The Great Elephant Census is the most advanced ... A ratio above 8 percent generally means a population is declining, and continent-wide the carcass ratio turned out to be nearly 12 percent.

Declining elephant numbers are not surprising, given the level of ivory poaching and the degree of human population growth and associated landscape modification across Africa over the past 60 years.

Declining elephant numbers are not surprising, given the level of ivory poaching and the degree of human population growth and associated landscape modification across Africa over the past 60 years.

“Armed with this knowledge of dramatically declining elephant populations, we share a collective responsibility to take action and we must all work to ensure the preservation of this iconic species.

However, African elephant populations are not declining across the whole of the continent, the researchers found. In fact, in some sites, elephant populations have increased or remained stable.

The savanna elephant populations fell by about 70 ... All told, there was a 77% population decrease on average at the various surveyed sites, spanning both species. Elephants vanished at some ...

There are three species of elephants — the African bush elephant, the African forest ... had been considered “Vulnerable” but declining populations led to the reclassification.

Wild Africa has called for better protection for the remaining and declining elephant population in Nigeria. The Wild Africa Representative, Festus Iyorah, said this in a statement on Monday in Lagos.

Jharkhand followed with a 68% decrease, as its elephant population fell from 679 in 2017 to 217 in the 2022-23 estimation. Similarly, Odisha saw a reduction from 1,976 elephants in 2017 to 912 in ...

They face several threats, all of which contribute to a declining population ... The Dual Threats to Elephant Populations appeared first on A-Z Animals.