Exotic shrub invasion escalates human-elephant conflicts in Chhattisgarh, says Experts
Deccan ChronicleRaipur: Invasive exotic shrub, Lanata camara, has contributed to the recent escalation of human-elephant conflicts in Chhattisgarh, leading to loss of lives of people and properties, experts say. “The loss of habitats of herbivores has been forcing the wild animals particularly the elephants to move to the human habitations in search of food, leading to human-elephant conflicts”, noted conservationist Nitin Singhi told this newspaper on Monday. Exotic plants such as Lanata camara have almost no nutritional value and caused loss of the grasslands forcing the herbivores like elephants either to feed on the unpalatable invasive species or move to the human habitations in search of food. The Chhattisgarh forest department has identified it as a one of the key reasons of human-elephant conflicts and launched a move to free the forests of the invasive species.
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