The increase of 593 animals is “a win for this critically imperiled species,” the International Rhino Foundation said in reaction to the report.<\/p>\n
The global population estimates don’t include rhinos in zoos but rather only those in the wild or in national parks.<\/p>\n
The number of greater one-horned rhinos, native to northern India and southern Nepal, also nudged upwards slightly from 4,014 to 4,075.<\/p>\n
The greater one-horned rhino is a conservation success story \u2014 only around 200 of them remained in India at the beginning of the 20th century.<\/p>\n
Now, the largest rhino species on earth is considered to be in recovery, the report finds.<\/p>\n
Officers count rhinos in India’s Kaziranga national park where the population is recoveringImage: Anupam Nath\/AP Photo\/picture alliance<\/p>\n
Indonesia’s rhino species on critically endangered<\/p>\n
But there is bad news for other rhino species.<\/p>\n
Southeast Asia’s rhino species, which are only found in Indonesia, “remain on the edge of extinction,” according to the report.<\/p>\n
The population of the Sumatran rhinos is virtually unchanged from 2022 estimates, with just 34-47 animals remaining.<\/p>\n
The smallest and only hairy rhino species in found mostly in the dense tropical forest and lowland swamps of the Indonesian island of Sumatra.<\/p>\n
Poaching and habitat loss from palm oil plantations seriously threatens their survival.<\/p>\n
And the number of Javan rhinos has dropped significantly from an estimated 76 to just around 50, due entirely to poaching.<\/p>\n
There is only one known population of Javan rhinos left, at a national park on the Indonesian island of Java.<\/p>\n
White rhinos at risk from poaching<\/p>\n
In Africa, the number of white rhinos fell from 15,942 to 15,752.<\/p>\n
That’s a drop of 190 animals since the last count in 2021, primarily due to increased poaching pressure, extended droughts and management limitations, the report says.<\/p>\n
Globally, the illegal trade in rhino horn has decreased in recent years.<\/p>\n
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