Raipur: 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 …
