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The elephant population in Mozambique has fallen from 20 to just over 10 thousand in the last five years as a result of poaching, according to the National Elephant census conducted in 2014 by the Ministry of Land, Environment and Rural Development.
The latest data indicates that the Quirimbas National Park, in Cabo Delgado, now has fewer than 600 animals, 45 percent of its elephants having been killed by poachers.
Mozambique’s largest elephant populations are in Mágoè National Park in Tete and the Limpopo National Park in Gaza, but both have lost at least 20 percent of their number.
The National Administration of Conservation Areas (ANAC) is collecting information to update the national action plan for elephant conservation in Mozambique.
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