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    Project Elephant

    Sudarshan Gurjar

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    Project Elephant
    • Project Elephant was launched in 1992.
    • It is a centrally sponsored scheme.
    • It is included in Schedule I of the Indian Wildlife (Protection) Act, 1972 and in Appendix I of the
    Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Flora and Fauna (CITES).
    • Elephant census, is conducted once in 5 years under the aegis of Project elephant.
    • The Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change provides the financial and technical
    support to major elephant range states in the country through Project Elephant
    • Objectives:
    • to assist states having populations of wild elephants and to ensure long term survival of identified
    viable populations of elephants in their natural habitats
    • addressing man-animal conflict.
    • Developing scientific and planned management measures for conservation of elephants.
    • Protecting the elephants from poachers, preventing illegal ivory trade and other unnatural causes
    of death

    ©Sudarshan Gurjar
    • Elephant Corridor
    • An elephant corridor is defined as a stretch/narrow strips of forested
    (or otherwise) land that connects larger habitats with elephant
    populations and forms a conduit for animal movement between the
    habitats.
    • There are 101 identified corridors in India (published by the Wildlife
    Trust of India in collaboration with Project Elephant and the U.K.-
    based NGO Elephant Family, 2017)

    ©Sudarshan Gurjar
    • Coal mining and iron ore mining is the two “single biggest threats” to
    elephant corridors in central India.
    • Orissa, Jharkhand and Chhattisgarh, are mineral-rich states, but also
    have the highest number of elephant corridors in the country, which
    makes them known for elephant-man conflicts.
    • Habitat loss leading to fragmentation and destruction caused by
    developmental activities.

    ©Sudarshan Gurjar
    • Elephants have the longest gestation period of any mammal—22
    months. Females give birth every four to five years.
    • Asian Elephants: There are three subspecies of Asian elephants
    which are the Indian, Sumatran, and Sri Lankan.
    • Global Population: Estimated 20,000 to 40,000.
    • The Indian subspecies has the widest range and accounts for the majority of
    the remaining elephants on the continent.
    • There are around 28,000 elephants in India with around 25% of them in Karnataka.
    • IUCN Red List Status: Endangered.
    • Wildlife (Protection) Act, 1972: Schedule I.
    • CITES status – Appendix I.

    ©Sudarshan Gurjar
    • The African forest elephant (Loxodonta cyclotis) is now listed as
    Critically Endangered and the African savanna elephant
    (Loxodonta africana) as Endangered

    • Difference between Asian and African elephants Asian elephants


    are smaller than their African cousins, and their ears are smaller
    compared to the large fan-shaped ears of the African species.
    • Only some male Asian elephants have tusks, while both male and
    female African elephants grow tusks.

    ©Sudarshan Gurjar
    • MIKE Programme
    ● MIKE= Monitoring the Illegal Killing of Elephants.
    ● Established under CITES. 1997 Convention on International Trade in
    Endangered Species
    ● CITES-MIKE prog. Started in South Asia in 2003.
    ● Monthly data collected from all sites and submitted to sub-regional
    office.

    ©Sudarshan Gurjar
    • MIKE sites in India
    • 1. Chirang Ripu (Assam )
    • 2. Dihing Patkai (Assam)
    • 3. Eastern Dooars (WB)
    • 4. Deomali (Arunachal Pradesh)
    • 5. Garo Hills (Meghalaya)
    • 6. Mayurbhanj (Orissa)
    • 7. Mysore (Karnataka)
    • 8. Nilgiri (T N)
    • 9. Shivalik (Uttarakhand)
    • 10. Wayanad (Kerala)

    ©Sudarshan Gurjar
    • Haathi Mere Saathi Campaign
    • MoEF&CC in partnership with the Wildlife Trust of India (WTI).
    • Aims to improve conservation and welfare prospects of the elephant
    - India’s National Heritage Animal.
    • It will also help in increasing awareness among people and developing
    not just friendship but also companionship between people and
    elephants.
    • Unlike the tiger, which faces threat of extinction, the elephant faces
    threats of attrition.
    • Campaign motto: ‘take Gajah (the elephant) to Prajah (the people)’.

    ©Sudarshan Gurjar
    ©Sudarshan Gurjar
    ©Sudarshan Gurjar
    • Karnataka has the highest number of elephants (6,049), followed by
    Assam (5,719) and Kerala (5706).

    ©Sudarshan Gurjar
    ©Sudarshan Gurjar

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