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Marine Protected Areas The Indian elephant Elephas maximus occurs in the central and southern Western Ghats, North-east India, eastern
National Parks India and northern India and in some parts of southern peninsular India. It is included in Schedule I of the Indian
Wildlife (Protection) Act, 1972 and in Appendix I of the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of
Wildlife Sanctuaries Flora and Fauna (CITES). It occurs in 16 of the 28 states in the country and is showing an increasing trend across
its distributional range. Its population in 2007 was estimated to be in the range from 27,657 to 27,682, whereas in
Conservation Reserves 2012 the population was estimated to be between 27,785 and 31,368. The state-wise population estimates are
given in table below:
Community Reserves
Elephant (Elephas maximus) population estimates for 2007 and 2012
Species
Schedule Species Database
Sl.No. States Elephant Population
Indian & Global Species 2007 2012
1 Arunachal Pradesh 1690 1690*
Databases
2 Assam 5281 5281*
Species Recovery Programme 3 Meghalaya 1811 1811*
4 Nagaland 152 212
Biodiversity Of Protected Areas In 5 Tripura 59 59*
India 6 West Bengal 325-350 325-350*
7 Jharkhand 624 688
. 8 Odisha 1862 1930
9 Chattisgarh 122 215
Maps Of Protected Areas In India 10 Uttarakhand 1346 1346*
11 Uttar Pradesh 380 380
Protected Area Gazette 12 Tamil Nadu 3867 3726
Notification Database 13 Karnataka 4035 3900-7458**
Andhra Pradesh 14 Kerela 6068 6177
15 Andhra Pradesh 28 41
Arunachal Pradesh 16 Maharshtra 7 4
27657-27682 27785-31368
Assam
(Source: MoEF, 2013)
Bihar
Chattisgarh
*Census figure as per 2007. The census report of 2012 is still awaited from the States
Goa **3900-7458 (Confidence Limits)
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Haryana
PROJECT ELEPHANT was launched by the Government of India in the year 1992 as a Centrally
Himachal Pradesh Sponsored Scheme with following objectives:
Jammu & Kashmir 1. To protect elephants, their habitat & corridors
Jharkhand 2. To address issues of man-animal conflict
3. Welfare of captive elephants
Karnataka
Kerala The Project is being mainly implemented in 16 States / UTs , viz. Andhra Pradesh, Arunachal
Pradesh, Assam, Chhattisgarh, Jharkhand, Karnataka, Kerala, Maharashtra, Meghalaya, Nagaland,
Madhya Pradesh Orissa, Tamil Nadu, Tripura, Uttarakhand, Uttar Pradesh, West Bengal.
Maharashtra
The Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change provides the financial and technical
Manipur support to major elephant range states in the country through Project Elephant.
Meghalaya (Download pdf)Securing the Future for Elephants in India, The Report of the Elephant
Mizoram Task Force, Ministry of Environment and Forests, August 31, 2010
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Orissa
List of Landscape and Elephant Reserves in India with 2005 Census Population
Punjab
Total P.A. in
Rajasthan Sl. Date of Popu
Elephant Range Elephant Reserve State Area (Sq. ER (Sq.
No. Notification in 2
Sikkim Km) Km)
1 East-Central Landscape 1. Mayurjharna ER 24.10.02 West Bengal 414
Tamil Nadu
(South-West Bengal- 2. Singhbhum ER 26.9.01 Jharkhand 4530 193
Tripura
Jharkhand - Orissa) 3. Mayurbhanj ER 29.9.01 Orissa 3214 1309
Uttar Pradesh
4. Mahanadi ER * 20.7.02 Orissa 1038 964
Uttarakhand
5. Sambalpur ER * 27.3.02 Orissa 427 427
West Bengal
6. Baitami ER # Orissa 1755
Andaman Nicobar Islands 7. South Orissa ER # Orissa 4216 750
Chandigarh 8. Lemru ER # Chhattishgarh 450
Dadra & Nagar Haveli 9. Badalkhol - Tamorpingla ER Chhattishgarh 1048.3 1154.93
Daman & Diu Total 17092.3 4797.93
Lakshadweep 2 Kameng-Sonitpur Landscape 10. Kameng ER 19.6.02 Arunachal 1892 748
Delhi (Arunachal - Assam) 11. Sonitpur ER * 6.3.03 Assam 1420 420
Puducherry Total 3312 1168
Eastern-South Bank
PA Updates 3 Landscape 12. Dihing-Patkai ER 17.4.03 Assam 937 345
Recent Research Papers In (Assam - Arunachal) 13. South Arunachal ER 29.2.08 Arunachal 1957.5 378.13
Wildlife Total 2894.5 723.13
Human - Wildlife Conflict Kaziranga-Karbi Anglong-
4 Intanki Landscape 14. Kaziranga-Karbi Anglong ER 17.4.03 Assam 3270 1073
Wild Species
(Assam - Nagaland) 15. Dhansiri-Lungding ER 19.4.03 Assam 2740
Illegal Wildlife Trade
16. Intanki ER 28.2.05 Nagaland 202 202
Geospatial Portal Total 6212 1275
Uttarakhand Biodiversity North Bengal- Greater Manas
5 Landscape 17. Chirang-Ripu ER 7.3.03 Assam 2600 526
Biodiversity Governance & Policy
(Assam - West Bengal) 18. Eastern Dooars ER 28.8.02 West Bengal 978 484 30
Global Conventions
Total 3578 1010
Government Policy Documents 6 Meghalaya Landscape 19. Garo Hills ER 31.10.01 Meghalaya 3500 402
Important Knowledge Information/ (Meghalaya) 20. Khasi-hills ER # Meghalaya 1331
Product From Other ENVIS Centre
Total 4831 402
And ENVIS Website Users
Brahmagiri-Nilgiri-Eastern
Climate Change: Impacts On 7 Ghat Landscape 21. Mysore ER 25.11.02 Karnataka 6724 3103
Wildlife
(Karnataka - Kerala- 22. Wayanad ER 2.4.02 Kerala 1200 394
Tamilnadu- Andhra) 23. Nilgiri ER 19.9.03 Tamil Nadu 4663 716
24. Rayala ER 9.12.03 Andhra 766 525
25. Nilambur ER 2.4.02 Kerala 1419 90
26. Coimbatore ER 19.9.03 Tamil Nadu 566 482
Total 15338 5310
Anamalai-Nelliampathy- High
8 Range Landscape 27. Anamalai ER 19.9.03 Tamil Nadu 1457 300
(Tamilnadu - Kerala) 28. Anamudi ER 2.4.02 Kerala 3728 780
Total 5185 1080
Periyar-Agasthyamalai
9 Landscape 29. Periyar ER 2.4.02 Kerala 3742 1058
(Kerala - Tamilnadu) 30. Srivilliputhur ER 19.9.03 Tamil Nadu 1249 568
Total 4991 1626
10 North-Western Landscape 31. Shivalik ER 28.10.02 Uttarakhand 5405 1340
(Uttarakhand - Uttar Pradesh) 32. Uttar Pradesh ER 9.9.09 U.P. 744
Total 6149 1340
TOTAL 69,582.80 18,732.06 2
# Approved by Govt. of India, but not yet notified by the State Government
* Proposal for extension approved by GOI, but not yet notified by the state
(Source: Elephant Task Force Report of MoEF, August 2010)
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