ELEPHANT CORRIDORS

Last Updated on 4th November, 2023
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ELEPHANT CORRIDORS

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  • An expert has flagged multiple inconsistencies in the recently published report on elephant corridors of India – A Report titled Elephant Corridors of India, 2023.

Elephant Corridor

  • An elephant corridor is a land strip facilitating the movement of elephants between two or more viable habitat patches.
  • Corridors leading the animals away from forest habitats into the human domain without connecting to viable habitat patches are not considered true elephant corridors.

READ MORE ABOUT THE REPORT: https://www.iasgyan.in/daily-current-affairs/elephant-corridors#:~:text=The%20number%20of%20elephant%20corridors,total%20corridors%2C%20the%20report%20said.

PRACTICE QUESTION

Q. The Government needs to update elephant corridors to mitigate human-animal conflict. What are the threats to elephant corridors? Discuss. How to ameliorate the issue?

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