Acting chairman’s report

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The northern white rhino Ceratotherium simum cottoni is now extinct in Sudan and Uganda but its 1984 population of 20 individuals in Garamba, Zaire, has gone up to 26. The increase in southern white rhino reported by Western and Vigne in 1984 has been maintained in South Africa, Namibia and Kenya. The species population in Zimbabwe remained stable but declines were recorded in Swaziland and Botswana. South Africa, Zimbabwe and Namibia have 97% of the continental total. The introduced Kenyan population in sanctuaries has grown at the rate of 16% per annum from 25 to 65 individuals over the last 10 years. Southern white rhino total population in Africa now stands at 4,745 compared to 3,841 in 1980, an increase of 2.35% per annum. The northern white rhino has decreased by over 97% in the last decade although the Garamba population, which had dropped to 20 individuals by 1984, now stands at 26.

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