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African Elephant Status Report 2007: An Update from the African Elephant Database

J.J. Blanc, R.F.W. Barnes, G.C. Craig, H.T. Dublin, C.R. Thouless, I. Douglas-Hamilton, and J.A. Hart,

Welcome to the African Elephant Status Report 2007 (AESR 2007) page.

The AESR 2007 presents the latest information on elephant population estimates and range at the site, national, regional and continental levels.

This edition presents some important new features. New tables assist in interpreting the possible reasons why estimates have changed since the previous edition; comparisons are made for methodologically comparable estimates at the regional level; and a system for prioritizing has been developed to guide governments and funding agencies in planning future surveys.

The web version of the AESR 2007 is in portable document format (PDF), and you must have Adobe Acrobat Reader (version 5 or later) installed in order to view it. This site uses byte-serving technology, which means that you can access the various sections of the AESR by clicking on the links below without having to wait for the entire pdf document to download, as long as you have the Acrobat Reader browser plugin installed. Once a page is displayed, you can navigate to any part of the document using the bookmarks pane in Acrobat.

If you prefer to download the entire AESR 2007 report (~20 Mb), right-click (two-button mice) or Ctrl-click (one-button mice) here and save the file to your hard disk - you will still be able to navigate the document using bookmarks as described above.

The AESR 2007 is freely accessible to everyone. If you have problems accessing the report, please contact us at the address below.

New! A small number of hard copies of the AESR 2007 have been produced, and these can be obtained through our online store. Get your copy today!

New! Download the AESR 2007 by sections. If you are having trouble downloading the AESR 2007 in one piece, try downloading it one section at a time using the links below:

Introduction (PDF - 2.7 Mb)
Africa: Continental Overview (PDF - 668kb)
Central Africa (PDF - 4.7Mb)
Eastern Africa (PDF - 3.1Mb)
Southern Africa (PDF - 3.8Mb)
West Africa (PDF - 4.1Mb)
References (PDF - 256kb)
Appendix I: Information Quality Index and Priorities for Future Surveys (PDF - 44kb)
Appendix II: Changes in methodologically comparable estimates in Eastern and Southern Africa (PDf - 72kb)
Appendix III: List of protected areas in elephant range (PDF - 124kb)
Appendix IV: Acronyms and abbreviations (PDF - 72kb)

Introduction

The African Elephant Database

Data Types & Categorization

How the report is organized

References

Appendix I - Information Quality Index and Priorities for Future Surveys

Appendix II - Methodologically comparable estimates from Eastern and Southern Africa

Appendix III - Alphabetical list of protected areas in elephant range

Appendix IV - Acronyms and abbrevbiations

Continental, Regional and Country Reports

The links below point to detailed reports, including maps and tables, which indicate the current status of the African Elephant throughout its range.

Continental and regional reports provide overviews, maps and summary tables of elephant population estimates at the regional level. The country reports are the core of the AED and include in-depth information on elephant surveys, distribution maps and detailed tables of population estimates and data quality tables.

Go straight to the country of interest by selecting it in the menu below and click on the GO button, or alternatively click on the links below

Continental Overview

Central Africa		Eastern Africa
Cameroon Central African Republic Chad Congo Democratic Republic of Congo Equatorial Guinea Gabon		Eritrea Ethiopia Kenya Rwanda Somalia Sudan Tanzania Uganda
West Africa		Southern Africa
Benin Burkina Faso Ghana Guinea Conakry Guinea Bissau Côte d'Ivoire Liberia Mali Niger Nigeria Senegal Sierra Leone Togo		Angola Botswana Malawi Mozambique Namibia South Africa Swaziland Zambia Zimbabwe

Input Zones and Elephant Distribution Maps

To view maps (in pdf format) of elephant range, survey zones and protected areas in specific countries, click the country of interest on the map below. A tooltip label showing the country name will pop up when you rest the mouse pointer over any Range State. Non-range states are shown in grey and cannot be selected.

Click the links below to view maps of elephant distribution and protected areas at the continental or regional levels:

African Continent

Central Africa

Eastern Africa

Southern Africa

West Africa

The African Elephant Specialist Group is grateful to its sponsors for their support in the production of the AESR 2007. The views expressed in the AESR 2007 are those of its authors and do not necessarily reflect the views of the sponsors nor those of IUCN.

African Elephant Status Report 2007: An Update from the African Elephant Database

Continental, Regional and Country Reports

Input Zones and Elephant Distribution Maps

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