Namibia, 2007

1. Reports
2. 2007
3. Africa
4. Southern Africa
5. Namibia

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

2007 Summary Totals for Namibia

Data Category	Definite	Probable	Possible	Speculative
Direct Sample Counts and Reliable Dung Counts	12,531	3,276	3,276	0
Informed Guesses	0	0	20	0
Totals 2006	12,531	3,276	3,296	0

Interpretation of Changes in Estimates from Previous Report

Cause of Change	Definite	Probable	Possible	Speculative
Repeat Survey	+4,760	+2,579	+3,157	0
New Population	+4	+159	+402	0
Different Area	+13	-1,334	-2,205	0
New Guess	-16	0	+70	0
Totals	+4,762	+1,404	+1,424	0

Area of Range Covered by Each Data Category (km²)

Data Category	Known Range	Possible Range	Total Range
Direct Sample Counts and Reliable Dung Counts	73,567	6,964	80,531
Informed Guesses	359	0	359
Unassessed Range	15,082	50,949	66,031
Totals	89,008	57,913	146,921

Namibia : Elephant Estimates

	Cause of	Survey Details2			Number of Elephants				Area	Map Location
Input Zone	Change1	Type	Reliab.	Year	Estimate	95% C.L.	Source	PFS3	(km²)	Lon.	Lat.
Caprivi Region	RS	AS2	B	2004	8,725	2,206	Kolberg, 2004	2	17,943	23.5E	17.9S
Etosha National Park	RS	AS1	B	2004	2,057	598	Kilian & Kolberg, 2004	2	18,551	15.9E	19.0S
Khaudom - Kavango	RS	AS2	B	2004	3,787	2,289	Kolberg, 2004	2	10,485	20.8E	18.6S
Kunene	DA	AS1	B	2005	210	157	MET, 2005b	1	31,144	13.7E	19.3S
Mangetti Game Reserve	NG	IG3	D	2005	20		MET, 2005	3	762	19.1E	18.7S
N#a-Jaqna Conservancy	NP	AS2	B	2004	61	115	Kolberg, 2004	2	9,143	19.6E	19.6S
Nyae Nyae Conservancy	RS	AS1	B	2004	967	481	Stander, 2004	2	2,957	20.5E	19.6S

* 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.