project elephant

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One Effort

Project

Elephant

Earlier we teach

How to treat fellow beings

Now, we teach

How to treat animals

National Institute of Technolog

Patna


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Designed by:

1. Mamta Pradhan (448/08)

2. Anshu Agarwal (449/08)

3. Nirjhar Kumar (451/08)

4. Anurag (452/08)

5. V.N. Raghav (453/08)

6. Nicky Kumari (454/08)

7. Manoj Kumar (455/08)

8. Shivendra (456/08)

9. Anurag Singh (457/08)


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ACKNOWLEDGEMENT

First of all we would like to thanks our

guide Mrs. Reena Singh for providing us

such an important interesting topic & too

for her valuable suggestions.

Further we would like give a word of

thanks to all our friends who has helped

us .

At last I would not forget to thank the

almighty without whose blessings we

would not have been able complete this

presentation so well & on time.

Thanking you


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INTRODUCTION

The Project Elephant (PE) was launched bythe Government of India under theMinistry of Environment and

Forests(MOEF) in 1992 to provideFinancial and technical support ofwildlife management efforts by states oftheir free ranging population of wildAsian Elephants.


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NEED FOR THE PROJECT

When the survey was done by the governmentagency on the population of elephant ,thefigures revealed the need of such a project tosave elephants. The survey confirm the rapiddecrease in the population of elephant due to

hunting and poaching, killing for their tusk,decrease in their natural habitat and impact ofmodernization.


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To ensure long term survival of populations ofelephants in their natural habitats.

To support research of the ecology and

management of elephants.

To create conservation awareness among localpeople.

To improved veterinary care for captiveelephants.

To address the issues of human-elephantconflict .

GOALS OF THE PROJECT


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STATES OFINDIA ACTIVEIN THE PROJECT

Andhra Pradesh

Arunachal Pradesh

Assam

Jharkhand

Karnataka

Kerala

Uttar Pradesh

Meghalaya

Nagaland

Orissa

Tamilnadu

Uttaranchal

West Bengal


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RESERVE OF ELEPHANT

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TRESERVE OF ELEPHANT


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BIOLOGICAL ASPECTS OF

PROJECT

Producing conceptions using frozen semen

Producing sperm cell sexing protocols and

producing conceptions

Studying various aspects of elephant behaviour

Investigating male and female response towards

anovulatory and ovulatory urines.


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MAIN ACTIVITIES OF PROJECT

Ecological restoration of existing natural habitatsand migratory routes of elephants

Development of scientific and planned managementfor conservation of elephant habitats

Promotion of measures for mitigation of manelephant conflict in crucial habitats and moderatingpressures of human and domestic stock activities incrucial elephant habitats


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Strengthening of measures for protection ofWild

elephants from poachers and unnatural causes ofdeath

Research on Elephant management related issues

Public education and awareness programs

Eco-development

Veterinary care


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Many programs started under this project ,of which MIKEwas the most prominent one

MIKE

acronym for Monitoring of illegal killing of elephants.

Objectives of MIKE are :to measure levels and trends in the illegal hunting of

elephants

to determine changes in these trends over time

to determine the factors causing or associated with

such changes


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EXPENDITURE ON THIS PROJECT

TILL NOW

Period Expenditure

1991-1992 2.44 crores

1992-1997 19.51 crores

1997-2002 30.48 crores

2002-2007 63.83 crores

2007-2009 38.238 crores

Total expenditure till now :154.498 crores


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EFFECT OF THE PROJECT ON POPULATION

OF ELEPHANTS


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Thanks

Documents

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