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Cover: Western African Black Rhino, Diceros bicornis longipes. Sopen, shot in August 1996, was one of the last representatives of the Western African black rhinos in the world. (Photo: Hubert Planton)  

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Pachyderm No. 27: July to December 1999

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

Contents

4 Chair Reports/Rapports des Presidents

4 AfESG/GSEAf (Holly Dublin)

9 AfRSG/GSRAf (Martin Brooks)

16 AsRSG/GSRAs (Mohd Khan bin Mom in Khan, Tom Foose, Nico van Strien)

22 Research and Methodology

22 A simple method for the analysis of stratified aerial sample counts (John Watkin and Kes Hillman Smith)

34 The Javan rhinos, Rhinoceros sondaicus annamiticus, of Cat Tien National Park, Vietnam: current status and management implications (Gert Polet, Tran Van Mui, Nguyen Xuan Dang, Bui Huu Manh and Mike Baltzer)

49 Reducing drug induction time in the field immobilization of elephants (Richard Hoare)

54 Notes from the Field

54 Airlifting immobilized rhinos (Mark Cooke)

59 Rhino tracking with the CyberTracker field computer (Louis Liebenberg, Lindsay Steventon, Karel Benadie and James Minye)

62 Results of four years' satellite tracking of elephants in northern Cameroon (Hans de Ion gh, Martin Tchamba, Wil Tam is, Maarten Van 't Zelfde, Herbert Prins, Helias Udo de Haes, Hans Bauer and Sylvain Tiawoun)

66 Monitoring human-elephant conflict through remotely located stations (John Waithaka)

69 Human activities on Mount Kenya from an elephant's perspective (Hilde Vanleeuwe and Christian Lambrechts)

74 The need for cross-border monitoring of' the Mara rhinos (Matt Walpole and Philip Bett)

75 Note sur l'atelier d'laboration de la stratégie de gestion des éléphants en Afrique de l'Ouest. Abidjan, 22 - 26 Février 1999 (Lamine Sebogo)

76 Review and Opinion

76 Entrepots for rhino horn in Khartoum and Cairo threaten Garamba's white rhino population (Esmond Martin and Kes Hillman Smith)

86 Rhinoceros noir du nord ouest de l'Afrique (Diceros bicornis longipes): le compte a rebours continue (Hubert Planton)

101 Elephants and their woodland habitats in northern Botswana - Raphael Ben-Shahar

105 West Bengal - Committed to rhino conservation yet a major entrepot for endangered wildlife products (Esmond Martin)

113 Book Reviews

117 Letters to the Editor

119 Guidelines to contributors

 

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