Cover: Carving skills in Mandalay, Myanmar, have been increasing over the years as the ivory industry matures with the opening of the country to foreigners. Photo: Daniel Stiles.

Pachyderm 33: July - December 2002

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

Contents

1 Chair reports / Rapports des Présidents

1 African Elephant Specialist Group / Groupe des Spécialistes des Eléphants d'Afrique - Holly T. Dublin

9 African Rhino Specialist Group / Groupe des Spécialistes des Rhinos d'Afrique - Martin Brooks

15 Asian Rhino Specialist Group / Groupe des Spécialistes des Rhinos d'Asie - Mohd Khan bin Momin Khan, Thomas J. Foose and Nico van Strien

18 Research papers

18 Movement of elephants in the Selous–Niassa wildlife corridor, southern Tanzania - D.G. Mpanduji, H. Hofer, T.B. Hilderbrandt, F. Goeritz and M.L. East

32 Community-based methods to reduce crop loss to elephants: experiments in the communal lands of Zimbabwe - Ferrel V. Osborn and Guy E. Parker

39 Do cattle determine elephant distribution in the Red Volta Valley of northern Ghana? - Moses Kofi Sam, Charles A.K. Haizel and R.F.W. Barnes

43 Rate of decay of elephant dung in the central sector of Parc National des Virunga, Democratic Republic of Congo - Leonard Mubalama and Claude Sikubwabo

50 Elephant-induced change in woody vegetation and its impact on elephant movements out of a protected area in Zimbabwe - Ferrel V. Osborn

58 Dedication leads to reduced rhino poaching in Assam in recent years - Bibhab Kumar Talukdar

64 Les éléphants Loxodonta africana dans la Réserve de Biosphère de la Pendjari nord-est République du Bénin : abondance, densité et répartition spatiale - C. Aristide Tehou

69 Decline of elephants and other wildlife in the Nasolot, South Turkana and Kerio Valley Kamnarok conservation areas, Kenya - P. Omondi, E. Bitok and R. Mayienda

74 The trade in African and Asian ivory in South and South East Asia - Daniel Stiles and Esmond Martin

88 Field notes

88 Wild forest elephants shake down fruit and leaves from trees - Fiona Maisels, Stephen Blake and Andrea Turkalo

91 Update on the study and management of human–elephant conflict in Africa - Richard Hoare

93 African elephant genetics: request for samples - Alfred L. Roca, Nicholas Georgiadis and Stephen J. O'Brien

96 Opinion

96 Treating crop-raiding elephants with aspirin - R.F.W. Barnes

100 Reader response

100 How many southern white rhinos were there? A response to Kees Rookmaaker - Richard H. Emslie and P. Martin Brooks

101 Erratum

102 Rhino notes

102 Project Black Ghost - Campbell Scott

103 African rhino numbers continue to increase - Richard H. Emslie

107 Progress in developing a Scene of the Crime training course - Roderick Potter and Richard H. Emslie

108 RESG holds two more meetings - Richard H. Emslie

109 A thank you to our reviewers

110 Guidelines for contributors