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When these happened

16 dated records from 1907 to 2022. Each is drawn as wide as its date is certain — a band is a band because nobody knows the year, not because the drawing is imprecise.

1925195019752000Etosha proclaimed Game Reserve No. 2 by the German colonial administration — 1907Kruger National Park constituted from the Sabi and Shingwedzi reserves — 1926Serengeti National Park established on land used by Maasai pastoralists — 1951Serengeti closed to residence; Ngorongoro Conservation Area created and Maasai evicted from the plains — 1959Makuleke community forcibly removed from Pafuri into Kruger National Park — 1969Etosha cut to 22,270 km2 to create apartheid 'homelands' — 1970Amboseli gazetted as a national park, removing Maasai rights inside the boundary — 1974Kenya bans sport hunting nationwide — 1977CITES CoP7 moves all African elephant populations to Appendix I — 1989Namibia's Nature Conservation Amendment Act extends wildlife rights to communal-area residents — 1996Makuleke land claim settled; about 25,000 hectares of Kruger restored in title — 1998Five states sign the KAZA Transfrontier Conservation Area treaty — 2011Okavango Delta inscribed as the 1,000th UNESCO World Heritage site — 2014-06-22Great Elephant Census reports 352,271 savanna elephants and a 30% decline — 2016-08-31Tanzania begins relocating residents from Ngorongoro and demarcating Loliondo — 2022-06-16Coordinated KAZA aerial survey estimates about 227,900 elephants — 2022-08/2022-10
16 shown · 16 dated · 0 cannot be placed on an axis · Approximate or contested. Draw a band and do not sharpen its edges.
In order16
  1. 1907Etosha proclaimed Game Reserve No. 2 by the German colonial administration

    It happened, and the record is settled.

  2. 1926Kruger National Park constituted from the Sabi and Shingwedzi reserves

    It happened, and the record is settled.

  3. 1951Serengeti National Park established on land used by Maasai pastoralists

    It happened, and the record is settled.

  4. 1959Serengeti closed to residence; Ngorongoro Conservation Area created and Maasai evicted from the plains

    It happened, and the record is settled.

  5. 1969Makuleke community forcibly removed from Pafuri into Kruger National Park

    It happened, and the record is settled.

  6. 1970Etosha cut to 22,270 km2 to create apartheid 'homelands'

    It happened, and the record is settled.

  7. 1974Amboseli gazetted as a national park, removing Maasai rights inside the boundary

    It happened, and the record is settled.

  8. 1977Kenya bans sport hunting nationwide

    It happened, and the record is settled.

  9. 1989CITES CoP7 moves all African elephant populations to Appendix I

    It happened, and the record is settled.

  10. 1996Namibia's Nature Conservation Amendment Act extends wildlife rights to communal-area residents

    It happened, and the record is settled.

  11. 1998Makuleke land claim settled; about 25,000 hectares of Kruger restored in title

    It happened, and the record is settled.

  12. 2011Five states sign the KAZA Transfrontier Conservation Area treaty

    It happened, and the record is settled.

  13. 2014-06-22Okavango Delta inscribed as the 1,000th UNESCO World Heritage site

    It happened, and the record is settled.

  14. 2016-08-31Great Elephant Census reports 352,271 savanna elephants and a 30% decline

    It was measured or witnessed, with the observation cited.

  15. 2022-06-16Tanzania begins relocating residents from Ngorongoro and demarcating Loliondo

    It was measured or witnessed, with the observation cited.

  16. 2022-08/2022-10Coordinated KAZA aerial survey estimates about 227,900 elephants

    It was measured or witnessed, with the observation cited.