This archive of reports of wildlife surveys in Namibia aims to:
Public access to information is a vital component of ensuring community engagement in prevalent issues. Wildlife surveys are critical to determine the health of wildlife populations and determine trends over time to guide conservation and management actions.
Wildlife surveys are done for different species using methods that are suited to counting them (e.g. by air or road) in their natural habitats. Such surveys need to be repeated over time to detect long-term trends and inform conservation managers. The Namibian government, non-governmental organisations and private reserves all conduct regular surveys covering different parts of Namibia and targeting different species. This archive will thus serve as a repository of our collective knowledge of the trends and status of a variety of species occurring throughout Namibia.
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Following several years of preparation, the KAZA Elephant Survey (2022) commenced on 22 August 2022 and ran until 28 October 2022. The primary objective of the survey was to obtain a relatively precise and accurate estimate of the number of African savanna elephants (hereafter elephants) in the Kavango Zambezi Transfrontier Conservation Area (KAZA TFCA), by synchronising data collection, particularly in areas of transboundary elephant movement.
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KAZA Elephant Survey 2022_Volume I_Results and Technical Report.pdf | 17.86 MB |
KAZA Elephant Survey 2022_Fact Sheet.pdf | 5.07 MB |
KAZA Elephant Survey 2022_Press Release.pdf | 94.71 KB |
KAZA Elephant Survey 2022_Communique.pdf | 138.44 KB |
In 2011, the Ministry of Environment and Tourism conducted a questionnaire to various stakeholders to determine relative abundance of large carnivores throughout Namibia. The results of this questionnaire were quantified and mapped to establish the current range and relative abundance of the six Namibian large carnivores. Recent population estimates for leopards are used here, however, the remaining species we used estimates from the previous Atlas as our best estimates to date.
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Namibia Large Carnivore Atlas_2012.pdf | 3.87 MB |
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Aerial sample counts of large game in Northern Namibia.pdf | 769.3 KB |
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Etosha NP_Aerial census 1987.PDF | 1.65 MB |
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Etosha NP_Aerial census 1984 12 LA.PDF | 2.73 MB |
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Etosha NP_Aerial census 1983 LA.PDF | 855.99 KB |
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Etosha NP_Aerial census 1984 05 LA.PDF | 875.44 KB |