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Solar fence energized at Goalpara to secure households in human-elephant c
Updated : 1 year ago IST
A two-kilometer-long solar-powered fence has been energized at Lahapara revenue village in Assam's Goalpara district and handed over to the local community in order to secure the lives and property of about 450 villagers from 70 households of the dominant Rabha tribe community in a human-ele
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Assam: Community-driven nursery aids habitat restoration for elephants
Updated : 1 year ago IST
Aaranyak, with support from SBI Foundation, initiates a habitat restoration project in Assam's Udalguri district, aiming to reduce human-elephant conflict. The project involves local communities in nursery operations, enhancing both wildlife conservation and livelihoods.
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BSF at Indo-Bangladesh border sensitised about human-elephant conflict, wi
Updated : 1 year, 1 month ago IST
A sensitisation workshop on 'Wildlife Crimes and Wildlife Protection Act, 1972' for Border Security Force (BSF) personnel deployed along the India-Bangladesh border was organised by the Department of Forests and Environment, Office of the Divisional Forest Officer, East & West Garo Hill
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Aaranyak provides bee-boxes as livelihood support to human-elephant confli
Updated : 1 year, 2 months ago IST
In response to the significant losses experienced due to the escalating human-elephant conflict (HEC) that poses serious challenges for both elephants and local communities in various regions of Assam, Aaranyak--recognized as the premier biodiversity conservation organization in the area-
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Aaranyak installs signages to mitigate human-elephant conflict in Assam
Updated : 1 year, 3 months ago IST
Aaranyak, a biodiversity conservation organisation in India, installed 20 pairs of signages across strategic locations in Assam's Udalguri, Baksa, and Tamulpur districts during October and November this year. This initiative, supported by the SBI Foundation, aims to reduce the risks from fre
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Community managed solar fence set up in Raimona area to mitigate Human-Ele
Updated : 1 year, 4 months ago IST
As part of its relentless pursuit to mitigate human elephant conflict and facilitate coexistence, biodiversity conservation organization 'Aaranyak' has energized total 10.55 km community-managed solar fence in two different in two different areas near Raimona in Kokrajhar district of Assam o
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Assam: 30 solar streetlights installed in Human-Elephant hit villages in s
Updated : 1 year, 5 months ago IST
As solar street lights have proved a suitable tool for mitigation of Human-Elephant conflict (HEC) in affected areas, premier biodiversity conservation organisation Aaranyak has installed 30 more such solar street lights across 21 HEC-affected villages in Assam's Udalguri, Baksa and Tamulpur
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Assam: HaatiApp launched, solar manual unveiled to mitigate Human-Elephant
Updated : 1 year, 7 months ago IST
Both the App and the manual are meant for mitigation of the raging Human-Elephant Conflict (HEC) in Assam and other parts of the region to facilitate coexistence.
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Assam: HaatiApp to help communities coexist with elephants, reduce conflic
Updated : 1 year, 7 months ago IST
Aaranyak, a leading biodiversity conservation organisation in Guwahati, has developed a mobile application for everyone, including the grassroots community, to help mitigate the ongoing Human-Elephant Conflict (HEC) and promote coexistence in the state of Assam and the rest of the region.
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Karnataka: Andhra Pradesh Deputy CM Pawan Kalyan meets Siddaramaiah
Updated : 1 year, 7 months ago IST
According to the officials, Pawan Kalyan arrived in Bengaluru on the invitation of Karnataka Forest Minister Ishwar Khandre to attend the International Human Elephant Conflict Management Conference.
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'Lifeline' fence empowers women in human-elephant conflict zone in Assam's
Updated : 1 year, 9 months ago IST
The installation of a solar-powered fence in Besorkona Kochpara, a remote village in Assam's Goalpara district, has transformed the lives of its residents by protecting them from wild elephants.
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Assam: Students sensitised to biodiversity conservation, coexistence with
Updated : 1 year, 9 months ago IST
The region's leading biodiversity conservation organisation, Aaranyak, has organised a series of awareness events to sensitise young students to biodiversity conservation as well as to impress upon them the need for coexistence with wild elephants through mitigation of the human elephant
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