Coordinated KAZA aerial survey estimates about 227,900 elephants
Between August and October 2022, seven aircraft flew a coordinated dry-season survey across the five KAZA states, producing an estimate of roughly 227,900 elephants, with Botswana holding the largest national share at about 131,909. The result was reported as broadly stable against the 2016 IUCN African Elephant Status Report. Stability at KAZA scale coexists with local overabundance and severe conflict at settlement edges — the headline number is not by itself a conservation verdict.
Observed — measured or witnessed, with the observation cited.
Subjects
- Kavango–Zambezi Transfrontier Conservation Area (KAZA) · corridor · Angola, Botswana, Namibia, Zambia, Zimbabwe
- African savanna elephant (Loxodonta africana) · species · not located
- Chobe National Park · protected_area · Botswana
- Hwange National Park · protected_area · Zimbabwe
- Okavango Delta · protected_area · Botswana
Evidence
Partly verified — Core facts are sourced; some optional detail is deliberately absent.
KAZA TFCA: 2011 treaty establishment and the 2022 KAZA Elephant Survey results
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.
KAZA TFCA Secretariat, with WWF and partners · 2023 · Partly verified
KAZA Secretariat 2022 KAZA Elephant Survey report (launched 2023), summary at https://africa.panda.org/?45604/KAZA-Launches-its-2022-KAZA-Elephant-Survey-results= ; TFCA establishment profile at https://tfcaportal.org/tfcas/kavango-zambezi-transfrontier-conservation-area
Recorded on Kavango–Zambezi Transfrontier Conservation Area (KAZA)
- CITES CoP7 moves all African elephant populations to Appendix I
- Five states sign the KAZA Transfrontier Conservation Area treaty
- Okavango Delta inscribed as the 1,000th UNESCO World Heritage site
- Great Elephant Census reports 352,271 savanna elephants and a 30% decline
- Coordinated KAZA aerial survey estimates about 227,900 elephants
Related
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- Great Elephant Census reports 352,271 savanna elephants and a 30% decline · 2016-08-31
- Okavango Delta inscribed as the 1,000th UNESCO World Heritage site · 2014-06-22
- Five states sign the KAZA Transfrontier Conservation Area treaty · 2011
- CITES CoP7 moves all African elephant populations to Appendix I · 1989