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African Elephant Database 1998

R.F.W. Barnes, G.C. Craig, H.T. Dublin, G. Overton, W. Simons and C.R. Thouless

AED 1998 CoverWelcome to the African Elephant Database (AED) 1998 page. The web version of the AED98 report is in portable document format (PDF), and you must have Adobe Acrobat Reader installed in order to view it.

This site uses byte-serving technology, which means that you can access the various sections of the AED 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 (click on the button in the Acrobat toolbar and then click on the Bookmarks tab).

If you prefer to download the entire AED 1998 report (~11 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 AED 1998 report is in the public domain and is therefore freely accessible to everyone. If you have problems accessing the report, please contact us at the address below.

Executive Summary

Introduction

  • Historical Background
  • Reasons to Collect Data on Elephants
  • The Need for a Continental Approach
  • Development of the African Elephant Database
  • Types of Data Collected for the AED
  • Database Management
  • Data Categorisation
  • Reading the Tables and Maps
  • References

The links below point to detailed reports, including maps and tables, which indicate the status of the African Elephant throughout its range as of the AED 1998 update.

Continental Overview

Regional and Country Reports

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.

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

Central Africa

  • Cameroon
  • Central African Republic
  • Chad
  • Congo
  • Democratic Republic of Congo
  • Equatorial Guinea
  • Gabon

Eastern Africa

  • Eritrea
  • Ethiopia
  • Kenya
  • Rwanda
  • Somalia
  • Sudan
  • Tanzania
  • Uganda

West Africa

  • Benin
  • Burkina Faso
  • Ghana
  • Guinea Conakry
  • Guinea Bissau
  • Côte d'Ivoire
  • Liberia
  • Mali
  • Niger
  • Nigeria
  • Senegal
  • Sierra Leone
  • Togo

Southern Africa

  • Angola
  • Botswana
  • Malawi
  • Mozambique
  • Namibia
  • South Africa
  • Swaziland
  • Zambia
  • Zimbabwe

AED Survey Zones and Elephant Distribution Maps

To view maps (in pdf format) of AED survey zones and elephant range 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 country. Non-range countries are shown in grey and cannot be selected.

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

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


Photo: Kes Hillman Smith. The Systematic Reconnaissance Flight method of counting elephants - Part of a herd of over 600 elephants (Loxodonta africana) in Garamba National Park, Democratic Republic of Congo, taken during a systematic sample count. The rods on the wing struts of the aircraft delineate the strip widths for the count.

The African Elephant Specialist Group is grateful to its sponsors for their support in the production of the AED 1998. The views expressed in the AED 1998 are those of its authors and do not necessarily reflect the views of the sponsors nor those of IUCN.

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