No 50 (2011)

July - December 2011

Table of Contents

Chair reports

African Elephant Specialist Group Chair report / Rapport du Groupe Spécialiste des Eléphants d'Afrique PDF
Holly T. Dublin 1-6
African Rhino Specialist Group Chair report / Rapport du Groupe Spécialiste des Rhinos d'Afrique PDF
Michael Harrison Knight 7-14
Asian Rhino Specialist Group Chair report / Rapport du Groupe Spécialiste des Rhinos d'Asie PDF
Bibhab Kumar Talukdar 15-17

Research

Status of the Sapo National Park elephant population and implications for conservation of elephants in Liberia PDF
Yaw Boafo, Massalatchi Mahaman Sani 18-25
Elephant meat and ivory trade in Central Africa PDF
Daniel Stiles 26-36
Large and mostly legitimate: Hong Kong’s mammoth and elephant ivory trade PDF
Esmond Martin, Chryssee Martin 37-49
Population status of black and white rhinoceros in Zambia PDF
Chansa Chomba, Wigganson Matandiko 50-55
The importance of ivory in Philippine culture PDF
Esmond Martin, Chryssee Martin, Lucy Vigne 56-67

Notes

A note about the cover photograph PDF
Dean Peinke, Brad Fike, Gavin Shaw, Dave Balfour 68-68
African rhinos and elephants: biodiversity and its preservation PDF
Colin Groves, Jan Robovsky 69-71

Rhino Notes

A review of black rhino systematics proposed in Ungulate Taxonomy by Groves and Grubb (2011) and its implications for rhino conservation PDF
Kees Rookmaaker 72-76
The behaviour of white rhinos at Ziwa Rhino Sanctuary, Uganda with particular reference to night-time activity PDF
Felix Jonathan Patton, Petra Campbell, Angie Genade, Robert Ayiko, Godfrey Lutalo 77-83
Using eye and profile wrinkles to identify individual white rhinos PDF
Felix Jonathan Patton, Petra E. Campbell 84-86

Book Reviews

Historical incidence of the larger land mammals in the broader Northern and Western Cape PDF
Kees Rookmaaker 87-87

MIKE-ETIS updates

CITES-MIKE update/Mise à jour de la CITES-MIKE PDF
Julian Blanc 88-90
Capacity building in conducting aerial survey of elephants in southern Africa sub-region / Renforcement des capacités dans la conduite des recensements aériens d’éléphants dans la sous-région d’Afrique australe PDF
Tapera Chimuti 91-94
Inventory of elephants and other large mammals in the MIKE site of Boumba Bek in Cameroon / Inventaires des éléphants et des autres grands mammifères dans le site MIKE de Boumba Bek au Cameroun PDF
Sebastien Luhunu 95-98
ETIS update number six: Progress in the implementation of the Elephant Trade Information System (ETIS) / Mise à jour ETIS numéro six: Les progrès réalisés dans la mise en oeuvre du Système d’Information sur le trafic d’Eléphants (ETIS) PDF
Tom Milliken, Louisa Sangalakula 99-104

History

Cover Image
 SPECIAL 50th issue—Pachyderm past and present PDF
Bridget McGraw


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