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 Cover: Elephants from the Noghatsaa area of Chobe cross a road on a plateau to go down to the Chobe River. This photograph was taken on Ngoma Rd, Kasane, Botswana. Photo by Kelly Landen.


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

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Contents

1 Chair reports / Rapports des Présidents

1 African Elephant Specialist Group report / Rapport du Groupe Spécialiste des Eléphants d’Afrique - Holly T. Dublin

11 African Rhino Specialist Group report / Rapport du Groupe Spécialiste des Rhinos d’Afrique - Martin Brooks

15 Asian Rhino Specialist Group report / Rapport du Groupe Spécialiste des Rhinos d’Asie - Nico van Strien and Tirtha Maskey

24 Research

24 Effect of artificial water points on the movement and behaviour of desert-dwelling elephants of north-western Namibia - Keith Leggett

35 Distribution des éléphants autour d’une mare sahélienne en relation avec le cheptel domestique et la végétation ligneuse - Richard F.W. Barnes, Emmanuel M. Héma, Elmehdi Doumbia

42 Elephant survey in the Bia Conservation Area, western Ghana - Moses Kofi Sam, Emmanuel Danquah, Samuel K. Oppong, Ebenezer Daryl Bosu

52 Food plants of forest elephants and their availability in the Kakum Conservation Area, Ghana - Emmanuel Danquah, Samuel K. Oppong

61 Elephant numbers and distribution in the Tsavo–Amboseli ecosystem, south-western Kenya - John Kioko, Moses Okello, Philip Muruthi

69 Caught in the crossfire: the forest elephant and law enforcement in a region of political instability, eastern Democratic Republic of Congo - Leonard Mubalama and Eulalie Bashige

80 The peaks and troughs of Macau’s ivory trade - Esmond Martin

89 Are we winning the case for ivory substitutes in China? - Esmond Martin

102 History

102 Distribution and extinction of the rhinoceros in China: review of recent Chinese publications - Kees Rookmaaker

107 Field note

107 Past population dynamics and individual information on possible surviving northern white rhinos in Garamba National Park and surrounding reserves - Kes Hillman Smith

116 Tribute

116 Thomas John Foose (1945-2006) - Nico van Strien

118 Book review

118 Ivory markets of Europe, Esmond Martin and Daniel Stiles, drawings by Andrew Kamiti, review by Kees Rookmaaker

120 IUCN/SSC African Elephant Specialist Group members

123 Guidelines to contributors

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