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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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Brown LM, Ramey RR 2025. Status and distribution of desert-dwelling elephants in the Hoarusib, Hoanib, and Uniab River drainages, Kunene Region, Namibia.

We compiled data from our research (2006-2025) along with published accounts dating back to 1975 on the desert-dwelling elephant population in our study area of Skeleton Coast National Park and western Kunene region. This includes the Hoarusib River, Hoanib River, and Uniab River sub populations. Our analysis of the data reveal the profound influence that human-caused elephant mortality has had on the population over this time period. An initial precipitous decline occurred due to wartime poaching in the 1980s.

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Status and distribution of desert_dwelling elephants in the Hoarusib_Hoanib_and Uniab River_2025.pdf 628.13 KB
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Brown LM, Ramey RR 2021. Status and distribution of desert-dwelling elephants in the Hoarusib, Hoanib, and Uniab River drainages, Kunene Region, Namibia. Final Version: Annual Research Report 2021, 31 December 2021.

The following data on elephants of the Hoarusib, Hoanib, and Uniab river drainages is based on exact counts of known individuals from our photo ID database.

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Status and distribution of desert_dwelling elephants in the Hoarusib_Hoanib_Uniab River drainages_2021.pdf 262.19 KB
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Loonam K, Ausband DE, Mitchell MS, Robinson HS 2020. Estimating abundance of an unmarked, low‐density species using cameras. The Journal of Wildlife Management

Estimating abundance of wildlife populations can be challenging and costly, especially for species that are difficult to detect and that live at low densities, such as cougars (Puma concolor). Remote, motion‐sensitive cameras are a relatively efficient monitoring tool, but most abundance estimation techniques using remote cameras rely on some or all of the population being uniquely identifiable. Recently developed methods estimate abundance from encounter rates with remote cameras and do not require identifiable individuals.

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Estimating abundance of an unmarked_low_density species using cameras.pdf 590.21 KB
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Brown LM, Ramey RR 2020. Status and distribution of desert-dwelling elephants in the Hoarusib, Hoanib, and Uniab River drainages, Kunene Region, Namibia. 2019 Annual Research Report (NCRST Research Permit RCIV00042018, Authorization # 20190519) 9 March 2020.

In the Hoarusib River, a third of the remaining elephant population was lost in 2019. From a total of 16 elephants in 2018, there are now only 11 that remain. All the elephants were in poor condition due to the extensive drought that has affected the region and killed most of the cattle. The ongoing drought, in combination with continuing human-wildlife conflict, has had a serious impact on elephants and other wildlife species as well.

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Status and distribution of desert_dwelling elephants in the Hoarusib_Hoanib_Uniab River drainages_2019.pdf 512.92 KB
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Ramey RR, Brown LM 2018. Status and distribution of desert-dwelling elephants in the Hoarusib, Hoanib, and Uniab River drainages. 2018 Annual Research Report (Research and Collection Permit # 2298/2017) 10 February 2019.

We compiled data from our research (2006-2018) along with published accounts dating back to 1975 on the desert-dwelling elephant population in our study area of Skeleton Coast National Park and western Kunene region. This includes the Hoarusib-Hoanib, and Uniab subpopulations. Our analysis of the data reveal the profound influence that humancaused mortality has had on the population. An initial precipitous decline occurred due to wartime poaching (1980s).

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Status and distribution of desert_dwelling elephants in the Hoarusib_Hoanib_Uniab River drainages_2018.pdf 478.41 KB
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Lindeque M, Lindeque P 1997. Aerial sample counts of large game in northern Namibia . Madoqua 19 (2) 75-86
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Aerial sample counts of large game in Northern Namibia.pdf 769.3 KB
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Lindeque M, Lindeque PM 1987. September 1987 aerial census of Etosha National Park.
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Etosha NP_Aerial census 1987.PDF 1.65 MB
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Lindeque M 1985. Aerial survey of elephants in Etosha National Park (Including the results of the December 1984 census).
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Etosha NP_Aerial census 1984 12 LA.PDF 2.73 MB
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Lindeque M 1984. Aerial census of elephants in Etosha National Park, December 1983 - January 1984.
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Etosha NP_Aerial census 1983 LA.PDF 855.99 KB
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Lindeque M 1984. Aerial census of elephants in Etosha National Park, May 1984.
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Etosha NP_Aerial census 1984 05 LA.PDF 875.44 KB
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