A TEAM of consultants will undertake a number of conservation and socio-economic assessments for the Greater Addo Elephant National Park outside Port Elizabeth to expand the park for its growing elephant population and to realise its conservation and development objectives. The survey results are intended to attract World Bank development funding. The project will be undertaken by a consortium led by the Council for Scientific and Industrial Research to look at the biological impacts, whereas the Coastal and Environment Services will focus on the sociological and environmental impacts. Dr Mike Knight, project coordinator says the survey will consolidate the biological and physical information for the greater Addo area and the adjacent marine zone and draw a conservation plan for the area. The survey will also identify core conservation areas within the park, information regarded as critical to the expansion of the park. In addition to the Big Five group of animals in a malaria-free environment, the park plans to include a marine zone with species such as the southern right whale and great white shark to ultimately make the park a Big Seven tourist destination.