Elephant bulls in the Zambezi Valley, Zimbabwe. GettyImages May 25, 2020 Statistical models and ranger insights help identify patterns in elephant poaching Timothy Kuiper, University of Oxford and Eleanor Jane Milner-Gulland, University of Oxford Statistical models and the knowledge of on-the-ground rangers are valuable and complementary sources of evidence for biodiversity conservation.
tobkatrina/Shutterstock May 28, 2019 To save the African elephant, focus must turn to poverty and corruption Colin Beale, University of York and Severin Hauenstein, University of Freiburg Poaching of African elephants has fallen, but the species is still at risk. Law enforcement and ivory bans help, but tackling poverty is key to stopping poaching at the source.
According to the latest data, there are probably fewer than 400,000 savannah elephants left in the wild across Africa. Shutterstock February 18, 2019 Technology is useful, but drones alone won’t save Africa’s elephants Ross Harvey, University of Johannesburg Drone technology plays a vital role in gathering accurate wildlife data. But this alone isn’t enough to save Africa’s elephants.