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Acoustic Monitoring of Forest Elephants
Grantee Name: 
Cornell University
HOTSPOT
Guinean Forests of West Africa
LOCATION
AMOUNT
US$75,000
DATES
Oct 2002
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Oct 2003
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Project Overview Overview
CEPF Strategic Direction Strategy
HOTSPOT
Guinean Forests of West Africa
LOCATION
AMOUNT
US$75,000
DATES
Oct 2002
-
Oct 2003

Develop and refine acoustic systems for assessing and monitoring local populations of forest elephants in Ghana's Kakum National Park. Detect and analyze elephant sounds, including infrasonic calls that are inaudible to human ears, to help researchers and conservationists generate abundance estimates, deduce population structure and contribute to management strategies that will ensure the long-term survival of elephant populations.

Strategic Direction: 2 Establishing a Hotspot Biodiversity Monitoring System