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PROPOSED STRUCTURE OF ELEPHANT CONSERVATION AT UNION AND STATE LEVEL Governing Council chaired by Union Minister, MoEF National Elephant Conservation Authority State Advisory Council Chaired by State Minister for Forests PCCF + Chief Wildlife Warden Elephant Reserve (Director & Staff) Elephant Reserve (Director & Staff) Conflict Management Task Force Captive Elephant Management Task Force Report directly to Guidance, Technical and Finance
SCHEMATIC REPRESENTATION OF ELEPHANT LANDSCAPE RESERVES Corridor Elephant Landscape Human Habitation Inter-state boundaries Elephant Reserves Existing Protected Areas Proposed Protected Areas (Conservation Reserve/Community Reserve etc)
Page 2 and 3: Gajah Securing the Future for Eleph
Page 4 and 5: Public hearings were organized at t
Page 6 and 7: Contents Acknowledgements i Table o
Page 8 and 9: Executive Summary Securing a future
Page 10 and 11: of land use. While securing viable
Page 12 and 13: Gajah is a symbol of a search for b
Page 16 and 17: CHAPTER 1 Introduction Securing the
Page 18 and 19: But we can succeed. Indeed we must:
Page 20 and 21: From the outset, the objective was
Page 22 and 23: CHAPTER 2 Establishing a better gov
Page 24 and 25: ise and is currently at an all time
Page 26 and 27: The Chief Wildlife Wardens of the e
Page 28 and 29: of large numbers of residents in th
Page 30 and 31: Of these ten Elephant Landscapes th
Page 32 and 33: In the 8 th Five Year Plan the allo
Page 34 and 35: CHAPTER 3 Upgrading Research and Mo
Page 36 and 37: deduce any reliable inference in de
Page 38 and 39: Block sample count The total count
Page 40 and 41: (0.0097) from single source study c
Page 42 and 43: Tier 1: Dung surveys for elephant o
Page 44 and 45: Tier 3: Characterization of elephan
Page 46 and 47: 5. Information transparency The Tas
Page 48 and 49: populations rests on consolidating
Page 50 and 51: Jaldapara Wildlife Sanctuary, Chapr
Page 52 and 53: There are two Elephant Reserves in
Page 54 and 55: cultivated lands. Heavy traffic on
Page 56 and 57: Orissa has about 57% of the elephan
Page 58 and 59: sal (Shorea robusta) forests as a r
Page 60 and 61: Hills form the Tamil Nadu part of t
Page 62 and 63: India have put in additional resour
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Government and non government organ
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c) Infrastructure and development p
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is about 18 % of the total recorded
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non-forest uses will be subject to
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clearing of forest is one of the mo
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afforestation, year-wise phased for
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h. An independent system of concurr
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The Background CHAPTER 5 Mitigating
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Secondly, conflict mitigation evolv
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Landscape management of HEC The int
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a. Opportunistic raiding: If given
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mitigation strategy that will event
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Field Level Issues Field level issu
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(Jharkhand), Majuli (Assam), Rom-Mu
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construction and maintenance are al
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eing properly applied (by the gover
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egions in India, taking into accoun
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CHAPTER 6 Anti poaching, Trade and
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esults in loss of life and limb for
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male reproduction between 25 and 30
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A shift in demand will render the i
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Legal importation of soft ivory doe
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documented a Japanese ivory carver
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g. Regular information gathering al
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4. Policy interventions including C
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most states of India. These numbers
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include the phasing out of elephant
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that having a certificate of owners
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employment. Their knowledge too des
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Owners are the link between the ele
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c. A one time amnesty for elephant
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n. Activities that cause stress and
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elephant conservation and the scien
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The immediate priority should be th
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The Manasolasa by Someswara, a Sans
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The ubiquity of elephants in everyd
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CHAPTER 10 Summary Recommendations
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9. The Task Force recommends settin
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4. It is envisaged to establish Ope
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important to sensitize local commun
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15. Database for elephant related c
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11. All mahouts in service and newl
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9. Fences and Trenches can only wor
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References Ali, S. A. 1927. The Mog
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Datye, H.S.1995. Ecology of elephan
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detection probabilities are less th
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Sar, C.K. and Lahiri Choudhury 2001
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Varma, S. Venkataraman,A., Sukumar,
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24. Jadavaden Namboodri, Trustee, V
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71. R.M. Nair, Kerala 72. Rajappan
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Annexure II List of Hearings held b
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2 Kameng -Sonitpur Landscape (Aruna
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9 Periyar- Agasthyamalai Landscape
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Northern India Annexure IV(b) Prior
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4 Talamalai-Guttiyalattur 5 Avaraha
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etter way of restoring water rechar
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6. Budgeting should be provided whe
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Annexure VII Enumeration of Elephan
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No. of Visit Date of Visit No. of f
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8. Recording Observations: A Dung D
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Pg 1/3 Annexure VIII ELEPHANT CENSU
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Pg 3/3 III South Brahamputra 9. Dih
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