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Democratic Republic of Congo, 2002

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All Years for Democratic Republic of Congo: 2013 — 2007 — 2002 — 1998 — 1995

2002 Summary Totals for Democratic Republic of Congo

Data Category	Definite	Probable	Possible	Speculative
Direct Sample Counts and Reliable Dung Counts	7,160	2,631	2,631	0
Informed Guesses	507	0	32,365	10,659
Other Guesses	0	0	0	6,895
Totals 2002	7,667	2,631	34,996	17,554

Democratic Republic of Congo: Elephant Estimates

	Survey Details ²			Number of Elephants				Area	Map Location
Input Zone	Type	Reliab.	Year	Estimate	95% C.L.	Source	PFS ³	(km²)	Lon.	Lat.
Bili-Uere Region	IG3	D	2002	8,500	1500*	Hart, 2003	2	40,643	24.4E	4.5N
Bushimae	IG3	E	1987	120		Mohammed and Kassa, 1998	3	5,232	23.0E	7.4S
Equateur Province	IG3	D	2002	1,000	500*	Hart, 2003	2	32,006	18.7E	1.7N
Gangala-na-Bodio	IG3	D	2002	1,000	450*	Hart, 2003	3	9,547	29.3E	3.9N
Garamba National Park	AS3	B	2002	5,983	2,321	Hillman Smith pers. comm., 2002	3	5,000	29.5E	4.2N
Kahuzi Biega Lowland National Park Sector	IG3	D	2002	1,125	375*	Hart, 2003	2	15,570	28.0E	2.1S
Kahuzi-Biega Upland National Park Sector	IG3	D	2000	15	10*	Hart, 2003	4	920	28.6E	2.4S
Kivu Province	IG3	D	2002	625	375*	Hart, 2003	2	62,414	26.9E	1.7S
Lomami/Lualaba Area	IG3	D	2002	1,375	1125*	Hart, 2003	2	39,517	25.3E	2.4S
Luama/Itombwe West Area	IG3	D	2002	625	375*	Hart, 2003	2	72,532	27.1E	4.7S
Maiko National Park	DC1	E	1992	6,500	500	Hart and Sikubwabo Kiyengo, 1994	2	10,830	27.6E	0.4S
Okapi National Park	DC2	B	2000	3,808	1,239	Thomas et al., 2001	3	6,209	28.7E	1.5N
Orientale Province	IG3	D	2002	1,500	1000*	Hart, 2003	1	178,155	27.1E	2.7N
Rubi-Tele Area	IG3	D	2002	1,750	750*	Hart, 2003	2	68,453	21.7E	3.5N
Salonga National Park & surrounding area	IG3	D	2003	12,500	2500*	Hart, 2003	2	49,690	21.0E	1.9S
Upemba National Park	OG3	E	2002	200		Hart pers. comm., 2002	3	10,234	26.7E	9.1S
Upper Tshuapa Area	IG3	D	2002	1,500	1000*	Hart, 2003	1	141,048	23.8E	3.4S
Virunga Central National Park Sector	IG3	D	1998	486	49*	Mubalama, 2000	3	7,800	29.4E	0.4S
Virunga North National Park Sector	IG3	D	2003	21		Hillman Smith pers. comm., 2003b	3	2,903	29.5E	0.3S
Virunga South National Park Sector	OG3	E	2002	75		Mubalama pers. comm., 2003			29.5E	0.3S
Wamba/Lopori Area	IG3	D	2002	850	650*	Hart, 2003	1	122,444	21.6E	0.2N

* Range of informed guess

¹ Key to Causes of Change (only tracked since 2007): DA: Different Area; DD: Data Degraded; DT: Different Technique; NA: New Analysis; NG: New Guess; NP: New population; PL: Population Lost; RS: Repeat Survey (RS ́ denotes a repeat survey that is not statistically comparable for reasons such as different season); –––: No Change

² Key to Survey Types: AC: Aerial Count, not specified; AS: Aerial Sample Count; AT: Aerial Total Count; DC: Dung Count; EX: Extrapolation from GIS; GD: Genetic Dung Count; GS: Ground Sample Count; GT: Ground Total Count; IG: Informed Guess; IR: Individual Registration; OG: Other Guess. Survey Type is followed by an indicator of survey quality, ranked from 1 to 3 (best to worst). Survey Reliability is keyed A-E (best to worst) as outlined in this table

³ PFS: Priority for Future Surveys, ranked from 1 to 5 (highest to lowest). Based on the precision of estimates and the proportion of national range accounted for by the site in question, PFS is a measure of the importance and urgency for future population surveys. All areas of unassessed range have a priority of 1. See Introduction for details on how the PFS is derived.

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