Malawi, 1998

All Years for Malawi: 2016 — 2013 — 2007 — 2002 — 1998 — 1995

1998 Summary Totals for Malawi

Data Category	Definite	Probable	Possible	Speculative
Aerial or Ground Total Counts	449	0	0	0
Aerial or Ground Sample Counts	198	1,569	1,569	0
Informed Guesses	0	0	80	20
Total	647	1,569	1,649	20

No changes between current and previous report.

Malawi : Elephant Estimates

	Survey Details²			Number of Elephants				Area	Map Location
Input Zone	Type	Reliab.	Year	Estimate	95% C.L.	Source	PFS³	(km²)	Lon.	Lat.
Kasungu National Park	AS2	B	1995	391	349	Bhima, 1996	1	2,316	33.1E	12.9S
Liwonde National Park	AT3	A	1995	414		Bhima, 1996	2	538	35.3E	14.9S
Nkhota-Kota Wildlife Reserve	AS2	B	1995	1,037	1,511	JICA/GOM, 1997	1	1,802	34.0E	12.9S
Nyika National Park	AS1	B	1997	339	239	AHT International, 1997	1	3,134	33.8E	10.6S
Phirilongwe Forest Reserve	IG3	D	1998	50		Munthali, pers. comm., 1998	2	640	35.0E	14.6S
Thuma Forest Reserve	IG3	D	1998	30	20*	Munthali, pers. comm., 1998	2	370	34.2E	13.9S
Vwaza Marsh Wildlife Reserve	AT3	A	1997	35		AHT International, 1997	2	986	33.4E	11.0S

* Range of informed guess

¹Key to Causes of Change (only tracked since 2007): DA: Different Area; DD: Data Degraded; DT: Different Technique; NA: New Analysis; NG: New Guess; NP: New population; PL: Population Lost; RS: Repeat Survey (RS ́ denotes a repeat survey that is not statistically comparable for reasons such as different season); –––: No Change

²Key to Survey Types: AC: Aerial Count, not specified; AS: Aerial Sample Count; AT: Aerial Total Count; DC: Dung Count; EX: Extrapolation from GIS; GD: Genetic Dung Count; GS: Ground Sample Count; GT: Ground Total Count; IG: Informed Guess; IR: Individual Registration; OG: Other Guess. Survey Type is followed by an indicator of survey quality, ranked from 1 to 3 (best to worst). Survey Reliability is keyed A-E (best to worst) as outlined in this table.

³PFS: Priority for Future Surveys, ranked from 1 to 5 (highest to lowest). Based on the precision of estimates and the proportion of national range accounted for by the site in question, PFS is a measure of the importance and urgency for future population surveys. All areas of unassessed range have a priority of 1. See Introduction for details on how the PFS is derived.