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- Recently, the Government of India has announced the notification of one more Elephant Reserve (ER) Agasthiyamalai in Tamil Nadu during a programme in the Periyar Wildlife Sanctuaryin Kerala.
- This will be the 32nd Elephant Reserve in the country after Singphan ER in Nagaland was notified in 2018.
- Agasthiyamalai is Tamil Nadu’s 5th Elephant Reserve and also a Bioshphere Reserve.
Facts:
It is also known as “Elephas maximus”.
Location:
- Central and Southern Western Ghats
- North East India
- Eastern India
- Northern India
Some parts of Southern Peninsular India.
Protection Status:
- IUCN Red List- Endangered
- CITES- Appendix I
- Wildlife Protection Act 1972- Schedule I
- The population of elephants in India has reached up to about 27,312 (2017 Census).
- Karnataka had the highest number of elephants (6,049), followed by Assam (5,719) and Kerala (3,054).
Project Elephant
- It is a centrally sponsored scheme and was launched in February 1992 for the protection of elephants, their habitats and corridors.
- The Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change provides financial and technical support to major elephant range states in the country through the project.
Objectives:
- To protect elephants, their habitat & corridors
- To address issues of man-animal conflict
- Welfare of captive elephants
SOURCE: THE HINDU,THE ECONOMIC TIMES,MINT
