Elephant Conservation Subject: Environment  Context: Recently, the matriarch and weight lifting champion – Nandini, the elephant was hit by a train and died near Coimbatore Railway Station, Tamilnadu. Content: India is home tonearly 60% Asian elephants and the last count of the species in 2017 had put the number at 29,964. While the number of elephants in India has increased in the past few years, the species is listed as ‘Endangered’ on the IUCN Red Listof threatened species and Schedule I of The Wildlife Protection Act. The South Indian Statesof Karnataka, Kerala, Andhra Pradesh, and Tamil Nadu are home to nearly 44% of India’s elephant population. The number of elephant reserves in India is 32with the latest addition being […]

    Elephant Conservation Subject – Environment Context – Preventing Forest loss on private land can aid elephant conservation: Paper Concept – Elephants prefer areas close to forests, with high vegetation cover and low human population densities. Preserving forest cover on private land can aid elephants to travel between habitats, in turn, helping to conserve […]