Part 3 of the Antelopes, Global Survey and Regional Action Plans completes the coverage of the Ethiopian Fauna Region. What distinguishes this portion of the earth from others is the wealth of the megafauna, of which antelopes constitute a dominant component. All major climatic-vegetation zones are included, from the lowland rain forests of the Congo basin and West Africa to the Great Saharan Desert.
Contents: Pt.1. East and northeast Africa - Pt.2. Southern and south-central Africa - Pt.3. West and central Africa. This document is updated in the following publication : "Antelope survey update", issues several times per year. Includes bibliographic references. Part 4: North Africa, Middle East and Asia published in 2001 (IUCN, 2001, 024)