The man elephant conflict has assumed alarming proportions in assam this year, raising the hackles of conservationists and compelling the state government to take initiatives to resolve the issue. Humanelephant conflict hec is dramatically on the rise and has become one of the major issues in the fight to save asias endangered elephants. Human elephant conflict is a major conservation concern in elephant range countries. Through this book we also learn about rational management strategies that can be employed on the local and national level to mitigate humanelephant conflicts. The problem is aggravated day by day due to obstruction of elephant corridors. For example, an elephant eats around 200 kg of food per day sukumar 2003 and a single elephant can destroy a hectare. An assessment of human elephant conflict was carried out in the fringe villages around manas national park, assam during 2005 06. According to the ministry of environment and forest, only 22 percent of the elephant habitat in india comes under the protected areas network. The scenario of manelephant conflict in hoollongapar gibbon wildlife sanctuary of assam, india sujayita bhattacharjee abstract manelephant conflict is a crucial problem concerning the northeastern part of india. Ironically, the cause of the conflict has nothing to do with any lapse on bhutans part. It has assumed a severe character due to increasing human population.
The scenario of man elephant conflict in hoollongapar gibbon wildlife sanctuary of assam, india sujayita bhattacharjee abstract man elephant conflict is a crucial problem concerning the northeastern part of india. A major objective of this monograph is to identify the characteristics of manelephant conflicts in terms of land use change, cropping patterns, ecological characteristics of the fragmented dry deciduous forest, trends and patterns of elephant migration, and livelihood patterns of the inhabitants in the affected areas. Communitybased humanelephant conflict management in assam. Pdf habitat loss and humanelephant conflict in assam. People complain that elephants destroy their home gardens and their vegetable gardens. Habitat loss and humanelephant conflict in assam, india.
The carcass of a wild elephant was recovered at no 3 pub guwabari along the indobhutan border under the tamulpur forest range in baksa district on sunday morning it may be mentioned that a huge herd of wild elephants has been moving from place to place in the greater nagrijuli area in baksa district along the indobhutan international border for the last two weeks in search of food. A variety of management strategies have been developed and are practiced at different scales for preventing and mitigating human elephant conflict. The humanelephant conflict in indias tea state assam. Introduction humanwildlife conflict hwc arises when there is a compulsion to share common limited resources, such as land, game, livestock or fish schwerdtner and brend, 2007 and graham et al. Identifying reasons of occurrence 92 movement of elephants is largely dependent on the availability of food, water and shelter. Data on human elephant conflict in previous years from 2005 to 2010 were collected from the local divisional forest offices to make comparative study on human elephant conflict in balasore and rairangpur divisions from 2005 to 2011. The available forest department conflict records since 1991 onwards were also incorporated during analysis. The humanelephant conflict in indias tea state assam bbc news.
Determining if, how and why this conflict has changed over time will be an important step towards managing landscapes where people and elephants elephas maximus coexist. Stay up to date on all the latest the sunday standard news with the new indian express app. Manelephant conflict on the rise in sonitpur state of assam. Media caption elephants roam through tea gardens in assam. Human elephant conflict in india, driven by habitat loss and an expanding human population, is a complex challenge for biodiversity conservation. In fact in most countries across the asian elephants range, it has replaced poaching as the major human cause of elephant mortality. Elephant human conflict india a brief note navrang india.
According to the aidr, an ngo studying conflict cases, 21 people died in 12 months, including two in the last week of december. The existence of such a deforestation threshold may have important implications for landscape management in elephant range states that seek to avoid or mitigate. Humanwildlife conflict hwc is fast becoming a serious threat to the survival of many endangered species in the world. The festival is jointly organised by the forest department and tourism department of assam with an objective to highlight and find ways to resolve the increasing manelephant conflict. Lets tune in to this beautiful story of bonding between man and animal.
The news portal caters news of national importance from the seven north eastern states and also helps in promoting the rich cultural heritage and cuisines of the region in the national and international arena. Data on humanelephant conflict in previous years from 2005 to 2010 were collected from the local divisional forest offices to make comparative study on humanelephant conflict in balasore and rairangpur divisions from 2005 to 2011. Northeast india is considered a highpriority area for asian elephant conservation choudhury. Data collected by conservationists has revealed that 40 elephants have died in assam in the last 100 days. In assam, while the elephant population is decreasing, conflict is escalating. This is an extremely serious problem as the conflict results in people and elephants being killed each year. Assam edistrict project basic computer training preface onsidering todays networked world, it is essential for any human being to understand the fundamental areas of computing. The people of the cultural town have now sought help from the state government for a permanent solution in this regard. An assessment of human elephant conflict was carried out in the fringe villages around manas national park, assam during 200506. We are an independent media run by a team of dedicated and experienced journalist of north east from national media background. Humanelephant conflict, case study, mitigation, elephants. Pdf an assessment of humanelephant conflict in manas.
The case studies from countries all over the world demonstrate the severity of the conflict and suggest that greater in depth analysis of the conflict is needed in order to avoid overlooking the problem and undermining the. However, in assam, unsustainable extraction of forest products and encroachment of forests. Problem of humanelephant conflict elephant habitats methodology. Pdf habitat loss and humanelephant conflict in assam, india. Monojit singha ma, ph d, net research scholar, department of political science, assam university, silchar. Humanelephant conflict in assams tea gardens bbc news. In the past 10 years, 372 people have been killed by elephants in assam talukdar, 2010. Assams elephants at risk as mananimal conflict on the rise. An assessment of humanelephant conflict was carried out in the fringe villages around manas national park, assam during 2005 06. Elephant expert kaushik barua said shrinkage of elephant habitat. Pdf humanelephant conflict in india, driven by habitat loss and an expanding human.
Elephants of india find themselves in the hotbed of conflict. Pdf man elephant conflict is a crucial problem concerning the northeastern part of india. Growing manelephant conflicts the new indian express. Assam, therefore, is one of the most important strongholds for the survival of the asian elephant. Readers will discover insights into changes in the behavioral pattern of elephants and local people in the conflict ridden zones, and how this influences food selection. Nov 29, 2016 the human elephant conflict in assam has seen a steep rise in the recent times. Case study from tamil nadu 447 use of s earch light served as a mitigating factor to avoid elephant intrusion into the villages from the nearby forest areas.
Apeejay, wwf to curb humananimal conflict guwahati news. Feb 05, 20 while visiting wtis rescue centre in kaziranga, assam, we witnessed an elephant crossing the adjacent tea plantation two mornings in a row. The scenario of manelephant conflict in hoollongapar gibbon. Eight elephants died of poisoning in assam in 2018. Primary conflicts included crop raiding, human casualties and elephant mortality. Assam administrative report 19111912 thus observes 4 a considerable share of the export trade in mustard oil from assam was in the hands of a class of traders who are natives of the kamrup district, but almost all the rest of the export traffic, and nearly the whole of the import traffic of. The study suggested that, humanhuman conflict in the form of politics is the main cause of conflict. Awareness of basic knowledge of computers such as the block diagram, input and output devices, operating systems and other software etc. Altogether 70 elephants have died this year and causes vary from train accidents to poisoning and electrocution, according to the forest department. An assessment of humanelephant conflict in manas national.
Assam s goalpara district recorded the highest number of man elephant conflict in 2019, an ngo has said. But reducing elephant populations appears to have little effect on conflict. Humanelephant conflicts in northeast india assam state. The available forest department records related to conflict since 2007 onwards were used for analysis. Traditional landuse practices were suggested to mitigate conflict, who shared resources with elephants. All of them have been killed due to unnatural causes, with the primary reasons. Manelephant conflict a case study from forests in west. Tezpur seems to have seen a terrible form of man elephant conflict over the years.
Apeejay tea and wwfindia have joined hands to manage human elephant conflict in assam s tea gardens. The available forest department conflict records since 1991. This short video provides a snapshot of human elephant conflict in assam. According to indias environment ministry, 72 elephants were killed between 20 and 2014, with more than 100 killed in 2012. May 15, 2018 a 2017 survey puts northeastern indias wild elephant population at 10,9 nearly 25 percent of the total asian elephant elephas maximus stock of which 5,719 are found in assam, 1,754. Abstract the paper analyses movements of different small ethnic groups belonging to both tribal and nontribal communities in the state of assam and attempts to understand. Due to large scale deforestation for the construction of villages, elephants have lost their natural habitats that. Growers of worldfamous assam tea are encroaching into forests, fuelling a conflict between elephants and humans, locals and authorities in the indian state have said. However, human elephant conflict remains pervasive as the majority of existing prevention strategies are driven by sitespecific factors that only offer shortterm.
It has assumed a severe character due to increasing human. A case study in chunati wildlife sanctuary, bangladesh come to the villages as well as to the fields. Mar 15, 2018 eight elephants had been killed by poisoning in the state this year, state environment and forest minister pramila rani brahma informed the assembly on thursday while presenting the data on man. Sukumar 2006 with a particular need for the mitigation of. In assams forests, humanelephant conflict has no winners between 2006 and 2016, wild elephants have killed 785 people in the state, while 225 pachyderms fell victim to poaching, speeding. Jan 23, 2018 human elephant conflict in assam s tea gardens the human price of the conflict with elephants in indias tea garden state where a student was killed by an elephant on her way home from college.
An assessment of human elephant elephas maximus conflict was carried out in bandipur national park bnp, karnataka during 2012. Man elephant conflict searching for the reasons behind. The state was the first site for oil drilling in asia. Understanding spatial and temporal patterns of humanelephant. Officials blame smallscale plantations for most of the encroachment but local leaders told the bbc there was no uptodate land survey of bigger tea estates either. Man elephant conflict isnt something unheard of in assam. Keywords humanwildlife conflict, elephant, fragmentation, conservation, india introduction northeastern ne india is comprised of several states, including arunachal pradesh, assam, manipur, meghalaya, mi zoram, nagaland, tripura, sikkim, and the northern parts of west bengal. Humanelephant conflict hec is a complex interaction between humans. Wild elephant carcass recovered in baksa along indo. Guwahati, nov 20 notwithstanding its remarkable conservation saga, bhutan continues to grapple with a serious manelephant conflict. The assam forest department data shows that a total of 245 humans and 146 elephants were killed between 2001 and 2014 in mananimal conflicts on the border between assam and bhutan. The northeastern area of kodagu karnataka has very little forests left and a low estimated elephant density, yet it suffered more conflict than the rest of the district.
The kaziranga elephant festival is a yearly elephant festival held in the kaziranga national park of assam for the conservation and protection of asiatic elephant. Between 2014 and 2015, casualties related to elephant attacks were the highest in west bengal state followed by assam, which recorded 54. Assam buranji or history of assam internet archive. In the management of humanelephant conflict in assam we need to. Tezpur seems to have seen a terrible form of manelephant conflict over the years. Jan 23, 2018 this conflict also results in the death of elephants.
Apeejay tea and wwfindia have joined hands to manage humanelephant conflict in assams tea gardens. Dec 05, 2014 this short video provides a snapshot of human elephant conflict in assam. There has been more livestock loss in areas where people took their. Through this book we also learn about rational management strategies that can be employed on the local and national level to mitigate human elephant conflicts. Manelephant conflict keeping assam forest dept on toes. In assams forests, humanelephant conflict has no winners. Ethnic conflict in assam 127 position in its economy.
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