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Namibian Wildlife Surveys archive
This archive of reports of wildlife surveys in Namibia aims to:
- provide easy public access to published information and statistics
- enable easy stakeholder access to recent and historical data on wildlife populations
- provide a comprehensive archive of wildlife survey reports in Namibia
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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An aerial survey of wildlife and domestic livestock took place in the Caprivi from 29 May to 8 June 2013. A total area of 16733 km2 was sampled at an average intensity of 12.7%. The estimates of numbers of each species (with their 95% confidence range) are given in the table below. The population of elephants has increased at an average rate of between 1.4% and 8.3%.per annum. However, the ratio of carcasses to live elephants indicates a possibly unsustainable number of animals being killed in much of the Caprivi.
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| Aerial survey of elephants and other wildlife in the Caprivi May_June 2013.pdf | 3.73 MB |
Game counts in Bwabwata and Caprivi; dry season, live sightings. showing Numbers seen by conservation area, habitat, compared to 2012, population estimates and trends.
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| Caprivi_game_count_poster_2013.pdf | 717.55 KB |
Poster summarising the results of the 2013 North West game count.
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| NW_game_count_poster_2013.pdf | 2.2 MB |
Poster summarising the results of the 2013 south game count.
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| South_game_count_poster_2013.pdf | 476.3 KB |
Game counts in Bwabwata and Caprivi; dry season, live sightings. showing Numbers seen by conservation area, habitat, compared to 2009, population estimates and trends.
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| Caprivi game count poster 2010.doc | 380 KB |
Game counts in north-west Namibia, June 2010.
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| NW_game_count_poster_2010.pdf | 2.27 MB |
Maps showing live sightings of elephant, giraffe, kudu, roan, sable, buffalo, impala, reedbuck, tsessebe and zebra in the 2010 Caprivi game count.
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| Caprivi game count map of live sightings 2010.pdf | 423.25 KB |
Poster summarising the results of the 2010 game count in the South.
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| South game count poster 2010.pdf | 585.11 KB |
North West game count - map of sightings per species per 2x2km grid cell.
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| Map_Sightings by species NW 2010.pdf | 1.97 MB |
This proposed study focuses on the elephants of the Kunene/Etosha cluster. The elephants outside Etosha is still largely a free ranging population over much of a 100 000 km² range. For the purpose of this proposal the study area (Figure 1) encompasses the extreme western area of Etosha, Skeleton Coast Park, communal conservancies, concessions and the private farming land south of Etosha. The average rainfall ranges from <50mm to 300mm. Recently, human-elephant conflicts have received a lot of attention in this Region.
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| The use of GPS Satellite collars to study the movement patterns of elephant in the Kunene Region.pdf | 507.3 KB |