Cover: An elephant in Laikipia District, Kenya (Photo: John Watkin)

Pachyderm 22: July - December 1996

Journal of the African Elephant, African Rhino and Asian Rhino Specialist Groups

Contents

1 Chair reports / Rapports des Présidents

1 African Rhino Specialist Group - Martin Brooks

2 Groupe de Spécialistes du Rhinocéros Africain - Martin Brooks

4 African Elephant Specialist Group - Holly T. Dublin

5 Groupe de Spécialistes de l’EIéphant Africain - Holly T. Dublin

6 Research

6 African Elephants in Coastal Refuges: Postscript - Joseph P. Dudley

7 The Greater One-Horned Rhino Outside Protected - Areas in Assam, India - Anwaruddin Choudhury

10 The Importance of Park Budgets, Intelligence Networks and Competent Management for Successful Conservation of the Greater One-Horned Rhinoceros - Esmond B. Martin

18 Modern Technology for Rhino Management - Raoul du Toit

25 Elephants of the Masai Mara, Kenya: Seasonal Habitat Selection and Group Size Patterns - Holly T. Dublin

36 The Loss of a Population of Elephants in the Middle Shire Valley, Southern Malawi - B. Y. Sherry and Fran H. Tattersall

44 AFRICAN ELEPHANT SPECIALIST GROUP MEETING, KRUGER NATIONAL PARK, SOUTH AFRICA, 4 TO 10 FEBRUARY 1996

45 Topical Presentations

45 Management Implications for Shimba Hills Elephants After Fencing of the Reserve - Winnie Kiiru

46 Tusklessness Amongst the Queen Elizabeth National Park Elephants, Uganda - Eve Abe

47 The Ecology of Crop-raiding Elephants: Research Progress - Ferrel (Loki) V. Osborn

50 Problématique de Gestion de L’EIéphant d’Afrique dans la Réserve de Faune de Conkouati, au Kouilou (Congo) - Dominique N'Sosso

57 Development of National Policy for Elephant Conservation in Tanzania - Nigel Leader-Williams

58 Elephant Numbers in Boumba-Bek, Cameroon

59 Studying Forest Elephants by Direct Observation in the Dzanga Clearing: an Update - Andrea Turkalo

60 Translocation of Elephants: the Kenyan Experience - Steve Njumbi et al.

66 Echo of the Elephants: The Next Generation (film presentation) - Cynthia Moss

66 Potential Impact of the US Endangered Species Act on Elephant Conservation - Malan Lindeque, L. Rihoy and Jon Hutton

67 Options for the Management of Elephants in Northern Botswana - Jonas Chafota and Norman Owen-Smith

73 Discussion on Report by Dublin, Milliken and Barnes

73 National, Regional, Continental and International News and Views

74 The New IUCN Listing Criteria

76 National, Regional and Continental Issues of Concern

76 Capital City Artisan Markets in Africa and their Impact on Elephants: A study from the Republic of Congo - J.Michael Fay, Y. Madzou and A. Moukassa

77 Monitoring the Ivory Trade and Ivory Stocks in the Post-CITES Ban Period - Tom Milliken

78 Surveying Cross-border Elephant Populations in Southern Africa - G. Colin Craig

79 Review of African Elephant Conservation Priorities - Chris R. Thouless

80 Review of the African Wildlife and Protected Area Projects Database - Keith Lindsay

80 Review of South Africa’s Elephant Management Policy, with Special Reference to Kruger National Park

81 Managing Elephants Inside and Outside Protected Areas

81 Law Enforcement within Protected Areas - Bruce Bryden

81 Elephant Translocations - Clem Coetsee

83 Elephant Population Control in African National Parks - Roy G. Bengis

86 Developments with Hormonal Contraceptives for Elephants - Rudi van Aarde

87 Developments with Immunocontraceptives for Elephants - Cobus Raath

88 Problématique de Gestion de L’Eléphant et Perspectives des Foréts d’Afrique Centrale - Bihini Won wa Musiti

91 Problems and Solutions Outside Protected Areas - John M. Waithaka

92 Addressing Key Management Challenges - Working Group Summaries

94 A.O.B. and Close of Meeting

96 Book Review - Studying Elephants

97 Notice to Contributors