Conflict with Wild Giant (Elephas Maximus) and Us in Northern West Bengal: A Review.
Journal Title: IOSR Journal of Humanities and Social Science - Year 2018, Vol 23, Issue 1
Abstract
Man elephant conflict in Hill, Terai and Dooars region of Northern West Bengal is now common these days and it will increases day after day. This situation makes environmentalist little much worry because the losses in both direction of it increase tremendously in future. The most well known protected forest like Sinchal WLS, Mahananda WLS, Singalila NP, Neora Valley NP, Jorepokhari WLS etc. protected forest of undivided Darjeeling district and Gorumara NP, Jaldapara NP, Chapramari WLS, Buxa NP & WLS etc protected forest of undivided Jalpaiguri district hold some rare species like Asiatic Elephant, Red Panda, One Horn Rhino, Bengal Tiger etc. Due to the shortage of forest habitat and food, land use changes or biological movement over long time through Elephant corridor wild elephants passes to forest surrounded locality as a result MAN AND WILD ELEPHANT CONFLICT took place. This paper is an attempt to focus on the different forms of MAN ELEPHANT CONFLICT, find out its causes and consequence result in and around forest and surrounded areas, suggest some remedies to save wild elephants and human being in Hill, Terai and Dooars region of Northern West Bengal.
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Chiranjib Nad
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