Resources

Savanna elephants in Buffalo Springs National Reserve, Kenya ©Shifra Goldenberg

Useful PDFs

2022 AfESG Annual Report (870.85 KB)

King et al., HEC Toolbox English V2 2023 PDF (S) (66.19 MB)

King et al., HEC Toolbox French V2 2023 PDF (S) (71.78 MB)

King et al., HEC Toolbox Kiswahili V2 2023 PDF (S) (86.84 MB)

AfESG African elephant status reports

AfESG African Elephant Status Report 2016 (103.06 MB)
AfESG African Elephant Status Report 2007 (18.58 MB)
AfESG African Elephant Status Report 2002 (8.65 MB)
AfESG African Elephant Status Report 1998 (10.94 MB)
AfESG African Elephant Database 1995 (13.71 MB)

Human-elephant conflict and coexistence tools and reports

CITES-related documents

E-CoP19-Inf-64 The status of Africa’s elephants and updates on issues relevant to CITES (2.20 MB)
E-AC32-46-1 Report of the specialist on zoological nomenclature (292.40 KB)
E-SC77 African Elephant Action Plan (646.44 KB)

AfESG proceedings and documents

AfESG Members Meeting 2022 Agenda (1.23 MB)
Proceedings of the AfESG members’ meeting July 2019 French (4.91 MB)
Proceedings of the AfESG members’ meeting July 2019 English (5.13 MB)

AfESG reports and statements

2020 African Elephant SG Report (6.43 MB)
2019 African Elephant SG Report (3.17 MB)
2018 African Elephant SG Report (1.53 MB)
AfESG statement on elephant deaths in Botswana 2020 (119.32 KB)
Taxonomy report 2019 (1.15 MB)
Elephants in the dust 2013 (30.81 MB)
Elephant Meat Trade in Central Africa 2011 (15.16 MB)
Commerce de viande d’éléphant en Afrique centrale 2011 (13.58 MB)
Review of options for managing local overabundance 2007 (626.80 KB)
AfESG Statement and Resolutions on the Role of Captive Facilities in in-situ (28.74 KB)
Guidelines for the in situ translocation of African elephants 2003 (773.18 KB)
Statement from AfESG on the removal of African elephants for captive use (2003) (18.66 KB)

Survey standards and techniques

Hedges 2012 Monitoring Elephant Populations & Assessing Threats (3.86 MB)
MIKE Aerial Standards Version 2.0 August 2012 (1.40 MB)
Studying Elephants, AWF Technical Handbook Series 7, Kangwana 1996 (6.57 MB)
L’étude des éléphants, Série de manuels techniques, AWF 7. Kangwana 1996 (7.04 MB)
Norton-Griffiths1978 Counting Animals (4.96 MB)

Management of HEC in Africa, 2025

CHILLI BASIC GROWER’S GUIDE 2015 (161.96 KB)
NATIONAL_CBNRM PRINCIPLES (73.76 KB)
NATIONAL_CBNRM LEGAL (86.43 KB)
Roles of Traditional Leaders in Natural Resource Conservation (59.97 KB)
MURPHREES LAWS_COMMUJTYCONSERVATION (300.58 KB)
WWF_CAMPFIRE_REPORTING_Manual (2.42 MB)
WWF_CAMPFIRE_MARKETING_Manual (1.55 MB)
WWF_CAMPFIRE_REVENUE_Manual (5.01 MB)
WWF_CAMPFIRE_HWC_Manual (1.57 MB)
WWF_CAMPFIRE_FINANCE_Manual (1.33 MB)
ECOEXIST_CONSERVATION AGRICULTURE_Brochure (6.47 MB)
NAMIBIA_HWC Revised Policy (6.22 MB)
CHILLI_HEC_REVIEW2_2015 (396.70 KB)
CHILLI-Fence-Manual_TZ (1.38 MB)
National_HWC_Management_Strategy_TZ_2020-2024 (10.44 MB)
HWC_COMPENSATION and INSURANCE_ASSESSMENT (2.35 MB)
INSURANCEforHWC_IIED2023 (2.24 MB)
CONSOLATIONPerformance_TZ_2022 (472.38 KB)
CONSOLATION_ACT_TZ (518.13 KB)
DSS_ORIGINAL_2001 (786.70 KB)
KAZA_ELE_Connectivity (6.34 MB)
DETUSKING_ELE_Kenya (1.01 MB)
TRENCHES _HEC_Uganda (1.62 MB)
VIRTUAL FENCE DYNAMIC 2022 (2.11 MB)
TranslocatedELEBullsTsavo2022 (12.61 MB)
CHILLI_BRICKSBotswana (506.76 KB)
CHILLI_FENCESTZMikumi (833.52 KB)
INDIAEleCropRaidingInterventions2011 (150.64 KB)
WILDLIFE ELECTRIC FENCING PROJECTS_PWC_1998_Updated March 2020 (1.86 MB)
HECFencing&Connectivity_Kenya (1.41 MB)
Hoare & duToit (1999) Coexistence between People and Elephants in African Savannas (1.67 MB)
Hoare (1999) Determinants of human-elephant conflict in a land use mosaic (270.01 KB)
CHILLI_DARTING_ELE_Zimbabwe (67.49 KB)
Press release_EDAP (293.98 KB)
A_Standardised_Data_Collection_and_Analysis_Protoc (398.01 KB)

National Elephant Action Plans (NEAPs)