This report is the most authoritative source of knowledge about the numbers and distribution of African elephant populations across their 37 range states in sub-Saharan Africa. The report summarises – for the first time in almost a decade – elephant numbers at the continental, regional and national levels, and examines changes in population estimates at the site level.

Read the executive summary here: afesg-african-elephant-status-report-2016-executive-summary-only

The full report can be downloaded here (103 MB).