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Chhattisgarh's Korba administration ensures successful May 7 LS polls by t
Updated : 1 year, 10 months ago IST
Chhattisgarh's Korba administration is on a mission they hadn't quite anticipated, tracking the movement of wild elephants for successful May 7 Lok Sabha elections as the region is suffering from increased man-elephant conflict.
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Women's handloom skills fine-tuned in Human Elephant Conflict-hit Meghalay
Updated : 1 year, 11 months ago IST
With the raging Human Elephant Conflict (HEC) having devastating impact on the principal and conventional livelihood options like agriculture of people in the affected areas, Aaranyak and British Asian Trust have collaborated to provide alternative livelihood options to womenfolk hit by the
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Assam: Human elephant conflict-affected women play key role in Aaranyak-SB
Updated : 2 years ago IST
The women from the local communities in Assam have been extending wonderful cooperation towards Aaranyaks' sustained efforts for the mitigation of human-elephant conflict through the involvement of the community.
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Training in Assam plantations to reduce human-elephant conflict
Updated : 2 years ago IST
The initiative aimed at supplementing people's livelihoods who have been affected by the burgeoning Human-elephant conflict (HEC) in eastern Assam.
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Chhattisgarh: 'Gajayatra' campaign averts human-elephant conflict in Mahas
Updated : 2 years ago IST
A public awareness campaign 'Gajayatra' was taken up by the forest department in Mahasamund district of Chhattisgarh on Wednesday to prevent human-elephant conflict.
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Human-elephant conflict: Odisha seeks 4 trained 'Kumki' Jumbos from Tamil
Updated : 2 years, 1 month ago IST
Amidst the rising cases of human-elephant conflict in Odisha, the state government has requested the Tamil Nadu forest department to supply four Kumki elephants to chase away wild jumbos straying into human habitats.
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Assam: Solar fence installed in Udalguri to mitigate human-elephant confli
Updated : 2 years, 2 months ago IST
The Aaranyak, in association with the Forest Department, has installed a seven-kilometre-long community-managed single-strand solar-powered fence in Assam's Udalguri district to mitigate human-elephant conflict (HEC) in the region.
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Meghalaya: British Asian Trust official inaugurates solar fence to mitigat
Updated : 2 years, 3 months ago IST
Belinda Stuwart Cox from the British Asian Trust, UK, officially opened the fence, symbolising a significant step in mitigating human-elephant conflict.
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Chhattisgarh: Elephant herd blocks highway to protect calf that fell in Ko
Updated : 2 years, 5 months ago IST
According to Katghora Divisional Forest Officer, Nishant Kumar, "The cause of the unusual 'chakka jam' was an elephant calf that had fallen into a deep ditch next to the highway, prompting the herd of elephants to intervene."
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Wild Asian elephants have unusual puzzle-solving abilities
Updated : 2 years, 5 months ago IST
A new study published in the journal Animal Behaviour presented data from a six-month investigation that documented individual wild Asian elephants' skills to get food by solving riddles that unlocked storage boxes.
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Assam: 'Aaranyak' takes up elephant habitat improvement to mitigate human-
Updated : 2 years, 6 months ago IST
Biodiversity conservation organisation Aaranyak has initiated an ambitious project for improvement of elephant habitat in Assam's Rowta Reserve Forest to mitigate Human Elephant Conflict (HEC).
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Forest departments of Assam, Meghalaya celebrate World Elephant Day togeth
Updated : 2 years, 7 months ago IST
With the objective to pave the way for sustained inter-state coordination in the efforts for mitigation of Human Elephant Conflict (HEC) and coexistence, forest departments of Assam and Meghalaya have for the first time celebrated World Elephant Day at Thakurbilla in North Garo Hills in Megh
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