Yes, formal (e.g., quotas, viewing or catch-size limits) and complied with

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Emma_Hemmerle — Wed, 09 Feb 2022 10:22:53 +0000

Hunting_African elephant_Africa Emma_Hemmerle Wed, 02/09/2022 - 10:22

Affiliation

IIED

Date Of Record Entry

Wed, 02/09/2022 - 12:00

Type of wild species covered by the record

Wild species used in its natural habitat

Stage of the value chain covered by the record

Unknown/not recorded

Record Source

Scientific publication (e.g., journal articles and book chapters independently peer-reviewed)

Sustainability of Elephant Hunting Across International Borders in Southern Africa: A Case Study of the Greater Mapungubwe Transfrontier Conservation Area

Decreasing

Is the species endemic HIDE

Population Status

Unknown/not recorded

Formal international protection in place

International Level

CITES listing

CMS listing

National Level

Unknown/not recorded

Threats/Pressures impacting the conservation of the species

Agriculture

Illegal/Unregulated Logging and Wood Extraction

Illegal/Unregulated Hunting

Residential and Commercial Development

Energy Production and Mining

Climate Change

Fire

Dams and other System Modifications

Transportation and Service Corridors

Invasive Species

Population Trend

Unknown/not recorded

Sub-national Level

Unknown/not recorded

Additional Details (if available)

Poaching of African Savanna Elephants for ivory is a major cause of individual death and population decline (Wittemyer et al. 2014, Thouless et al. 2016). After a sustained period of intense poaching between the late 1970s and 1989, many African Savanna Elephant populations (e.g., in Kenya, Tanzania, Zambia, Uganda) experienced two to three decades of recovery. Data collected as a part of the CITES Monitoring the Illegal Killing of Elephants programme (MIKE), indicate that poaching significantly intensified across the continent starting in 2008 and peaking in 2011 – an unsustainably high level of poaching has continued into current times in some areas of the continent (CITES 2018, 2019), and may be increasing in some of the historically less-affected southern African populations (CITES 2018, 2019). Rapid land use change by humans is driving the direct loss and fragmentation of habitat for African Savanna Elephants and is an increasing threat to populations across their range; Reported increase in human elephant conflict.

Name

Emma Hemmerlé

Scientific Name

Loxodonta africana

Common Name(s)

African Elephant

African Savanna Elephant

Type of Use

Extractive (i.e., the entire organism or parts of the organism are removed from its environment)

If extractive, for the target species, is this use

Lethal

Does this use involve take/extraction of

The whole entire organism

How is the primary use carried out?

Hunting and/or Trapping of live Terrestrial and Aerial Animals

Are specific characteristics/traits being targeted?

Unknown/not recorded

Purpose of Use

Recreational

Population/area management

Additional Details (if available)

The aim of allocating hunting quotas in terms of problem animal control laws are to deter elephants from entering communal areas and to compensate local communities for damage to crops and property;

What is the main end use for any living organisms, parts or products taken/extracted?

Speciment collecting, including hunting/fishing trophies

Conservation Management (translocation, restoration, ex-situ breeding)

Amount

40.00

Units Of Measurement

bulls >35 years old were killed within Botswana and Zimbabwe combined

Time period over which this has been recorded

2010 hunting season

What is the trend in the level of offtake within the period covered by this record?

Yes, formal (e.g., quotas, viewing or catch-size limits) and complied with

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