Ghana, 2002

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

2002 Summary Totals for Ghana

Data Category	Definite	Probable	Possible	Speculative
Direct Sample Counts and Reliable Dung Counts	361	274	274	0
Other Dung Counts	86	154	89	0
Informed Guesses	83	0	737	303
Total	530	428	1,100	303

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.
Ankasa Conservation Area	DC3	C	2001	21	15	Danquah et al., 2001	2	509	2.6W	5.3N
Bia National Park and Resource Reserve	DC3	D	1999	108		Sam, 2000	3	306	3.1W	6.5N
Chichibon Corridor	IG3	D	1994	12	3*	Sam and Wilson, 1994	3	290	.8W	7.2N
Digya National Park	IG3	D	1994	200		Sam, 1994	2	3,478	.3W	7.4N
Goaso Forest	IG3	D	1994	500	300*	Sam pers. comm., 1995	2	2,035	2.7W	6.9N
Kakum Conservation Area	GD2	C	1997	219	88	Eggert et al., 2003	2	372	1.3W	5.5N
Mole National Park	AS3	B	1993	589	218	Grainger pers. comm., 1994	1	4,840	1.9W	9.6N
Red & White Volta - Morago Ecosystem	DC3	B	1998	46	167	Sam, 1998	2	1,370	.5W	10.7N

* 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.