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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Protected and proclaimed areas in the Caprivi, Namibia, hold most of the economically valuable wildlife species in that region. This wildlife is presently being viewed as a potential resource base to support the many community-based conservation and development programmes in the Caprivi.
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| Research Discussion Paper 9_1995.pdf | 204.4 KB |
Short paper discussing previous documented records and interpretation in relation to records data.
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| European Rollers in Namibia_1993.pdf | 3.06 MB |
Report on an elephant count in the Cunene province, Namibia. Keywords: Namibia, Kunene River, aerial survey, wildlife management, wildlife density, elephant census, elephant distribution, wildlife conservation.
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| Report on an elephant count in the Cunene province.pdf | 12.25 MB |
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| Birds of the Swakop River lagoon_1991.pdf | 400.4 KB |
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| Game numbers at Buffalo in the west Caprivi_1990.PDF | 101.31 KB |
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| The wildlife survey of Skeleton Coast Park.pdf | 45.87 MB |
Distribution is restricted by the availability of Sociable Weaver nests, rather than by other environmental factors. There is a 26% occupancy rate and the falcons choose larger Sociable Weaver nest masses.
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| Pygmy falcon population in the central Namiba desert.pdf | 6.9 MB |
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| Brown CJ 1988 Gabar 3_21_25.pdf | 415.77 KB |
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| Total aerial census of eastern Bushmanland 1988.pdf | 1.22 MB |
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| Brown_1987_Madoqua_15_3_raptors.pdf | 1.51 MB |
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| Coastal bird counts_1987.pdf | 385.44 KB |
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| Walvis_Bay bird count_1987.pdf | 193.83 KB |
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| Etosha NP_Aerial census 1987.PDF | 1.65 MB |
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| Preliminary figures_census of 32 Batallion Training area_1987.PDF | 53.56 KB |
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| Some observations on oxpeckers in eastern Caprivi_Brown_Brown 1987.pdf | 191.6 KB |
Aerial census of west Etosha May 1986.
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| Etosha NP_Aerial census 1986 05 west.PDF | 452.52 KB |
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| Etosha NP_Aerial census 1984 12 LA.PDF | 2.73 MB |
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| Brown CJ 1985 Vulture News 14_4_15.pdf | 386.16 KB |
2nd total aerial census of Etosha National Park using a helicopter and fixed wing aircraft.
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| Etosha NP_Aerial census 1984.PDF | 1.13 MB |
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| Williams and Brown 1984 Preliminary report on Walvis Bay bird count.pdf | 1.23 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 |
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| Etosha NP_Aerial census 1984 05 west.PDF | 543.08 KB |
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| Aerial and ground census of western Etosha National Park_1983.PDF | 581.27 KB |
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| Etosha NP_Aerial census 1983 05 west.PDF | 581.27 KB |
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| Brown and Williams 1983 Bird census at Walvis Bay November 1983.pdf | 1.03 MB |
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| Total aerial census of Etosha National Park_1982.PDF | 1.7 MB |
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| Etosha NP_Aerial census 1982.PDF | 1.7 MB |
Aerial Survey of Bushmanland 9-17 June 1980.
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| Aerial Survey of Bushmanland 9_17 June 1980.PDF | 879.55 KB |
March 1979 aerial census in the Etosha National Park.
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| Etosha NP_Aerial census 1979 03.PDF | 676.62 KB |
September 1978 aerial census in the Etosha National Park with the aid of a helicopter and fixed wing aircraft.
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| Etosha NP_Aerial census 1978 09.PDF | 1003.24 KB |
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| Etosha NP_Aerial census 1978 03.PDF | 547.56 KB |
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| Etosha NP_Aerial census 1978 09 maps.PDF | 2.85 MB |
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| An Ornithological Expedition To The Namib Coast_WC Wader group_Summer 1976_77.pdf | 3.88 MB |
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| Etosha NP_Aerial census 1977 09 maps.PDF | 2.31 MB |
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| Etosha NP_Aerial census 1976 07.PDF | 1.31 MB |
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| Etosha NP_Aerial census 1976 12 maps.PDF | 2.12 MB |
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| Etosha NP_Aerial census 1974 07.PDF | 1.02 MB |
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| Etosha NP_Aerial census 1974 02.PDF | 377.59 KB |
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| Etosha NP_Aerial census 1974 07 maps.PDF | 3.05 MB |
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| Etosha NP_Aerial census 1973 04.PDF | 372.3 KB |
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| Etosha NP_Aerial census 1973 06.PDF | 361.86 KB |
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| Etosha NP_Aerial census 1973 09 maps.PDF | 563.08 KB |
Aerial census of the Etosha national Park during September 1973 with aid of a helicopter
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| Etosha NP_Aerial census 1973 09.PDF | 1.52 MB |
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| Etosha NP_Aerial census 1973 01.PDF | 321.92 KB |
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| Etosha NP_Aerial census 1973 02.PDF | 346.83 KB |
Since completion of the fence on the Etosha's northern border the whole game park is now fenced in, causing management problems and more intensive research, also because the game park is an ecological unit no longer. Elephants breaking through the fence, doing damage on neighbouring farms and lions going through the breaks, still pose a problem in spite of the fact that a large part of the fence was re-enforced by adding three wires and that nature conservators spent more time keeping elephants away from the farms. Seven culprits had to be shot.
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| SWA Administration_1973.pdf | 271.21 KB |
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| Etosha NP_Aerial census 1973 03.PDF | 372.81 KB |