South Africa, 2007

All Years for South Africa: 2016 — 2013 — 2007 — 2002 — 1998 — 1995

2007 Summary Totals for South Africa

Data Category	Definite	Possible	Speculative
Aerial or Ground Total Counts	17,501	0	0
Informed Guesses	346	638	22
Totals 2006	17,847	638	22

Interpretation of Changes in Estimates from Previous Report

Cause of Change	Definite	Possible	Speculative
Repeat Survey	+3,412	0	0
New Population	+259	0	0
Different Technique	+69	-100	0
New Guess	+35	-51	+22
Population Lost	0	-66	0
Totals	+3,776	-217	+22

Area of Range Covered by Each Data Category (km²)

Data Category	Known Range	Total Range
Aerial or Ground Total Counts	29,204	29,204
Informed Guesses	1,251	1,251
Totals	30,455	30,455

South Africa : 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.
Addo Elephant National Park	RS	IR1	A	2005	459		EMOA, 2005	2	1,250	25.5E	33.3S
Atherstone Nature Reserve	RS	AT3	A	2005	60		EMOA, 2005	3	136	26.8E	24.5S
Balule Nature Reserve	RS	AT3	A	2006	457		Whyte, 2006	3	400	31.0E	24.2S
Greater St Lucia Wetland Park (Managed Nature Reserve)	RS	AT3	A	2005	45		EMOA, 2005	3	539	32.5E	27.9S
Great Fish River Reserve Complex	NP	IR1	A	2005	2		EMOA, 2005	3	440	26.8E	33.1S
Hluhluwe-Imfolozi Game Reserve	NG	IG3	D	2004	346	22*	EMOA, 2005	2	965	31.9E	28.3S
Itala Nature Reserve	RS	GT1	A	2005	84		EMOA, 2005	3	297	31.3E	27.5S
Kapama Private Game Reserve	NP	IR1	A	2005	36		EMOA, 2005	3	246	31.1E	24.4S
Kariega Private Game Reserve	NP	IR1	A	2005	11		EMOA, 2005	3	190	26.7E	33.5S
Klaserie Private Nature Reserve	RS	AT2	A	2006	569		Whyte, 2006	2	628	31.2E	24.2S
Knysna Forest Reserve	RS	IR1	A	2005	4		EMOA, 2005	3	126	23.0E	34.0S
Kruger National Park	RS	AT2	A	2006	12,427		Whyte, 2006	1	19,624	31.5E	24.0S
Kwandwe Private Game Reserve	NP	IR1	A	2005	29		EMOA, 2005	3	158	26.6E	33.1S
Lalibela Private Game Reserve	NP	IR1	A	2005	11		EMOA, 2005	3	75	26.2E	33.5S
Letaba Game Ranch	PL	GT1	A	2006	0		Whyte, 2006	1	420	31.1E	23.7S
Madikwe Nature Reserve	RS	AT3	A	2005	455		EMOA, 2005	2	700	26.3E	24.8S
Makalali Private Game Reserve	RS	GT1	A	2005	72		EMOA, 2005	3	140	30.7E	24.2S
Makuya National Park	RS	AT2	A	2006	54		Whyte, 2006	3	165	30.9E	22.6S
Manyeleti Game Reserve	DT	AT2	A	2006	71		Whyte, 2006	3	228	31.5E	24.6S
Marakele National Park	RS	IR1	A	2005	110		EMOA, 2005	3	380	27.6E	24.4S
Mkuzi Game Reserve	RS	IR1	A	2005	37		EMOA, 2005	3	380	32.3E	27.7S
Mthetomusha Nature Reserve	NP	IR1	A	2005	30		EMOA, 2005	3	80	31.3E	25.5S
Munyawana Game Reserve	NP	IR1	A	2005	85		EMOA, 2005	3	245	32.4E	27.8S
Phalaborwa Mining Company	RS	AT2	A	2006	77		Whyte, 2006	4	41	31.2E	24.0S
Pilanesberg National Park	RS	AT3	A	2005	140		EMOA, 2005	3	553	27.1E	25.2S
Pongola Nature Reserve	RS	IR1	A	2005	55		EMOA, 2005	3	119	32.0E	27.4S
Private Reserves	NG	IG3	D	2005	578		EMOA, 2005	1	4,000
Sabie Sands Game Reserve	RS	AT2	A	2006	857		Whyte, 2006	3	572	31.5E	24.8S
Selati Game Reserve	RS	GT1	A	2005	85		EMOA, 2005	3	300	30.8E	24.0S
Shamwari Game Reserve	NP	IR1	A	2005	61		EMOA, 2005	3	200	26.1E	33.4S
Songimvelo Game Reserve	NG	IG3	D	2005	60		EMOA, 2005	2	490	31.0E	26.0S
Tembe Elephant Park	RS	IR1	A	2005	167		Morley, 2005	3	300	32.5E	26.9S
Timbavati Private Nature Reserve	RS	AT2	A	2006	712		Whyte, 2006	3	494	31.3E	24.4S
Umbabat Private Nature Reserve	RS	AT2	A	2006	163		Whyte, 2006	3	144	31.4E	24.1S
Venetia-Limpopo National Park	RS	AT3	A	2005	61		EMOA, 2005	3	91	29.3E	22.2S
Welgevonden Private Game Reserve	RS	AT3	A	2005	100		EMOA, 2005	3	330	27.8E	24.3S

* 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.