{"id":6603,"date":"2016-09-01T04:00:50","date_gmt":"2016-09-01T04:00:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/pr.asianetpakistan.com\/?p=27498"},"modified":"2016-09-01T04:00:50","modified_gmt":"2016-09-01T04:00:50","slug":"paul-g-allens-great-elephant-census-reveals-dramatic-population-decline-in-african-savanna-elephants","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/southafricajournal.com\/paul-g-allens-great-elephant-census-reveals-dramatic-population-decline-in-african-savanna-elephants\/","title":{"rendered":"Paul G. Allen\u2019s Great Elephant Census Reveals Dramatic Population Decline in African Savanna Elephants"},"content":{"rendered":"
Announced today at the IUCN World Conservation Congress, results of census will inform major conservation policy decisions worldwide to ensure African elephants’ survival<\/em><\/p>\n HONOLULU, Sept. 1, 2016 \/PRNewswire\/ —\u00a0Paul G. Allen’s Vulcan Inc.<\/a> today announced the alarming results of the Great Elephant Census<\/a> (GEC), the first-ever pan-African survey of savanna elephants.\u00a0 Revealed today at the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) World Conservation Congress<\/a>, the GEC shows a decline of 30 percent in African savanna elephant populations in 15 of the 18 countries surveyed.[1]<\/sup><\/p>\n