah, where most rainforest has been logged, the palm-oil industry is still a major driver of deforestation, squeezing elephants into smaller pockets of forest. Increasingly they come into conflict with humans, with elephants being shot or poisoned, and attacks on humans are also on the rise. (Photo by Aaron “Bertie” Gekoski/Wildlife Photographer of the Year 2017)
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