Analysis of largest elephant surveys ever
I.Overview
A comparing research between two largest-ever elephant surveys in the Kavango Zambezi Transfrontier
Elephant numbers situation in Botswana and other areas
The uncertainty from conservationists on the disappearance of elephants in the western Angolan
The need of having more research across the transfrontier
II. Analysing
III. Not quite what it seems
IV.Regional wildlife surveys are vital
EWB report
A concerning change in elephants population
During Angola civil war (1975-2002)
The death of 100,000 elephants
After the war ended
The difference in herd size between Angola and other areas in KAZA
The increasing of elephants population in Angola between 2002-2015
An evidence of a persecuted population
The mysterious alarming decrease of elephant numbers in the western part of the study area
Challenges for conservationists
One of the core challenges
Accurating data to inform decisions
Poaching,human-wildlife conflict, habitat loss,drought and the impacts of climate change
political reasons
Regionwide surveys
Conclusion from two surveys
Invaluable for informing conservation management
Expensive and challenging to complete
Limited data points
Important for surveys to be comparable
Several differences between the two surveys
Limiting the comparability of the
two data sets
Similar reasons for the limited analysis for Zimbabwe and Nambia
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The Kavango Zambezi Transfrontier Conservation Area
A fluid contiguous elephant habitat in 10 years ago
Total area :201,000-square-mile, across Angola, Botswana, Namibia, Zambia and Zimbabwe
established
in 2006
Containing more than half the world’s savanna elephants
Comparing