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5. Information transparency The Task Force strongly recommends transparency vis-à-vis enumeration results and data. As has been the case with the open-access data post the Tiger Task Force, it is recommended that information be shared via the NECA website. Further measures in this direction may also be considered. While caution has to be exercised to ensure that the disclosure of location of tuskers does not help poaching, protocols developed in other elephant range countries can be studied and other information shared. It is to be stressed that such sharing among researchers, scholars and citizens is vital to the process of improving our knowledge base on the species. 39
CHAPTER 4 Securing Elephant Landscapes Asian elephants once ranged over a vast area from the Tigris and Euphrates in West Asia to South East Asia (Olivier, 1978). However, the present distribution of the elephant is limited to Nepal, Bhutan, Bangladesh, India, Sri Lanka, Myanmar, China, Thailand, Malaysia, Indonesia, Cambodia, Laos, and Vietnam (Santiapillai, 1987). Though the number of Asian elephants in the wild is estimated to be about 44000 - 56000, it is threatened because of habitat loss, shrinkage and degradation of its distribution range. Fragmentation of available habitats has further confined most of the populations to smaller habitat islands. Developmental programs in and around areas of elephant habitat and encroachment of the habitat lead to loss of traditional movement paths of elephants. All these have contributed to increased human - elephant conflict, which often leads to loss of both human and elephant lives as well as property. The historical range of elephants in India has shrunk confining the elephants presently into distinct geographical zones (Jerdon, 1874; Ali, 1927; Daniel, 1980). The Indian sub-continent has an estimated population of about 27000-29000, which is about 50% of the Asian elephant population. Elephants in Andaman and Nicobar islands are considered to be feral, as they are the descendants of the captive elephants used in timber felling operations. Most of these are presently enclosed in the ten Elephant Landscapes (proposed by this Task Force) spread over 110,000 km 2 in four regions northeast, east-central, northwest and south India (Bist, 2002). Perhaps more than any other mega-vertebrates, elephants can only have a secure future if landscapes containing viable populations are managed in a holistic and ecologically sound manner. The long term survival of these 40
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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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etter way of restoring water rechar
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