AfESG

Definition of AfESG

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The I UCN/SSC African Elephant Specialist Group (AfESG) was founded in he mid 70s and is connected to the Species survival commission in the IUCN (International Union of Conservation of nature).

The mission of the IUCN SSC African Elephant Specialist Group is to promote the long-term Conservation of Africas elephants throughout their range.

AfESG is a Group of technical experts focusing on the Conservation and management of African elephants.

AfESG also manage a database of wild elephant populations in Africa, and issues Pachyderm, the Journal of the African Elephant, African Rhino and Asian Rhino Specialist Groups .

There are presently three AfESG local offices

The AfESG secretariat in Nairobi (Kenya)
The AfESG West Africa Programme Office (Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso)
Central Africa Programme Office (Yaounde, Cameroon)

AfESG is mentioned on 1 other pagesIUCN,

Reference list Koehl, Dan, (2026). AfESG. Elephant Encyclopedia, available online retrieved 20 September 2021 at https://www.elephant.se/index.php?id=25. (archived at the Wayback machine)

Sources used for this article is among others:

https://www.iucn.org/ssc-groups/mammals/mammals-a-e/african-elephant

Selected publications

"Pachyderm", the Journal of the African Elephant, African Rhino and Asian Rhino Specialist Groups

Links about AfESG

Selected external links for this article about AfESG:

AfESG Website: https://www.iucn.org/ssc-groups/mammals/mammals-a-e/african-elephant
Latest Issue: Pachyderm Vol. 61 (2020) is available online at https://pachydermjournal.org/index.php/pachyderm/issue/view/pachy_61

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