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The African Elephant Database (AED) is an important species-monitoring program within the Global Environment Monitoring System (GEMS) of the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP). It is based within the Global Resource Information Database (GRID) office of the UNEP headquarters in Nairobi, Kenya. The AED enables these programs to synthesize and present a continental assessment of the status and distribution of this species from the available information (Figure 7.1). This database is perhaps the most comprehensive and geographically extensive GIS concerned with a single species. However, the widespread distribution of the elephant requires the compilation and assessment of information that varies widely in its quality and availability.
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Michelmore, F. (1994). Keeping elephants on the map: Case studies of the application of GIS for conservation. In: Miller, R.I. (eds) Mapping the Diversity of Nature. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-011-0719-8_7
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