Syllabus: GS-III
Subject: Wildlife Conservation
Topic: Human-Animal Conflicts
Issue: Human-Elephant conflicts
Context: Odisha government has sought assistance of kumki elephants and mahouts in the wake of worsening human-elephant conflict.
Synopsis:
- Kumki elephants can be deployed strategically
- To help manage and drive wild elephants thereby reducing damage to crops, human habitations and the potential loss of both human and elephant lives.
- For forest patrolling and rescue operations.
- Tamil Nadu model:
- Successful and commendable programme,whereby kumki elephants are trained and utilised for wildlife conservation purposes.
| Take Away Notes: Project RE-HAB (Reducing Elephant-Human Attacks using Bees)
● It is an initiative of the Khadi and Village Industries Commission (KVIC). ● The project employs a unique and eco-friendly solution-Bee fences These fences are made up of rows of beehives strategically placed along the fringes of forests and agricultural lands preventing elephants from entering human habitations. |
