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The status of African elephants | Magazine Articles | WWF

But decades of poaching and conflict have since decimated African elephant populations. In 2016, experts estimated that Africa's elephant population had dropped ...

African elephant species now Endangered and Critically ... - IUCN

African elephant species now Endangered and Critically Endangered - IUCN Red List ... Before today's update, African elephants were treated as a ...

THE STATUS OF AFRICA'S ELEPHANTS AND UPDATES ... - CITES

African Elephant Status Report 2016: an update from the African Elephant Database. Occasional Paper Series of the. IUCN Species Survival ...

50 years of survey data confirm African elephant decline

The first continent-wide analysis of population survey data has found large-scale declines of African elephants. Over 53 years of surveys, ...

Distribution and Status of Elephants | ECF

The African forest elephant was reassessed in March 2021 as Critically Endangered, following decades of population decline due to poaching for ivory and loss of ...

African Elephants Face Severe Decline Over Past Half-Century

Both forest and savanna elephant species have experienced widespread declines due to overexploitation and habitat loss, mirroring the global ...

African elephant: strong, smart, but vulnerable - WWF-UK

The African savanna elephant is also listed as endangered on the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. The number of African forest elephants ...

Elephants on the move: Mapping connections across African ...

Elephant conservation is a major priority in southern Africa, but habitat loss and urbanization mean the far-ranging pachyderms are ...

African Elephant | Species | WWF - World Wildlife Fund

The African Elephant population that once showed promising signs of recovery, could be at risk due to the recent surge in poaching for the illegal ivory ...

Save the Elephants - Securing a future for elephants and sustaining ...

A groundbreaking study released today reveals the alarming state of African elephant populations over the last 50 years. Both forest and savanna elephant ...

African forest elephant: threats and conservation | IFAW

The scientific name for the African forest elephant is Loxodonta cyclotis. It was chosen in 1900 by German zoologist Paul Matschie, the first person to suggest ...

African elephants | WWF - Panda.org

The forest elephant (Loxodonta cyclotis) is one of two living African elephant species, the other being the savanna elephant (Loxodonta africana).

African elephants - Center for Biological Diversity

In 2016, in response to our petition, the Service announced that Africa's elephants may qualify for “endangered” status under the Endangered Species Act and may ...

African Elephant Conservation Fund | U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service

African elephants (Genus: Loxodonta) once occurred throughout sub-Saharan Africa. During the eighteenth century, the African continent may have contained as ...

Breaking: US Fish and Wildlife Service issues stronger protections ...

Today, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service finalized critical trade protections for African elephants. Serious threats such as poaching, ...

African forest elephant | ZSL

The severe decline of forest elephants in Central Africa is largely a result of the unprecedented levels of poaching for the illegal ivory trade in recent ...

African Forest Elephant - Global Conservation

At the same time, African elephants were downgraded from Vulnerable on the IUCN Red List to Endangered for the African savanna elephant (Loxodonta africana) and ...

Elephants | WWF - Panda.org

Once common throughout Africa and Asia, elephant numbers fell dramatically in the 19th and 20th centuries, largely due to the ivory trade and habitat loss.

African elephants now listed as critically endangered after dramatic ...

The African forest elephant is now listed as critically endangered, and the African savanna elephant is now listed as endangered on the International Union for ...

Are Africa's Elephant populations increasing or decreasing?

The news coming out of Tanzania is encouraging. So much so that it has prompted us to take a deeper dive into the state of African elephant continent-wide.