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Project Elephant is a wildlife conservation movement initiated in India to protect the endangered Indian elephant.The project was initiated in 1992 by the Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change of the Government of India to provide financial and technical support to the states for wildlife management of free-ranging elephant populations.
Nilambur Elephant Reserve is a wildlife reserve in Kerala, India. It has a total area of 1419 (sq. km 2 ) [ 1 ] [ 2 ] and was created in 2002 as part of Project Elephant . The reserve is one of four in Kerala; the state having an elephant population of 5706 in 2018.
Ajay Adrushyappa Desai, also known as, Elephant Man, [1] (24 July 1957 – 20 November 2020) was an Indian Field Biologist-conservationist and researcher specializing in behavior of wild elephants with a focus on wildlife conflicts with human settlement.
The magnificent elephant, the most enormous land animal in the world, captivates its observers with its awe-inspiring and distinguishable features. Most known for their sheer size, elephants also ...
[1] [2] Lahiri Choudhury wrote two Bengali books Hatir Boi and Jiboner Indradhanu. [3] He also researched Architecture of Calcutta. [4] In 1977 he became a member of the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) specialist group on elephants and of the advisory committee of Project Elephant under the Government of India in 2004.
The sanctuary is primarily an elephant reserve and is home to about 78 Indian elephants. The vulnerable yellow-throated bulbul is present in the sanctuary. Some of the other animals found in the sanctuary are sloth bear , panther , cheetal , chowsingha , sambar , porcupine , wild boar , jungle cat , jackal , jungle fowl , starred tortoise and ...
In 1986, Sukumar helped to design the Nilgiri Biosphere Reserve, the first of its kind in India.In 1997, he set up the Asian Nature Conservation Foundation, a public charitable trust that incorporates the Asian Elephant Research and Conservation Centre, an organization that has carried out several field projects in India and other Asian countries on elephants and their habitats. [2]
Print/export Download as PDF ... Pages in category "Elephants in India" The following 20 pages are in this category, out of 20 total. ... Project Elephant; R.