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Assam: Women from human-elephant conflict-affected villages learn handloom
Updated : 2 years, 7 months ago IST
The workshop was organised in partnership with the British Asian Trust and with support from the Darwin Initiative to provide additional livelihood options for women to help them offset some of the losses incurred by the conflict with wild elephants.
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Rapid response units formed for mitigating human-elephant conflict in Assa
Updated : 2 years, 7 months ago IST
To boost efforts for mitigation of Human Elephant Conflict (HEC) and facilitate much-needed coexistence through community participation, Aaranyak, a biodiversity conservation organisation, has formed seven Rapid Response Units (RRUs) at the grassroots level in some of the HEC affected areas
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'Gajah Kotha' campaign engages over 1,200 people to mitigate human-elephan
Updated : 2 years, 8 months ago IST
In order to mitigate the increasing human-elephant conflict (HEC), Assam launched the Gajah Kotha' campaign, engaging over 1,200 people to foster coexistence.
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Meghalaya: Solar lights installed in human-elephant conflict-hit villages
Updated : 2 years, 8 months ago IST
One of India's foremost research-driven biodiversity conservation organisations, Aaranyak installed 10 solar street lights in seven villages identified as Human-Elephant conflict (HEC) areas in West Garo Hills district.
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Assam: Solar fence installed at Goalpara to mitigate human-elephant confli
Updated : 2 years, 10 months ago IST
"The solar fence was inaugurated on Thursday by the Additional Deputy Commissioner of Goalpara, Ranjit Konwar in a ribbon-cutting ceremony arranged by the solar fencing management committee at Bordal village under Lakhipur range revenue circle in presence of 65 community members, representat
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Assam: Victims in human-elephant conflict hotspots seek better coordinatio
Updated : 2 years, 11 months ago IST
Scores of village heads flagged myriad issues related to acute Human Elephant Conflict (HEC) in parts of Assam's Udalguri district on Tuesday seeking coordination among various government departments.
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Thermal drone cameras deployed to curb human-elephant conflict in Odisha
Updated : 3 years ago IST
The forest department is adopting technology-oriented solutions such as drones and thermal cameras to support the monitoring of the animals and alert villages if there is a chance of an encounter with humans.
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Elephant Conservation Networks help in human, elephant coexistence in Assa
Updated : 3 years ago IST
In several conflict hotspots of the state- in districts of Udalguri, Baksa and Goalpara, a network of local communities has been formed called the Elephant Conservation Network (ECN).
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This computer engineer-turned-conservation scientist is using sound to mit
Updated : 3 years, 5 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], September 24 (ANI): Seema Lokhandwala, a computer engineer-turned conservation scientist from Assam, who is dedicated to finding a solution to the human-elephant conflict, will be part of a special half-hour programme titled 'Call to Earth: Listening to Our Planet' this we
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Assam: 'Food Zone' created for elephants in Nagaon to stop their intrusion
Updated : 4 years, 1 month ago IST
Nagaon (Assam) [India], February 13 (ANI): In an effort to mitigate the conflicts between human and elephants, villagers in the Nagaon district of Assam has created a separate food zone for wild elephants so that they don't enter villages in search of food.
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Need to identify areas with human-elephant conflict, work on policy to dec
Updated : 4 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], August 12 (ANI): Union Environment Minister Bhupendra Yadav on Thursday called for identifying the areas where human-elephant conflict exists and work on a policy to decrease it.
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It's important to strengthen human-elephant coexistence: Javadekar
Updated : 5 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Aug 10 (ANI): It is important to strengthen human-elephant coexistence to manage conflicts and avoid loss of valuable lives of both the humans and elephants, said Union Minister Prakash Javadekar on Monday as World Elephant Day which falls on August 12 approaches.
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