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African Elephant Specialist Group (AfESG) African Elephant Database

Entry ID: AEDd0001_155

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Summary

Abstract: Summary of AfESG Protected Areas

"This dataset is part of the African Elephant Database (AED), which is
the most up-to-date continental source on the numbers and distribution
of the African elephant. "

"The AfESG Protected Areas dataset contains the ...

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Description: Access to the African Elephant Database

Geographic Coverage

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Spatial coordinates

N: 40.0

S: -35.0

E: 55.0

W: -20.0

Data Set Citation

Dataset Originator/Creator: Blanc, J.J., Thouless, C.R., Hart, J.A., Dublin, H.T., Douglas-Hamilton, I., Craig, C.G., and Barnes, R.F.W.

Dataset Title: African Elephant Specialist Group (AfESG) African Elephant Database

Dataset Series Name: African Elephant Database

Dataset Release Place: Nairobi, Kenya

Dataset Publisher: IUCN/SSC/African Elephant Specialist Group

Online Resource: http://www.iucn.org/

Temporal Coverage

Start Date: 1979-01-01

Location Keywords

CONTINENT > AFRICA

CONTINENT > AFRICA > CENTRAL AFRICA

Science Keywords

BIOSPHERE > TERRESTRIAL ECOSYSTEMS > FORESTS

BIOSPHERE > TERRESTRIAL ECOSYSTEMS > GRASSLANDS

ISO Topic Category

BIOTA

ENVIRONMENT

Access Constraints Limited

Ancillary Keywords

ELEPHANT RANGE

ELEPHANT SURVEYS

Data Set Progress

IN WORK

Originating Center

UNEP-GRID

Data Center

African Elephant Specialist Group, Species Survival Commission, IUCN -The World Conservation Union

Data Center URL: http://www.iucn.org/

Data Center Personnel
Name: AFRICAN ELEPHANT DATABASE MANAGER Phone: 254 20 576 461 Fax: +254 20 570 385 Email: afesg at ssc.iucn.org Contact Address: IUCN/SSC/African Elephant Specialist Group PO Box 68200 City: Nairobi Country: Kenya

Personnel

WILLY SIMONS

Role: TECHNICAL CONTACT

Phone: +254 2 624190

Fax: +254 2 624315

Email: simonsw at unep.org

Contact Address:

c/o UNEP-GRID

Nairobi

Country: KENYA

Publications/References

Blanc, J.J., Thouless, C.R., Hart, J.A., Dublin, H.T.,
Douglas-Hamilton, I., Craig, C.G., and Barnes, R.F.W. (2003). African
Elephant Status Report 2002: An update from the Elephant Database,
IUCN/SSC African Elephant Specialist Group, IUCN, Gland, Switzerland
and Cambridge, UK. vi + 304 pp.

Creation and Review Dates

Last DIF Revision Date: 2009-04-30

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