Zimbabwe, 2007

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

2007 Summary Totals for Zimbabwe

Data Category	Definite	Probable	Possible	Speculative
Aerial or Ground Total Counts	236	0	0	0
Direct Sample Counts and Reliable Dung Counts	83,991	7,033	7,033	0
Informed Guesses	189	0	334	91
Other Guesses	0	0	0	200
Totals 2006	84,416	7,033	7,367	291

Interpretation of Changes in Estimates from Previous Report

Cause of Change	Definite	Probable	Possible
Repeat Survey	+2,864	-4	-4
New Analysis	-3	-2	-2
Totals	+2,861	-6	-6

Area of Range Covered by Each Data Category (km²)

Data Category	Known Range	Possible Range	Total Range
Aerial or Ground Total Counts	2,998	0	2,998
Direct Sample Counts and Reliable Dung Counts	63,671	0	63,671
Informed Guesses	6,746	0	6,746
Other Guesses	2,423	0	2,423
Unassessed Range	717	375	1,092
Totals	76,555	375	76,931

Zimbabwe : 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.
Binga Communal Lands	RS	AS2	B	2006	431	373	Dunham et al., 2006a	2	2,217	27.9E	17.4S
Bubiana Conservancy	-	IG3	D	2001	50	50*	Dunham & Mackie, 2002	2	1,772	29.8E	21.1S
Bubi Valley Conservancy	-	IG3	D	2001	53		Dunham & Mackie, 2002	2	2,895	30.1E	21.5S
Chete Safari Area	RS	AS2	B	2006	971	310	Dunham et al., 2006a	3	1,260	27.8E	17.4S
Chewore IV	-	AS1	B	2001	580	335	Mackie, 2002a	3	610	29.9E	16.2S
Chiredzi River Conservancy	-	GT1	A	2001	28		Dunham & Mackie, 2002	3	895	31.6E	20.8S
Chirisa Safari Area	RS	AS2	B	2006	4,231	1,260	Dunham et al., 2006a	2	1,529	28.3E	17.9S
Chizarira National Park	RS	AS1	B	2006	3,071	1,117	Dunham et al., 2006a	2	2,084	27.9E	17.8S
Doma Safari Area	-	AS2	B	2001	336	383	Mackie, 2002a	3	975	30.2E	16.4S
Gonarezhou National Park	-	AS2	B	2001	4,987	1,577	Dunham & Mackie, 2002	2	4,987	31.9E	21.6S
Hartley Safari Area	-	IG3	D	2001	100	20*	Dunham & Mackie, 2002	3	445	29.6E	17.9S
Home Farm & Greystone Ranches	-	IG3	D	2001	3	1*	Dunham & Mackie, 2002	4	60	27.9E	20.8S
Hwange National Park & Safari Area	-	AS2	B	2001	44,492	5,770	Dunham & Mackie, 2002	2	12,900	26.6E	19.1S
Kariba Communal Lands	RS	AS2	B	2006	3,715	1,033	Dunham et al., 2006a	2	3,224	28.4E	17.1S
Kavira Forest Land	-	IG3	D	2001	100		Dunham & Mackie, 2002	3	287	27.0E	18.1S
Lusulu	-	AS2	B	2001	33	63	Mackie, 2002b	3	543	27.8E	18.0S
Mahenye Ward	-	AS2	B	2001	0		Dunham & Mackie, 2002	1	221	32.4E	21.2S
Malilangwe Conservancy	-	AT3	A	2001	116		Dunham & Mackie, 2002	3	425	31.9E	21.1S
Malipati Safari Area	-	AS2	B	2001	5	9	Dunham & Mackie, 2002	3	175	31.4E	21.9S
Mambali Communal Lands	-	AT3	A	2001	10		Dunham & Mackie, 2002	3	327	28.4E	21.5S
Maramani Communal Lands	-	AT3	A	2001	0		Dunham & Mackie, 2002	1	367	29.4E	22.1S
Matabeleland Communal Lands	-	AS2	B	2001	64	79	Dunham & Mackie, 2002	2	3,110	27.1E	19.6S
Matetsi Safari Complex	-	AS2	B	2001	4,201	1,670	Dunham & Mackie, 2002	2	4,399	25.7E	18.2S
Matibi II Communal Lands	NA	AS2	E	1996	0		Davies et al., 1996	1	400	31.7E	21.5S
Matusadona National Park	RS	AS2	B	2006	1,925	443	Dunham et al., 2006a	2	1,413	28.6E	17.0S
Mavuradonha Wilderness Area	-	AS2	B	2001	13	26	Dunham & Mackie, 2002	3	617	30.9E	16.5S
Mukwiche Area	-	AS1	B	2001	228	296	Mackie, 2002a	3	337	29.9E	16.4S
Ngamo & Sikumi State Forests	-	AS2	B	2001	553	496	Dunham & Mackie, 2002	2	2,344	27.3E	18.8S
North Gokwe Communal Lands	RS	AS2	B	2006	192	172	Dunham et al., 2006a	2	3,082	28.5E	17.5S
Nyatana Wildlife Management Area	-	IG3	D	2001	150		Dunham & Mackie, 2002	3	651	32.5E	16.7S
Protea Farm	-	IG3	D	2001	7		Dunham & Mackie, 2002	5	14	29.6E	16.5S
Save Valley Conservancy	RS	AS1	B	2003	527	310	Dunham, 2003	2	3,047	32.1E	20.4S
Sengwe Communal Land	-	OG3	E	2001	200		Dunham & Mackie, 2002	2	2,422	31.3E	22.1S
Sentinel & Nottingham Ranches	-	AT3	A	2001	82		Dunham & Mackie, 2002	3	568	29.6E	22.1S
Shangani Ranch	-	IG3	D	2001	60	20*	Dunham & Mackie, 2002	3	628	29.3E	19.6S
Sijarira Forest Area	RS	AS2	B	2006	488	333	Dunham et al., 2006a	3	270	27.5E	17.6S
Tuli Circle Safari Area	-	AT3	A	2001	0		Dunham & Mackie, 2002	1	416	29.1E	22.0S
Zambezi Valley	RS	AS2	B	2003	19,981	2,392	Dunham, 2004a	1	16,476	29.7E	16.1S

* 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.