This document constructs a summary of information needs that the application of the Norms and Standards for the Management of Elephants in South Africa (DEAT 2008) generated. The document also aligns these with needs defined by the Elephant Assessment (Scholes & Mennell 2009) as well as the African Elephant Action Plan (CITES 2010). Information gaps are identified through collation of all published papers as well as summaries of completed, but unpublished work and ongoing projects, and evaluating how well research since 2008 addressed needs generated by the application of The Norms and Standards for the Management of Elephants in South Africa (DEAT 2008). In association with a focused workshop directed at defining research programmes to fulfill these needs, a research strategy is constructed to support the implementation of the present as well a future revised Norms and Standards for the Management of Elephants in South Africa (DEAT 2008).

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