Human-elephant conflict: A case study from Madi municipality of Chitwan district, Nepal
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Kharel Bikash [1]
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[1] Tribhuvan University
Tribhuvan University
Nepal
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- Localización: XI young researchers meeting on conservation and sustainable use of forest systems / coord. por Elena Hidalgo Rodríguez, Francisco Javier Dorado Reyes, Ainhoa Iñiguez Soto, Diego A. Damián Carrión, Samuel Gato Martín, Guillermo Jové Alcalde, Raúl Arcadio Fernández González, 2017, ISBN 978-84-617-9574-1, pág. 44
- Idioma: inglés
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Resumen
In one hand the habitat of Mega herbivores have been fragmented and degraded and in the other this has resulted in a phenomenon called human elephant conflict. Therefore, frequent encounters with humans, their crops and properties have caused human-elephant conflicts which has negative effects on both elephant and the human. This study aimed at exploring the humanelephant conflict in terms of crop damage, property damage, livestock depredation and human casualties, conflict mitigation measures applied and the perception of local people towards the elephant conservation. It studied. The study was conducted in 5 wards of Madi municipality, Chitwan, Nepal. For this study household questionnaire surveys, key informants interview,secondary data and analysis of the reported cases of damage between years 2009-2014 A.D. was done. The study reveals that the 114 incidents of crop damage were reported during this period. Among the crop damaged paddy was the most damaged crop. There was no direct evidence of livestock depredation but elephants indirectly harmed the livestock by destroying their sheds. Property damage (41.5%) was another reported damage in the study area. There were human casualties causing 8 deaths of the local people in the study area. It was studied that people used different mitigation measures for reducing human elephant conflict. Among those mitigation measures community protection and Machan guard was highly practiced. Although the most effective measure was the electric fencing less number of people in the study area used this measure because of the unavailability of electricity and other economic constraints. In spite of the severe cost the people are paying due to elephant conflict, the perception of majority of peopletowards elephant and its conservation was positive
