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Common name Binomial name/Trinomial name Population Status Trend Notes Image African bush elephant: Loxodonta africana: 352,000 [1]: EN [1] [1]The population has been reduced dramatically (african elephant populations in 18 countries declined by ~30%) since a mass ivory sell off by southern african countries in the early 2000's to present time.
The park's elephant population experienced significant declines during the 2000s, [4] [16] although reported size estimates have varied from more than 4,000 elephants in 2002, to fewer than 900 in 2005, and approximately 400–450 by 2010. [8] [5] There were an estimated 4,300–4,350 elephants in Zakouma in 2002.
According to reports, the African elephant population declined greatly in the 1970s and 1980s due to the ivory trade. Thus, the international trade of elephant ivory was banned in 1989. However ...
The forest elephant population is estimated to be about a third that of savanna elephants. Poaching has affected forest elephants disproportionately and has ravaged populations of both species in ...
In some countries, sport hunting of the animals is legal; Botswana, Cameroon, Gabon, Mozambique, Namibia, South Africa, Tanzania, Zambia, and Zimbabwe have CITES export quotas for elephant trophies. [147] In 2020, the IUCN listed the Asian elephant as endangered due to the population declining by half over "the last three generations". [151]
Reliable data about the true number of African forest elephants is difficult to come by due to their thick forest habitats, but estimates suggest that their population is around 150,000, meaning ...
Kavango–Zambezi Transfrontier Conservation Area (KAZA TFCA) is the second-largest nature and landscape conservation area in the world, spanning the international borders of five countries in Southern Africa.
The southern African nation is home to the largest global elephant population, estimated at 130,000