Ghana, 1998

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

1998 Summary Totals for Ghana

Data Category	Definite	Probable	Possible	Speculative
Aerial or Ground Sample Counts	371	218	218	0
Informed Guesses	105	0	967	443
Total	476	218	1,185	443

No changes between current and previous report.

Ghana : Elephant Estimates

	Survey Details²			Number of Elephants				Area	Map Location
Input Zone	Type	Reliab.	Year	Estimate	95% C.L.	Source	PFS³	(km²)	Lon.	Lat.
Bia National Park and Resource Reserve	IG3	D	1994	100		Sam, pers. comm., 1995	3	306	3.1W	6.5N
Chichibon Corridor	IG3	D	1994	12	3*	Sam & Wilson, 1994	3	290	.8W	7.2N
Digya National Park	IG3	D	1994	200		Sam, 1994a	2	3,478	.3W	7.4N
Kakum and Assin-Attandanso	IG3	D	1990	100		Dudley, et al., 1992	3	347	1.3W	5.5N
Mole National Park	AS3	B	1993	589	218	Grainger, pers. comm., 1994	1	4,840	1.9W	9.6N
Nini-Suhien and Ankasa	IG3	D	1994	60	90*	Sam, pers. comm., 1995	2	509	2.6W	5.3N
Northeastern Ghana	IG3	D	1996	100	50*	Sam, 1994b	2	1,370	.5W	10.7N
Western Ghana	IG3	D	1994	500	300*	Sam, pers. comm., 1995	2	2,035	2.7W	6.9N

* 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.