By Nilanjana Das Chatterjee
This e-book sheds new mild at the explanations and results of elephant migration within the Panchet wooded area department of Bankura District in West Bengal, India- a space characterised through fragmented forested panorama transformed via agriculture and cost growth. Anthropogenic actions bring about the decline in caliber and assurance of forests, lack of biodiversity and elimination of wooded area corridors which eventually limit or regulate the circulation of elephants inflicting a forceful swap in their habitats.
A significant aim of this monograph is to spot the features of man–elephant conflicts by way of land use swap, cropping styles, ecological features of the fragmented dry deciduous woodland, developments and styles of elephant migration, and livelihood styles of the population within the affected parts. Readers will detect insights into adjustments within the behavioral trend of elephants and native humans within the clash ridden zones, and the way this affects nutrition choice. via this ebook we additionally find out about rational administration recommendations that may be hired at the neighborhood and nationwide point to mitigate human-elephant conflicts.
Ecologists, panorama conservation planners and environmental managers engaged within the conservation of huge vertebrates in fragmenting and human-dominated landscapes will locate this publication valuable.
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As far as characterisation of the human–elephant conflict zone is concerned, a detailed questionnaire was conducted among the villagers from more frequently attacked villages. Each of the 20 forest beat offices was visited, and the heads of the offices were interviewed in depth. Thus, the total study covered five parts, as follows: 1. Appraisal of wildlife habitat: To measure habitat characteristics like patch type, richness and diversity (Bascompte et al. 2002); patch dynamics (Wu and Loucks 1995); patch isolation (Bender et al.
2 Map of Dalma Wildlife Sanctuary 86°15'0''E 86°20'0''E 86°25'0''E 22°40'0''N 23°5'0''N the forest deity. For the protection of wildlife, the whole Dalma range was declared a wildlife sanctuary on in 1976. The main aims were to bring fresh life to the forest and its inhabitants by giving full protection to wildlife as well as to make it an important centre of attraction for nature lovers (Ministry of Environment and Forest Report, Government of Jharkhand). DWS spreads over the districts of East Singhbhum and Sairaikella–Kharbwan of Jharkhand.
Secondary information was collected from forest beats, ranges and division office. Data on conflict issues were also supported by newspaper information. Census maps were used to create the division boundary and village boundaries that come under the jurisdiction of the Panchet Forest Division. All the published maps 18 1 Introduction were rectified and digitised. A total of 409 villages were considered, but But the villages without a forest area were excluded by the Panchet Forest Division. So out of 409 digitised villages, we took 236 villages under the Panchet Forest Division.