Zimbabwe, 1998

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

1998 Summary Totals for Zimbabwe

Data Category	Definite	Probable	Possible
Aerial or Ground Sample Counts	63,070	8,034	8,034
Informed Guesses	0	0	2,151
Total	63,070	8,034	10,185

No changes between current and previous report.

Zimbabwe : Elephant Estimates

	Survey Details²			Number of Elephants				Area	Map Location
Input Zone	Type	Reliab.	Year	Estimate	95% C.L.	Source	PFS³	(km²)	Lon.	Lat.
Beitbridge Communal Land	IG3	D	1995	60		DNPWLM, 1996a	1
Binga	AS2	B	1997	1,189	319	Mackie, 1998	2	2,760	37.6E	0.1N
Bubiana Conservancy	IG3	D	1996	70		DNPWLM, 1997	3	1,275	29.9E	21.2S
Chete Safari Area	AS2	B	1997	1,292	347	Mackie, 1998	2	1,260	27.8E	17.4S
Chiredzi River Conservancy	IG3	D	1996	27		DNPWLM, 1997	3	895	31.6E	20.8S
Chirisa Safari Area	AS1	B	1997	1,883	543	Mackie, 1998	2	1,529	28.3E	17.9S
Chizarira National Park	AS1	B	1997	3,626	762	Mackie, 1998	2	2,084	27.9E	17.8S
Dande	AS2	B	1995	2,107	508	Mackie, 1995	2	3,822	30.5E	16.1S
Doma Safari Area	IG3	D	1995	200		DNPWLM, 1996a	3	945	30.2E	16.4S
Gonarezhou and Malipati	AS2	B	1996	3,741	1,687	DNPWLM, 1996b	2	5,213	31.9E	21.6S
Hartley Safari Area	IG3	D	1995	100		DNPWLM, 1996a	3	445	29.6E	17.9S
Hwange and Deka	AS2	B	1997	31,613	6,962	Gibson, 1997	1	15,219	26.6E	19.1S
Kariba Communal Lands	AS2	B	1997	2,293	541	Mackie, 1998	2	3,220	28.4E	17.1S
Mahenya	AS2	B	1996	101	118	DNPWLM, 1996b	3	222	32.4E	21.2S
Marirangwe Conservation Trust	IG3	D	1996	128		DNPWLM, 1997	1
Matabeleland Forest Area	AS3	B	1997	650	1,007	Gibson, 1997	2	2,345	27.3E	18.8S
Matetsi Safari Complex	AS2	B	1997	4,017	1,982	Gibson, 1997	2	4,400	25.7E	18.2S
Matibi II	AS2	B	1996	33	34	DNPWLM, 1996b	3	400	31.7E	21.5S
Matusadona National Park	AS2	B	1997	2,206	161	Mackie, 1998	2	1,392	28.6E	17.0S
Midlands Conservancy	IG3	D	1996	6		DNPWLM, 1997	1
MWA/GDSL	AS1	B	1997	120	120	Mackie, 1998	3	617	30.9E	16.5S
North Gokwe Communal Lands	AS2	B	1997	861	347	Mackie, 1998	2	3,082	28.5E	17.5S
Private Land	IG3	D	1995	750		DNPWLM, 1996a	1
Save Valley Conservancy	IG3	D	1996	700		DNPWLM, 1997	2	3,213	32.1E	20.4S
Sijarira Forest Area	AS2	B	1997	36	41	Mackie, 1998	3	270	27.5E	17.6S
Tuli Safari Area	IG3	D	1995	60		DNPWLM, 1996a	3	416	29.1E	22.0S
UMP Communal Land	IG3	D	1995	50		DNPWLM, 1996a	1
Zambezi Valley Communal Lands	AS2	B	1995	338	259	DNPWLM, 1996a	3	658	29.6E	16.3S
Zambezi Valley Escarpment	AS2	B	1995	6,131	1,392	DNPWLM, 1996a	2	3,826	29.3E	16.3S
Zambezi Valley Floor	AS2	B	1995	8,867	2,112	DNPWLM, 1996a	2	7,194	29.6E	15.9S

* 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.