Mali, 2007

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

2007 Summary Totals for Mali

Data Category	Definite	Probable	Possible	Speculative
Informed Guesses	357	0	141	156
Totals 2006	357	0	141	156

Interpretation of Changes in Estimates from Previous Report

Cause of Change	Definite	Probable	Possible	Speculative
New Guess	+35	0	+113	+131
Totals	+35	0	+113	+131

Area of Range Covered by Each Data Category (km²)

Data Category	Known Range	Possible Range	Total Range
Informed Guesses	31,878	0	31,878
Totals	31,878	0	31,878

Mali : 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.
Gourma	NG	IG3	D	2006	498	156*	E.M. Hema et al., pers. comm., 2006	1	37,991	1.9W	15.5N

* 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.