African Elephant Specialist Group Meeting Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso, 26 to 31 January, 1998

Abstract

This section of the journal serves as the published record of the USFWS supported AfESG meeting held in Ouagadougou at the end of January 1998. Contents include: 5 full papers and the abstracts of 6 others which comprised the Current Issues Session; two presentations focused on additional AED components (GIS data and human-elephant conflict) and the summaries of the discussion on the terms of reference for the Data Review Task Force, and the Data Dissemination Policy from the African Elephant Database and Data Related Issues Session; the AfESG Terms of Reference formulated during a focused review session; the list of sites thus far suggested for the implementation of CITES decision regarding monitoring of illegal killing of elephants and trade in ivory as presented by regional working groups responsible for their designation; presentation of the bibliography developed by Human-Elephant Task Force (HETF); discussion results to be formally forwarded to the American Zoos Association; and, the decision from the session reviewing the IUCN Red Listing of the African elephant.