Ooty: Call for bio-control approach to manage man-elephant conflict
5 years, 7 months ago

Ooty: Call for bio-control approach to manage man-elephant conflict

Deccan Chronicle  

Ooty: While the globe observes World Elephant Day on Monday to signify the importance of the conservation of elephants, the greens here called for an area specific bio-control approach to manage the man-elephant conflict in the Nilgiris. The vast jungle cover, good vegetation and water sources during the rainy seasons help the elephant enjoy life in the hills here which consist of quite a few reserve forests in the Nilgiris north forest division and in the Gudalur forest division, besides the Mudumalai Tiger Reserve. Saying that an area specific study is needed to tackle the man-elephant conflict, N. Mohanraj, consultant, WWF-India, said that studying the behavior of stray elephants would help evolve schemes and plans to prevent them from straying further. V. Sivadass, managing trustee, Nilgiris Environment and Socio-cultural Trust, said that stopping the cultivation of elephant-friendly foods like banana and sugarcane in the fringes and sensitive areas would itself serve as a form of bio-control approach.

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Coimbatore Forest Division adopts technologies to tackle human - elephant conflict
1 week, 4 days ago

Coimbatore Forest Division adopts technologies to tackle human - elephant conflict

The Hindu  

Being one of the hotbeds of negative interactions between humans and elephants, the Coimbatore Forest Division is in the efforts to adopt more technologies to mitigate the conflict situation. In addition to the artificial intelligence-based early warning system to tackle elephant deaths due to train collisions in the Madukkarai forest range introduced in 2024, the Department has established towers equipped …

Man-animal conflict rising as both species adapt to changing landscapes
1 month, 4 weeks ago

Man-animal conflict rising as both species adapt to changing landscapes

India Today  

As human and animal behaviours evolve in response to environmental changes, man-animal conflict is becoming the new normal, experts noted at the India Today Environment - Sustainability Conclave. Dr. Aritra Kshettry, National Lead for Elephant Conservation, WWF-India, highlighted three key factors fueling man-animal conflicts: economic losses, shifting social values, and evolving animal behaviour. He attributed rising conflicts to rapid urban …

Human-wildlife conflict reduction and mitigation plans being prepared for 12 landscapes of Kerala
2 months, 4 weeks ago

Human-wildlife conflict reduction and mitigation plans being prepared for 12 landscapes of Kerala

The Hindu  

Forest officials in Kannur now know when to expect herds of wild elephants moving along the elephant corridors. They have also drawn up strategies to address the human-wildlife conflicts caused by the resident population of nearly 40 elephants on the Aralam farm in the district. The plans matter in the region from where several instances of HWC involving wild elephants …

Learning to live with elephants
4 months, 4 weeks ago

Learning to live with elephants

China Daily  

A ranger prepares a drone for a monitoring task. As an insurance specialist from China Pacific Property Insurance's Xishuangbanna branch, Lyu often has to inspect the aftermath of the farmland destroyed by the elephants to determine the exact economic losses. Since Feb 23, protocols on restoring the Asian elephants' habitats, elephant rescue, reintroducing rescued elephants to the wild, and the …

Can Kerala's new SOPs reduce human-animal conflicts?
10 months, 2 weeks ago

Can Kerala's new SOPs reduce human-animal conflicts?

India Today  

Mukesh, a 34-year-old cameraperson with Mathrubhumi news channel, died on May 9 of injuries suffered in an elephant attack in Palakkad district—four days after Kerala announced it was putting in place species-specific standard operating procedures in 10 wildlife zones of the state to reduce rampant human-animal conflicts. “We have to adopt new strategies to reduce human-animal conflicts as the state …

Human-elephant conflict: Karnataka forest department trying out-of-box solutions
1 year, 2 months ago

Human-elephant conflict: Karnataka forest department trying out-of-box solutions

New Indian Express  

BENGALURU: To control an increasing number of man-elephant conflicts, the Karnataka forest department is looking at out-of-the-box solutions. Explaining the method, BNP Director Prabhakar Priyadarshi said the sensors are being installed in the forest patches of Harohalli range. “We are also installing a solar smart sensor watch mechanism, where staffers will get alerts on their mobile phones once the solar …

CRAR, FIAPO term capture and relocation of elephants in Hassan ‘unscientific’ and ‘ineffective’
1 year, 2 months ago

CRAR, FIAPO term capture and relocation of elephants in Hassan ‘unscientific’ and ‘ineffective’

The Hindu  

The Centre for Research on Animal Rights and the Federation of Indian Animal Protection Organizations have urged the Karnataka government to stop the capture of wild elephants in the human-elephant conflict zone in Hassan. Alok Hisarwala, founder of CRAR, said that the capture of elephants from the wild was an egregious exercise of the power embedded in Section 11 of …

Farmers in Erode district’s Talavadi call for better elephant-proof measures to help decrease negative human-animal interactions
1 year, 4 months ago

Farmers in Erode district’s Talavadi call for better elephant-proof measures to help decrease negative human-animal interactions

The Hindu  

With animal-human conflict in fringe villages continue to claim lives, both of humans and elephants, in addition to extensive crop damage caused, the Talavadi Farmers Association has called for the proper setting up of, and maintenance of elephant-proof trenches, streamlining of the compensation process for crop loss claims and scientific training for Anti-Depredation Squads to effectively drive elephants away from …

Nilgiris Elephant Menace Forest Officials Monitor Movement In TN Amid Fear Over Jumbo Menace
1 year, 5 months ago

Nilgiris Elephant Menace Forest Officials Monitor Movement In TN Amid Fear Over Jumbo Menace

ABP News  

Amid fear over the elephant menace in pockets of The Nilgiris, the Forest Department has started to monitor wild elephant moments in Gudalur and Pandalur areas of the district. According to ANI, Forest officials monitor wild elephants as their movements increase in the Gudalur and Pandalur areas of Nilgiris district. Residents of Cherangode, Cherambadi, Athichal and other areas face elephant …

Understanding the frontier elephants
1 year, 7 months ago

Understanding the frontier elephants

The Hindu  

Elephants are not usually nocturnal beings. Elephants near human habitats, on the other hand, use large water bodies as refuge sites in the absence of forests around them and feed on nutritious crops for four to five hours at night. Frontier Elephants is a collaborative effort by like-minded people from the Foundation for Ecological Research, Advocacy and Learning, National Institute …

Ingenuity a must to end human-jumbo conflict
1 year, 9 months ago

Ingenuity a must to end human-jumbo conflict

New Indian Express  

The conflict situation is only likely to worsen ahead. The human footprint is expanding and the forest cover is reducing, forcing the herds into human habitats—which once used to be the abode of the elephants. The causes for conflict have been attributed to land use and land cover change, development activities leading to a reduction in forest cover, loss of …

Lack of data, studies hinder efforts to check man-animal conflicts: Zacharia
1 year, 10 months ago

Lack of data, studies hinder efforts to check man-animal conflicts: Zacharia

The Hindu  

Tackling the man-wild animal conflicts becomes a challenging task in the absence of proper data and conflict mapping, Chief Forest Veterinary Surgeon Arun Zacharia has said. Finding easy prey Wild animals stray into human inhabited areas due to various reasons. “Degradation and fragmentation of forests often leads to wild animals straying into human inhabited areas. Wildfire, developmental activities near the …

‘Permanent solution to human-elephant conflict elusive’: Vinod Krishnan
2 years, 2 months ago

‘Permanent solution to human-elephant conflict elusive’: Vinod Krishnan

The Hindu  

Published : Jan 26, 2023 10:35 IST Wildlife conservationist Vinod Krishnan worked with Nature Conservation Foundation and studied the human-elephant conflict in Hassan for six years. With so much at stake, the KETF recommended a zone-based conservation approach and designated Hassan an “Elephant Removal Zone”. Coupled with Rapid Response Teams and radio collaring of a few elephants by the forest …

Odisha comes up with comprehensive strategy to mitigate human-elephant conflict
2 years, 2 months ago

Odisha comes up with comprehensive strategy to mitigate human-elephant conflict

The Hindu  

The Odisha government has come up with a ‘comprehensive action plan for conservation of elephants and mitigation of human-elephant conflict’, a zonation approach to maintain a long-term viable population of 1700-1800 elephants in the State. According to the plan, which is part of an affidavit filed with Orissa High Court, steps will be taken to minimise the incidence of human-elephant …

Foresters plan ways to curb tusker menace in north Andhra
2 years, 3 months ago

Foresters plan ways to curb tusker menace in north Andhra

Deccan Chronicle  

VIJAYAWADA: Foresters here are planning new ways to deal with elephant menace in the region as the herds stray into villages and eat away crops like sugarcane, paddy, plantains, vegetables etc, causing huge loss to farmers. A nine-member herd including a male and two calves were seen moving around the villages and forest areas in Palakonda, Parvathipuram, Kurupam and Pathapatnam …

Mitigating human-elephant conflict key challenge this World Elephant Day
2 years, 7 months ago

Mitigating human-elephant conflict key challenge this World Elephant Day

The Hindu  

World Elephant Day will be celebrated on Friday bringing into focus the challenging task of ensuring the jumbos’ conservation amidst habitat destruction and disturbance and the resultant increase in human-elephant conflict. In Hassan division alone, the department has captured and rehabilitated 74 wild animals in the last 22 years while elephant deaths due to natural and unnatural causes are manifold …

Man-Animal Conflict: Elephants Trample Farmer To Death In Andhra
2 years, 10 months ago

Man-Animal Conflict: Elephants Trample Farmer To Death In Andhra

ABP News  

Hyderabad: A herd of wild elephants trampled a farmer to death in Andhra Pradesh's Chittoor district on Wednesday, the latest casualty in the growing man-animal conflict near the forest bordering Tamil Nadu and Karnataka.Subrahmanyam was killed when the tuskers attacked him in his field at Indira Nagar area in Palamaner mandal early morning.The farmer died on the spot. The incident …

Man-animal conflict
3 years ago

Man-animal conflict

The Hindu  

Despite repeated appeals of the forest department officials to farmers to coexist with wild elephants, the man-animal conflict is only worsening year after year, with a growing number of casualties in Chittoor district. In the last two years, the foray of wild elephants from the Koundinya wildlife sanctuary, at Palamaner and Kuppam ranges sandwiched by Tamil Nadu and Karnataka,has become …

Forest officials chalk up plans to curb wild elephant trouble
3 years, 2 months ago

Forest officials chalk up plans to curb wild elephant trouble

Deccan Chronicle  

Vishakhapatanam: Forest officials have devised strategies to prevent wild elephants from entering human settlements and trampling people and destroying crops in Srikakulam and Vizianagaram districts. During the musth period, which usually lasts four or five months, elephants tend to grow more aggressive, said sources from the forest department. He said forest personnel are selectively interfering with the movement of elephants, …

Lift ban on elephant catching to curb man-jumbo conflict- Wildlife experts
4 years, 5 months ago

Lift ban on elephant catching to curb man-jumbo conflict- Wildlife experts

Hindustan Times  

The rapidly rising graph of man-animal conflicts and consequent fatalities have not only left UP’s wildlife experts but also lone elephant catcher Kamaal Sheikh, worried. Expressing concern over the scenario, the experts and foresters have recommended elephant-catching as the best possible way to curb the menace and have also approached the Union ministry of environment, forest and climate change demanding …

Elephant Day 2019: A story from conflict to coexistence between humans, elephants in Anamalai
5 years, 7 months ago

Elephant Day 2019: A story from conflict to coexistence between humans, elephants in Anamalai

Firstpost  

Losing their natural habitats, functional corridors, and the resulting reduction in the availability of resources, are pushing species like elephants to adapt to changing environments. Incidents in which elephants enter anthropogenic landscapes can sometimes result in a human-elephant conflict, which poses a serious management concern to government agencies engaged in wildlife conservation, and researchers attempting to identify sustainable solutions. While …

Landscape-level approach necessary to address human-elephant conflicts
6 years, 1 month ago

Landscape-level approach necessary to address human-elephant conflicts

Firstpost  

A study involving close monitoring of elephants on daily basis for two years in Karnataka has concluded that landscape-level management is necessary for mitigating human-elephant conflicts. Apart from natural forest vegetation, the study area is dotted with coffee plantations on the sloppy lands, paddy cultivation in the valley, monoculture plantation fragments along with the backwaters of Hemavati reservoir. During hotter …

Man-jumbo conflict: 1 killed on Ooty border
6 years, 2 months ago

Man-jumbo conflict: 1 killed on Ooty border

Deccan Chronicle  

Ooty: A farm hand was killed by a wild elephant in the Cherampadi area in Gudalur limits on the Nilgiris border on Thursday. As frost and dry weather has almost become the order of the day in the western parts of the Nilgiris consisting of Gudalur and Pandalur taluks, it is presumed that sources of fodder and water in the …

Ooty: Jackfruit season aggravates jumbo menace in hills
6 years, 7 months ago

Ooty: Jackfruit season aggravates jumbo menace in hills

Deccan Chronicle  

Ooty: The Southwest monsoon season between June and September brings copious rains to the Nilgiris, but this period is traumatic for foresters and residents in the Coonoor-Burliar slopes as the menace of wild elephants increases due to the jack fruit season on this slopes. V. Sivadass, managing trustee of the Nilgiris Environment and Socio-cultural Trust, said that the onset of …

Wild elephant kills farmer on Ooty border
6 years, 9 months ago

Wild elephant kills farmer on Ooty border

Deccan Chronicle  

Ooty: The man-elephant conflict surfaced yet again on the Nilgiris border when a wild elephant attacked and killed a farmer in Gudalur limits near here. While the Gudalur and Pandalur limits in Nilgiris border has been witnessing an upsurge in the movement of stray wild animals into human settlements and a rise in man-elephant conflict in recent times, on Friday …

Straying of wild jumbo in Gudalur worries residents
6 years, 9 months ago

Straying of wild jumbo in Gudalur worries residents

Deccan Chronicle  

Ooty: As man-elephant conflict is on the course of escalation in the Nilgiris border in the recent weeks, now, the straying of a wild makhna elephant in rural limits at Gudalur in Nilgiris border has become a cause of concern. Residents in Dharmagiri hamlet near Gudalur have now turned panic-stricken as the stray makhna elephant which moved into the tea …

Man-animal conflicts spark tension in Ooty
6 years, 10 months ago

Man-animal conflicts spark tension in Ooty

Deccan Chronicle  

Ooty: Two deaths due to wild elephant attack in Gudalur limits over just a week, including the one on Wednesday night, triggered public unrest and tension on the Nilgiris border areas. While a wild elephant had struck in the Aamaikulam area in Gudalur and killed an elderly woman last Thursday, again yesterday in nearby Padanthurai limits, another jumbo attacked and …

Environment ministry project will look into birth control for elephants, monkeys
7 years, 3 months ago

Environment ministry project will look into birth control for elephants, monkeys

Hindustan Times  

The environment ministry has approved a five-year project to research ways to limit birth control in four species, including the Asian elephant, a protected species under the Wildlife Protection Act and also the country’s national heritage animal. The ministry has allocated ₹10 crore to establish labs and fund research to help meet the objective of wildlife population management as laid …

Public demand new measures to ward off threat from elephants
9 years ago

Public demand new measures to ward off threat from elephants

Deccan Chronicle  

Ooty: While greens said that the fragmented forests in Gudalur - Pandalur belt is the reason for frequent straying of wild jumbos, the public wants new measures to ward off threat from jumbos. Meanwhile, Mr.S.Badri, Secretary of the CPM in Nilgiris, said that the frequent man-elephant conflict in Pandalur-Gudalur belt only reflected the poor forest administration in Gudalur forest division. …

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