Download Complete document Document format Documents on this CD are available in Adobe PDF format and are viewed in Adobe Acrobat Reader SANParks, Central Reservations Tel: +27 12 428 9111 Fax: +27 12 343 0905 Email: reservations@sanparks.org Web: www.sanparks.org List of figures List of acronyms 1.   Introduction 2.   The context of the "Elephant Debate" 3.   Overview of the policy process 4.   Changes in ecology and conservation: scientific context for the review process 5.   Policy review phase 1: rethinking the purpose and process of ecosystem and elephant management in KNP (1996 - 1999) 6.   Policy review phase 2a: broadening the Sanparks consultation process (2003 - 2005) 7.   Policy review phase 2b: an integrated understanding of growing elephant populations and their management emerges 8.   Policy review phase 3: ministerial consultation and decision-making (2005 - 2008) 9.   Ongoing development of elephant management plans for national parks Epilogue References Published by Conservation Services Division April 2008 Authors Professor Kevin Rogers and Tamsyn Sherwill (Centre for Water in the Environment, University of the Witwatersrand) with input from Dr Rina Grant, Dr Stef Freitag-Ronaldson and Michele Hofmeyr (SANParks) Commissioned by Dr Hector Magome (SANParks Executive Director – Conservation Services Division)