Our analysis highlights differences in population levels, and country-specific issues regarding elephant management. In Central Africa, more than 60% of elephants have been lost in the past 15 years. Scientists now predict that if current poaching rates continue, African forest elephants (the rarer of the continent’s two elephant subspecies) could be extinct within a decade. Phylogenetic analysis of the mitochondrial genome of nine specimens from museum collections indicates that it is an African forest elephant whose diminutive size or … This concern highlighted the need to monitor and report on the continent-wide status of elephant populations. African elephant populations have fallen from an estimated 12 million a century ago to some 400,000, according to the most recent estimations contained in the 2016 IUCN/SSC African Elephant Status Report. Renowned elephant ecologists and aerial survey experts review 2018 aerial survey of elephants and wildlife in northern Botswana: On the 7th January 2019, a comprehensive technical report on the 2018 Aerial Survey of Elephants and Wildlife in Northern Botswana was submitted to the Department of Wildlife and National Parks (DWNP). “Illegal killing of African elephants for ivory remains a significant threat to elephant populations in most of the range States. Learn more about the African elephant, as well as the threats this species faces, what WWF is doing to protect its future, and how you can help. The taxonomic status of the African pygmy elephant (Loxodonta pumilio) was uncertain for a long time. New report highlights continued threat to African elephants from poaching . In 2009 Save the Elephants recorded a spike in poaching rates in Samburu and published a warning in the journal Nature that East Africa’s … Full status reports were published in 1995, 1998, 2002, 2007, 2016 and provisional updates were released online for 2012 (in 2013) and 2013 (in 2015). By examining elephant numbers in these countries, and any changes in recent years, we can start to build a picture of the current status of the African elephant, and look for explanations for any changes in population levels. Like its predecessors, the AESR 2016 is based on data from the African Elephant Database (AED), the most comprehensive database on the status of any species of mammal in the wild. For use of the media only; not an official document. Occasional Paper Series of the IUCN Species Survival Commission . Geneva, 10 May 2019 – An updated assessment by the CITES programme Monitoring of Illegal Killing of Elephants (MIKE) has confirmed that poaching continues to threaten the long-term survival of the African elephant. Learn more about the African elephant, as well as the threats this species faces, what WWF is … African elephant status report 2016 : an update from the African Elephant Database This report is the most authoritative source of knowledge about the numbers and distribution of African elephant populations across their 37 range states in sub-Saharan Africa. The U.S. As Central Africa’s elephant numbers plummeted the poaching pressure began to move to the savannahs of East Africa. DOI: 10.15406/ijawb.2018.03.00123 Figure 1 Elephant population in African regions (Adopted from Nelleman C et al.,2). As Central Africa’s elephant numbers plummeted the poaching pressure began to move to the savannahs of East Africa. African Elephant Status Report 2016: An update from the African Elephant Database. Africa’s overall elephant population has seen the worst declines in 25 years, mainly due to poaching over the past ten years – according to IUCN’s African Elephant Status Report launched today at the 17th meeting of the Conference of the Parties to CITES, taking place in Johannesburg, South Africa. The report summarises – for the first time in almost a decade – elephant numbers at the continental, regional and national levels, and examines changes in population estimates at the site level.