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 months, natural vegetation areas such as monoculture plantations and forest fragments are important resource areas which provided shelter for elephants in the study region. If these places are not available, especially in places like Hassan, elephants will start using coffee plantations or agriculture habitats more frequently which may aggravate human-elephant conflict situation. While speaking to India Science Wire, Vinod Krishnan, another member of the team, said “we wanted to highlight this fact that though, forest remnants and monoculture refuges represent less than 7% of the total study area, they are vital for elephants and helpful in containing conflicts.

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Coimbatore Forest Division adopts technologies to tackle human - elephant conflict
5 days, 11 hours 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 …

INTERVIEW| Multi-pronged approach needed to manage man-animal conflict, says Meenakshi Negi
2 weeks, 3 days ago

INTERVIEW| Multi-pronged approach needed to manage man-animal conflict, says Meenakshi Negi

New Indian Express  

How is ISRO’s technology helping forest department? Karnataka is a blessed land where sandalwood trees grow like weeds. We need not geo-tag all sandalwood trees in Karnataka, as the state government deregulated sandalwood trees, relaxing felling permission. Many solutions were discussed in areas like Belur and Sakleshpur, including selling land to the government to create wildlife corridors that connect fragmented …

A jumbo problem: Why India and Bangladesh are at loggerheads over an elephant?
2 months ago

A jumbo problem: Why India and Bangladesh are at loggerheads over an elephant?

Firstpost  

Chandratara, an elephant that wandered through the jungles and inadvertently crossed borders between India and Bangladesh, is now at the centre of a legal battle. The elephant’s fate now hangs in the balance as the matter awaits a hearing in a local court Atikur Rahman, a Bangladeshi citizen, asserts that Chandratara belongs to him. The legal battle Following Atikur Rahman’s …

Farmers urge forest officials for immediate action to prevent elephant raids
2 months, 1 week ago

Farmers urge forest officials for immediate action to prevent elephant raids

The Hindu  

Farmers in the Bangarupalayam mandal of Chittoor district are incurring significant crop losses due to repeated incursions by elephants. Farmers voiced their dissatisfaction over the loss of their hard-earned produce and urged the forest officials to take measures to prevent such incidents. Other farmers echoed his complaint, blaming forest officials accountable for their lack of effective preventive measures. A senior …

Human-wildlife conflict reduction and mitigation plans being prepared for 12 landscapes of Kerala
2 months, 3 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 …

With tuskers in Chikkamagaluru, admin shuts schools, imposes restrictions
4 months, 2 weeks ago

With tuskers in Chikkamagaluru, admin shuts schools, imposes restrictions

Hindustan Times  

Amid the presence of a herd of wild elephants near residential areas, the Chikkamagaluru district administration on Monday imposed restrictions on movement of people in 13 villages across two gram panchayats and declared a holiday for educational institutions to ensure safety as forest department teams attempt to drive the elephants back to their habitat. Amid the presence of a herd …

Post- tusker deaths, MP constitutes panel for elephant management
4 months, 2 weeks ago

Post- tusker deaths, MP constitutes panel for elephant management

Deccan Chronicle  

Bhopal: The state forest department has constituted a committee for management of elephants in Madhya Pradesh in the wake of the recent death of ten elephants in the Bandhavgarh Tiger Reserve in MP. “We will study the best practices in elephant management in other states and put in place a system for effective management of the wild elephants in Madhya …

Learning to live with elephants
4 months, 3 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 …

Maharashtra Forest Officials Alert Border Crossing by Herd of Wild Elephants
5 months ago

Maharashtra Forest Officials Alert Border Crossing by Herd of Wild Elephants

Deccan Chronicle  

Maharashtra forest officials have alerted their counterparts in the Komaram Bheem Asifabad district regarding the movement of a herd of seven wild elephants near the state borders. The herd is heading toward Telangana and is currently in the Aheri area of the Gadchiroli district in Maharashtra, approximately 30 km from the Telangana border. Forest officials notified residents of bordering villages …

Elephant-human conflict: MP seeks large-scale rail barricade along forest borders
6 months, 1 week ago

Elephant-human conflict: MP seeks large-scale rail barricade along forest borders

The Hindu  

Mysuru and Kodagu districts have been witnessing elephant-human conflicts and there have been many petitions to the government for addressing the issue. In this connection, Yaduveer Krishnadatta Chamaraja Wadiyar, Mysuru and Kodagu MP, met Union Minister for Environment, Forest and Climate Change Bhupendra Yadav and requested him to consider large-scale rail barricading the forest borders to prevent elephants from entering …

Morning walker attacked by wild elephant near Coimbatore
6 months, 2 weeks ago

Morning walker attacked by wild elephant near Coimbatore

The Hindu  

A 61-year-old man from Kalayanur near Coimbatore, who went for a morning walk in his locality, was attacked by a wild elephant on Wednesday. Forest Department officials said that Mr. Ganesh had a close encounter with a lone wild elephant when he went for a morning walk from Kalayanur to Somayanur on Coimbatore – Anaikatti Road around 5.30 a.m. R. …

Meeting of elephant range States of southern India held in Coimbatore
6 months, 2 weeks ago

Meeting of elephant range States of southern India held in Coimbatore

The Hindu  

A meeting of the elephant range States of southern India to granulate the components of the regional action plan for comprehensive understanding and management of human elephant conflict was held in Coimbatore on September 05 and 06, 2024. Besides discussing the action plan for mitigation of human elephant conflict in southern States, the meeting organised by the Ministry of Environment, …

Mobile app launched to mitigate human-elephant conflicts in Assam
7 months, 2 weeks ago

Mobile app launched to mitigate human-elephant conflicts in Assam

New Indian Express  

GUWAHATI: Aaranyak, a biodiversity organisation in Assam has developed a mobile application to mitigate the problem of human-elephant conflicts. Bibhuti P Lahkar, who is the head of Elephant Research and Conservation Division of Aaranyak, told TNIE, that the app was launched to save human and elephant lives. Explaining its features, he said, “If someone comes across a wild elephant at …

Fear of encounter with wild elephants grips residential areas of Matuthamalai foothills
8 months, 3 weeks ago

Fear of encounter with wild elephants grips residential areas of Matuthamalai foothills

The Hindu  

The conflict situation at the Marudhamalai foothills escalated after a female elephant and its calf that had caused damages in villages surrounding the Marudhamalai hills some months ago returned to those locations. @THChennaipic.twitter.com/zz9PgewW5v — Wilson Thomas July 3, 2024 Officials with the Forest Department said that the mother-calf duo had been roaming in parts of Kerala, Madukkarai and Boluvampatti forest …

Action plan for TG forests to tackle wild elephants menace
10 months ago

Action plan for TG forests to tackle wild elephants menace

Deccan Chronicle  

Adilabad: The forest department in Telangana has prepared an action plan to deal with the menace of wild elephants straying in during the monsoon season for food and water from bordering Maharashtra and Chhattisgarh states. A sub-adult male elephant entered the Kagaznagar forest division by crossing the River Pranahitha from Gadchiroli and trampled two farmers to death in the first …

Synchronised elephant population estimation exercise begins in STR and Erode Forest Division
10 months ago

Synchronised elephant population estimation exercise begins in STR and Erode Forest Division

The Hindu  

A synchronised elephant population estimation exercise that aims at preventing human-elephant conflict and developing management strategies began in Sathyamangalam Tiger Reserve and Erode Forest Division, here on Thursday, May 23, 2024. K. Sudhakar, Deputy Director of STR and District Forest Officer of Hasanur Division said the exercise began at 30 beats in which 120 staff were involved. Kulal Yogesh Vilas, …

Can Kerala's new SOPs reduce human-animal conflicts?
10 months, 1 week 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 …

T.N. Govt. faces stiff challenges to balance needs of human communities and elephant habitats in Gudalur
10 months, 1 week ago

T.N. Govt. faces stiff challenges to balance needs of human communities and elephant habitats in Gudalur

The Hindu  

Despite opposition from residents and political parties to the Tamil Nadu government identifying two corridors that run through Gudalur in the Nilgiris, legal experts and conservationists feel that notifying the two corridors will be imperative in ensuring the conservation of the Asian elephant in the region. Draft elephant corridor report The draft elephant corridor report details the presence of anywhere …

Coimbatore farmers demand preventive measures to reduce crop, property damage by elephants
1 year, 1 month ago

Coimbatore farmers demand preventive measures to reduce crop, property damage by elephants

The Hindu  

With damages to crops and properties by elephants becoming a regular affair in villages bordering forests in Coimbatore district, farmers are demanding the Forest Department to take preventive measures such as digging of elephant-proof trenches along forest boundaries and installation of solar-powered electric fencing. They said the extent of damage caused by wild elephants in farm lands adjoining forests was …

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 …

Odisha government seeks urgent deployment of kumki elephants from Tamil Nadu
1 year, 2 months ago

Odisha government seeks urgent deployment of kumki elephants from Tamil Nadu

The Hindu  

The Odisha government has sought assistance of Tamil Nadu for making kumki elephants and mahouts available in the wake of worsening human-elephant conflict in the eastern State. Odisha’s Additional Chief Secretary Satyabrata Sahu wrote a letter to his Tamil Nadu counterpart Supriya Sahu, Additional Chief Secretary stating: “In recent years, we have been facing significant challenges in mitigating human-elephant conflicts. …

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, 3 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 …

Parvathipuram Manyam Forest Department Issues Alert on Roaming Elephants
1 year, 6 months ago

Parvathipuram Manyam Forest Department Issues Alert on Roaming Elephants

Deccan Chronicle  

VISHAKHAPATNAM: The forest department of Parvathipuram Manyam district is on high alert to prevent man-animal conflict as a lone male elephant and two herds of elephants are moving in the forests of Kurupam Mandal. Prasuna said the single elephant 'Hari’ was on the top of the Artham Hills, and the remaining seven elephants were in the Old Duggi submerged area …

Mammoth problems, meaningful solutions: Marrying technical data and conservation
1 year, 7 months ago

Mammoth problems, meaningful solutions: Marrying technical data and conservation

The Hindu  

Bengaluru-headquartered Asian Nature Conservation Foundation founded by Prof Raman Sukumar of IISc and the late Prof Dhritikanta Lahiri Choudhury has been actively involved in elephant conservation since 1997. The Assam Forest Department wanted actionable insights and requested the team to look at the human-elephant conflicts in Golaghat district near Kaziranga and Hamren district near Karbi Anglong. “The short-term goal was …

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 …

Putting Bannerghatta on the elephant conservation map
1 year, 7 months ago

Putting Bannerghatta on the elephant conservation map

The Hindu  

Bannerghatta National Park, a part of one of the largest scrub forests in India, covers an area of about 260 km sq and is only about 27 km from Bengaluru. The 2023 elephant census suggested the presence of about 127 elephants in the area which The Bannerghatta-Hosur area of the Eastern Ghats, which comprises three protected areas including the Bannerghatta …

Taming trunks and tempers: Research initiatives from the State to mitigate conflicts
1 year, 7 months ago

Taming trunks and tempers: Research initiatives from the State to mitigate conflicts

The Hindu  

Data from the latest elephant census report released by the Karnataka Government on August 9 must have been music to the ears of jumbo lovers. Mindless urban expansion at the cost of forest cover and elephant habitats, and infrastructural developments blocking movement of elephants have forced behavioural changes in elephants and increased instances of humans being exposed to the beasts. …

AP plans steps to ensure safe passage of elephants
1 year, 10 months ago

AP plans steps to ensure safe passage of elephants

Deccan Chronicle  

VIJAYAWADA: The Andhra Pradesh Government is initiating several steps to ensure the safe passage of elephants that move in from Odisha, Karnataka and Tamil Naidu to AP districts on a regular basis. In compliance with the advice of the Project Elephant Steering Committee of the Wildlife Institute of India and also taking note of the observations of the Supreme Court, …

Almost two-thirds of elephant habitat lost across Asia, study finds
1 year, 11 months ago

Almost two-thirds of elephant habitat lost across Asia, study finds

CNN  

Sign up for CNN’s Wonder Theory science newsletter. “My worry is that we are going to reach a tipping point in which cultures of mutual non-confrontation toward one another get replaced by cultures of antagonism and violence – by both species … We have to de-escalate this situation,” said de Silva, who is also founder and president of Trunks and …

Elephants damage crops in forested hamlets in AP\'s Palamaner mandal
2 years ago

Elephants damage crops in forested hamlets in AP\'s Palamaner mandal

Deccan Chronicle  

TIRUPATI: A herd of elephants created a ruckus in Diguva Marumuru village and the surrounding hamlets under Kolamasanpalli panchayat in Palamaner constituency during the intervening night of Monday and Tuesday. The herd ravaged banana plantations and other crops across large stretches of land and stormed towards the bustling crowd of locals, who then rushed into fields to drive the animals …

‘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 …

Conserving elephants in the southernmost western ghats
2 years, 7 months ago

Conserving elephants in the southernmost western ghats

The Hindu  

As a child, Gopal saw a herd of 37 elephants — yes, he counted them one by one — on the southern edge of the Western Ghats. “The Kalakad Mundanthurai Tiger Reserve administration has drawn up plans for resurrecting the elephant migratory paths and removing encroachments along the corridors within the landscape,” says N. Senthil Kumar, Field Director, KMTR. Compact …

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 …

New efforts to protect African forest elephants in Gabon for nature and climate
2 years, 10 months ago

New efforts to protect African forest elephants in Gabon for nature and climate

The Independent  

Sign up to the Independent Climate email for the latest advice on saving the planet Get our free Climate email Get our free Climate email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. A survey conducted by Gabon’s National Parks Agency and Wildlife Conservation released last year estimated there were 95,000 African …

Elephantine journey: Maharashtra's elephant corridor bodes well for conservation efforts
3 years, 2 months ago

Elephantine journey: Maharashtra's elephant corridor bodes well for conservation efforts

The Hindu  

It has been more than three months since a herd of wild elephants wandered across the Chhattisgarh border to the forests of Gadchiroli in eastern Maharashtra. Therefore, Kishor Rithe believes, “wild elephants and buffaloes can live in the combined forest area of the present Chandrapur and Gadchiroli districts as the habitat of these two animals is the same. Tourism with …

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, …

Elephant menace: Villagers live under constant fear in Chittoor
3 years, 2 months ago

Elephant menace: Villagers live under constant fear in Chittoor

Deccan Chronicle  

TIRUPATI: The elephant menace has once again become a major worry in the tri-state junction areas like the Koundinya Wildlife Sanctuary in Kuppam, Palamaner, Punganur, Bangarupalem mandal and the Chittoor west ranges, flanked by Tamil Nadu and Karnataka. Villagers said that around 10 elephants, which were camping in the nearby forest area, ventured into human habitations and destroyed crops on …

What coexistence is like for elephants and people in Kodaikanal
3 years, 3 months ago

What coexistence is like for elephants and people in Kodaikanal

Live Mint  

About two months ago, WhatsApp groups in Kodaikanal were abuzz with news of elephants at Moir Point, a popular tourist spot in the Tamil Nadu hill station. “During prehistoric times, humans used to kill them, and ever since we started cultivating crops, we have been in direct competition with elephants, because we like to cultivate in floodplains where there is …

A farmers’ struggle in Sri Lanka, siding with elephants
4 years, 1 month ago

A farmers’ struggle in Sri Lanka, siding with elephants

The Hindu  

With rows of Sri Lankan flags fluttering in the morning breeze, it was not hard to spot the Independence Day event on Thursday in Walsapugala village, in the southern Hambantota district. “What does an Independence Day mean, when neither our farmers nor our elephants are free?” Mr. Samarawickrama’s organisation, and some 80 other farmer groups in the district, have been …

Wildlife Experts Concerned over Safety of Elephants in Odisha after 3 Tuskers Killed by Speeding Vehicles
5 years, 7 months ago

Wildlife Experts Concerned over Safety of Elephants in Odisha after 3 Tuskers Killed by Speeding Vehicles

News 18  

Bhubaneswar: After the death of three elephants in Odisha’s northern Keonjhar district on Thursday, wildlife experts have expressed fresh concerns over the safety of the pachyderms in the state and their dwindling numbers. “The injured elephant, who had a fractured leg, was provided medical treatment, but we failed to save her life,” said Keonjhar Divisional Forest Officer Santosh Joshi, who …

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 …

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 …

Coimbatore tops in human-elephant conflict in State: Ajay Desai
6 years, 1 month ago

Coimbatore tops in human-elephant conflict in State: Ajay Desai

The Hindu  

The Coimbatore Forest Division has the highest number of human deaths and injuries caused by elephant attacks in the State, said a report on wild elephant Chinna Thambi submitted by elephant expert Ajay Desai, a consultant to WWF-India, to the Forest Department. As per the report submitted by Mr. Desai, the number of people killed or injured by elephants ranges …

India's economic boom is killing elephants: Coordination at all levels is key to keeping pachyderms safe
6 years, 4 months ago

India's economic boom is killing elephants: Coordination at all levels is key to keeping pachyderms safe

Firstpost  

The elephants, in general, are facing threat to their existence and one of the prime reasons for this is the continuous shrinking of their habitat and corridors. Upasana Ganguly of Wildlife Trust of India said, “To define an elephant corridor you first need to define an elephant and for that you need to learn the four words. Wildlife Trust of …

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