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Andoni Elephant Population Study .
Consultant researchers engaged to conduct the study concluded that the population size is too small to be viable and with regret, could not recommend any strategy for their conservation. Very little information exists about the loss of both plant and animal species in the Niger Delta. These results should serve as a call for action to conserve significant portions of the Niger Delta wetland. According to the draft report, at one point in time, the Niger Delta must have harboured a large population of elephants but all that remains presently is this single small population on Andoni Island. A growing human population, increased logging and oil industry activities where all considered to have contributed to the loss of this population. This study was supported by the McArthur Foundation and IUCN - the World Conservation Union. If you would like to support the work of PNI in monitoring biodiversity please mail us on info@pronatura-nigeria.org |
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Provisional findings from a PNI Nigeria study into the size of the last remaining population of West African Elephants in the Niger Delta indicate the population to be between 2 and 14 individuals.
The few remaining Andoni Forest Elephants are in competition with the human population for scarce land and resources.