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African Elephant Status Report 2002: An Update from the African Elephant Database

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

AESR CoverWelcome to the African Elephant Status Report 2002 (AESR 2002) page. The web version of the AESR 2002 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 2002 report (~9 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 2002 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.

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Introduction

The African Elephant Database

Data Categorization

How this report is organized

References

Appendix I - Abbreviations used in protected area designations

Appendix II - Alphabetical list of protected areas in elephant range


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.

 

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

The African Elephant Specialist Group is grateful to its sponsors for their support in the production of the AESR 2002. The views expressed in the AESR 2002 are those of its authors and do not necessarily reflect the views of the sponsors nor those of IUCN.

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