African savanna elephant (Loxodonta africana)
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The largest living land mammal and the organising species of eastern and southern African reserve systems. Assessed separately from the African forest elephant since the IUCN's 2021 split of Loxodonta into two species; the savanna elephant is listed Endangered. The 2016 Great Elephant Census counted 352,271 savanna elephants across 18 countries and reported a roughly 30% decline between 2007 and 2014 in the 15 countries with comparable earlier data. Population is highly unevenly distributed: over half of the continental savanna total sits inside KAZA. Elephants range far beyond park boundaries, which is why they are the species that most exposes the limits of fenced-in protection.
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- The largest living land mammal and the organising species of eastern and southern African reserve systems. Assessed separately from the African forest elephant since the IUCN's 2021 split of Loxodonta into two species; the savanna elephant is listed Endangered. The 2016 Great Elephant Census counted 352,271 savanna elephants across 18 countries and reported a roughly 30% decline between 2007 and 2014 in the 15 countries with comparable earlier data. Population is highly unevenly distributed: over half of the continental savanna total sits inside KAZA. Elephants range far beyond park boundaries, which is why they are the species that most exposes the limits of fenced-in protection.
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- Kavango–Zambezi Transfrontier Conservation Area (KAZA)
- African savanna elephant (Loxodonta africana)
- Amboseli–Tsavo–Kilimanjaro dispersal corridor
- Connections
- Amboseli–Tsavo–Kilimanjaro dispersal corridor
- Kavango–Zambezi Transfrontier Conservation Area (KAZA)
- CITES — Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora
- CITES CoP7 moves all African elephant populations to Appendix I
- Great Elephant Census reports 352,271 savanna elephants and a 30% decline
- Coordinated KAZA aerial survey estimates about 227,900 elephants
- African savanna elephant (Loxodonta africana)
- Amboseli National Park
- Amboseli gazetted as a national park, removing Maasai rights inside the boundary
- Okavango Delta
- African savanna elephant (Loxodonta africana)
- Hwange National Park
- Chobe National Park
- Zambezi River
- Five states sign the KAZA Transfrontier Conservation Area treaty
- Okavango Delta inscribed as the 1,000th UNESCO World Heritage site
- Coordinated KAZA aerial survey estimates about 227,900 elephants
- Evidence
- Standardised aerial surveys across 18 countries counted 352,271 savanna elephants, indicating a decline of about 30% between 2007 and 2014 in 15 comparable countries and a continuing decline of roughly 8% per year.
- KAZA was established by treaty between Angola, Botswana, Namibia, Zambia and Zimbabwe in 2011, linking national parks, game management areas, forest reserves and community land across the Okavango and Zambezi basins; a coordinated dry-season aerial survey flown August-October 2022 estimated about 227,900 elephants in the TFCA, with Botswana holding about 131,909, described as broadly stable relative to the 2016 IUCN African Elephant Status Report.
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