(The Gist of PIB) Ministry of environment initiatives for managing human elephant conflict

[August-2020]

HEC are driven by various factors such as elephant density, human density, natural resource availability, extent of forest cover, crop-raiding and habitat disturbance etc.
India has more than 60 % of Asian elephants (IUCN status: Endangered) population with Karnataka having the highest number of wild elephants.

Surakhsya, a National portal for collection of real time information and also for managing HEC on a real time basis.
It will help to set the data collection protocols, data transmission pipelines and data visualization tools.
It will enable preparation of Action Plans for mitigation of conflicts.
Compendium on Best practices of HEC Management Plantation of fodder grass to keep elephant herds confined to forest.
Watch towers to keep vigil over movement of elephant and to warn villagers.
Alternate cropping with non-edible crops like chilli, citrus, ginger, onion not consumed by elephants may deter elephants from raiding the crop fields Forest Departments may consider using CAMPA funds or funds from other sources for legal acquisition of elephant corridor lands.