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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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Poster summarising the results of the 2015 North West game count.
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| North West Game Count_Overall 2015.pdf | 839.26 KB |
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| Game counts in eastern Zambezi_Dry season_live sightings_2015.pdf | 692.79 KB |
Poster summarising the results of the 2014 North West game count in Concession areas.
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| North West Game Count_Concessions 2015.pdf | 785.63 KB |
The work of this consultancy continues an overview of elephant populations that were recently surveyed in the Zambezi Region (Caprivi), Khaudum National Park and Nyae Nyae. That survey was a response to the escalating killing of elephants across the African elephant range (CITES 2012)1 including southern Africa. This illegal activity is being driven, both internally within Africa and externally by an illegal wildlife trade. Such trade has become highly criminalized involving corrupt politicians, private sector syndicates and inept &/or corrupt bureaucrats.
Poster summarising the results of the 2015 North West game count - Northern areas.
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| North West Game Count_North Vet Fence 2015.pdf | 677.69 KB |
An aerial survey of wildlife and domestic livestock took place in the Khaudum National Park and its neighbouring conservancies from 6 th to 14 th October 2015. A total area of 12851km2 was sampled at an average intensity of 9%. The focus of the survey was on obtaining good estimates of elephant numbers. Other species were recorded although it is likely that their numbers would be underestimated (Craig and Gibson, 2013a).
Poster summarising the results of the 2015 North West game count - Southern areas.
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| North West Game Coun_South Vet fence 2015.pdf | 736.03 KB |
An aerial survey of wildlife and domestic livestock took place in Zambezi Region from 25 th September to 4 th October 2015. A total area of 17474km2 was sampled at an average intensity of 13%. The estimates of numbers of each species are tabulated below. The number of elephants estimated has decreased since the 2014 survey, although the change is notstatistically significant. However there has been a very highly significant increase in the estimated number of elephant carcasses since 2014. Other observations suggest that illegal hunting of elephants continues to take place in the…
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| Aerial survey of elephants and other wildlife in Zambezi Region_September_October 2015.pdf | 5.82 MB |
Poster summarising the results of the North West Waterhole game count.
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| North West Waterhole Count 2015.pdf | 736.97 KB |
Game counts in East Zambezi (Caprivi); dry season, live sightings. showing Numbers seen by conservation area, habitat, compared to 2014, population estimates and trends.
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| Zambezi Game Count_East_Zambezi 2015.pdf | 692.79 KB |
Poster summarising the results of the 2015 south game count.
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| South Game Count 2015.pdf | 504.29 KB |
Poster summarising game count results for the north Central conservancies in 2015.
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| North Central Game Count 2015.pdf | 910.13 KB |
Game counts in Bwabwata and Caprivi; dry season, live sightings. showing Numbers seen by conservation area, habitat, compared to 2011, population estimates and trends.
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| Caprivi game count poster 2012.pdf | 230.33 KB |
Game counts in communal conservancies in Caprivi; dry season, live sightings. showing Numbers seen by conservation area, habitat, compared to 2011, population estimates and trends.
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| Caprivi game count conservancies only.pdf | 207.91 KB |
Poster summarising the results of the 2012 north central game count.
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| NC_Game count poster 2012.pdf | 1.07 MB |
Poster summarising the results of the 2012 north west game count.
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| NW_game_count_poster_2012.pdf | 738.1 KB |
Poster summarising the results of the 2012 south game count.
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| South_game_count_poster_2012.pdf | 252.2 KB |
The objective of this survey was to obtain a national estimate for elephants in Namibia. Fieldwork took place between 29 July and 11 August 2011 (Etosha and Tsumkwe), 9 to 11 September 2011 (Caprivi) and 19 to 25 November 2011 (Northwest Namibia). Areas covered are shown in Figs 1-3. The survey was a sample count at a variety of sampling intensities, depending on assumed elephant densities, in order to obtain a reasonably precise estimate with minimal effort.
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| Countrywide survey of elephants in Namibia_2011.zip | 4.61 MB |