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<h2>OUR APPROACH FOR HUMAN-ELEPHANT CONFLICT
MANAGEMENT IN ASSAM</h2>
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<li>Our Projects</li>
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<h3>The Elephant Habitat Enrichment Program</h3>
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<p>
Due to depleting forest habitats and resources, we recognize the lack
of food security as a pressing concern for elephants. To aid this
problem, we have designed a program focusing mainly on identifying
and mapping elephant migratory routes and subsequently improving
the quality of those areas through the plantation of favourable grass
species such as Tiger broom grass <i>(Thysanolaena)</i>, Tora <i>(Alpinia
nigra)</i>, Napier <i>(Cenchrus purpureus)</i>, and fruit trees such as
elephants apples <i>(Dillenia indica)</i>, and Jackfruit <i>(Artocarpus
heterophyllus)</i> - to supplement the nutritional requirements of
elephants. The logic behind this initiative is that by improving food
security for wild elephants in their natural habitats, crop raiding
behaviours in community crop fields will drastically be reduced.
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<h4>Hatikhuli and Nonoi, Assam</h4>
<p>Hatikhuli, Assam is one of our primary and pioneering areas of
operations where the habitat restoration program was first initiated.
Hatikhuli, which falls under two districts - Golaghat and Karbi
Anglong, is marked as an important and frequent migratory route for
wild elephants. However, expansion of agricultural and industrial
activities have left forest areas in Hatikhuli barren and depleted. To
address this issue, we initiated a Napier grass <i>(Pennisetum
purpureum)</i> and Tiger Broom grass <i>(Thysanolaena)</i> plantation
program in Hatikhuli - which has been ongoing since May 2020. Both
Napier and Tiger broom grass are endemic to the area and are
characterized as fast-growing grass species with high regenerative
capacity. For this program, we planted 100,000 saplings of Napier
and Tiger Broom grass (each) on approximately 70 acres of barren
land in Hatikhuli. Based on our field observations and report,
plantation of such fast-growing - yet favourable grass species - was
a significant step forward towards supplementing food security and
enriching the quality of elephant habitat in the area.
Due to the program's positive outcome in Hatikhuli, we extended our
habitat enrichment model to <b>Nonoi, Assam</b> which has also been
identified as another important elephant migratory route in need of
habitat restoration and preservation.</p>
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<h3>Community skill development and
training program</h3>
<br/>
<p>
As mentioned earlier, one of our core beliefs is to help empower
rural communities to manage humanelephant conflict and manage
the subsequent losses that are associated with it. Our community
skill development and training program mainly focuses on
agriculture-based vocational training such as bee-keeping, animal
husbandry, agroforestry practices etc. The purpose of this training
program is to help enrich and elevate local skillsets and support
local communities to enhance their livelihoods and businesses. By
doing so, we empower communities affected by human-elephant
conflict to manage their losses effectively and find additional
livelihood opportunities that benefit them economically and
socially.
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<p>Our ongoing skill development and training workshops focus on
developing vocational skills and improving livelihood opportunities
for rural communities living in fringe areas. Often, due to lack of
good employment opportunities, exposure, training, and consistent
income - communities living in remote forest areas resort to illegal
activities such as logging, poaching, and stone quarrying. These
illegal activities impede conservation efforts and cause a major
threat to the sustenance of natural habitats and local wildlife.
Moreover, many rural and marginalized communities experience
substantial economic losses due to crop and property damage
caused by elephants. Such losses often fuel aggression and
violence towards elephants. To address this, we have - and
continue to - organize workshops in the fringe areas of Chapanala,
located in Assam's Nagaon district, to empower isolated and low-
income communities through vocational skill development and
training workshops three days a week. Hati-Bondhu provides
agriculture-based training with government-supported schemes
and facilities to help create better economic opportunities for those
who require it and are economically affected by human-elephant
conflict. Our community skill development and training program is
ongoing and we aim to continue improving the livelihood status of
rural communities and help mitigate economic losses sustained
from human-elephant conflict.</p>
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<h3>Community Paddy Plantation
Program</h3>
<br/>
<p>
This is a collaborative program with
local communities to initiate paddy
plantation for elephants on community
land - thereby creating a ‘Food buffer
Zone’ to keep elephant herds
strategically contained in a demarcated
area for a short period and away from
primary crop fields during the
harvesting season.
This program is currently ongoing and
is operational in a remote village area
called - Ronghong Village, situated in
Assam’s Nagaon district. Sixty-five
acres of community land is selected
annually to plant paddy crops for
migrating elephants to forage, thus
preventing them from straying towards
community fields in search of food.
This has been one of our most
successful projects and has helped
inform our study on elephant
behaviours.
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<h4>Paddy plantation in Ronghong village and Golaghat, Assam</h4>
<p>
Farming communities in Ronghong village located on the foothills of
Karbi Anglong experience high levels of crop raids and property
damage by elephants annually- thereby causing frequent conflicts
between local farmers and wild elephants in search of food. Both
locals from the area and elephants have suffered fatal injuries and in
some cases - death, due to rising tensions between the two. As a
part of our initiative to mitigate human-elephant conflict, we started
a paddy plantation on 68 acres of community-owned land for
elephants in Ronghong Village in 2018. After twenty sessions of
stakeholder meeting and focus group discussions, Hati Bondhu was
able to convince farmers from Ronghong village to work towards the
cause of elephant welfare and gained their support for the paddy
plantation program.
<br />
The project outcome revealed that the intervention was effective as
herds of approximately 350 elephants feasted on the paddy
plantations and remained confined in the plantation site for three
days during the - typically tense harvesting season. This outcome
enabled farmers from Ronghong village, and neighbouring villages to
harvest their paddy crops without any external disturbances. Our
field study and observations revealed that 10,000 acres of
community agricultural fields benefitted from this intervention. Due
to our program success, we have continued our program operations
in Ronghong village and are expanding our paddy plantation
activities in the fringe areas of Karbi Anglong, with help from our
local partners. Currently, our paddy plantation program is also
operational in Golaghat which is in urgent need of human-elephant
conflict management. we are expanding our mitigation operations in
the area and have identified strategic locations to initiate mass
plantation of Napier grass (Pennisetum purpureum) - thereby
creating natural buffers for elephants that stray towards local
villages in search for food.
<br/>
Currently, our paddy plantation program is also operational in
<b>Thuramukh</b> area located in <b>Golaghat</b> district, which is in urgent
need of human-elephant conflict management. We are expanding
our mitigation operations in the area and have identified strategic
locations to initiate mass plantation of Napier grass (Pennisetum
purpureum) - thereby creating natural buffers for elephants that
stray towards local villages in search for food. The project is being
implemented in collaboration with, and support from, <b>Numaligarh
Refinery Limited (NRL)</b>.
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<h3>Sensitisation and Awareness Program for Rural Children</h3>
<br/>
<p>
Our sensitisation and awareness program aims to inform and educate
young audiences in rural areas on the various environmental challenges
existing today such as climate change, forest degradation, illegal
poaching and human-wildlife conflict - with a special focus on elephant
conservation. The program engages learning tools such as games and
simulations, debates, discussions, presentations, and artwork to stimulate
young audiences to pave the way for positive environmental change.
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<p>As part of our mission to protect elephants in the wild, we have organised
a series of activity-based workshops for rural school children focusing on
environment and wildlife conservation in our Hati Bondhu base camp,
located in Chapanala, Assam. The workshops allow us to inform young
audiences of different age groups on the various environmental
challenges that confront our society today. Our sensitisation and
awareness workshops are conducted in the Hati Bondhu training centre,
once a week. We engage learning tools such as games, plays, discussions,
and presentations to stimulate students from different academic
backgrounds. We are currently expanding our program outreach from
2021 by extending our scope of participation to senior students studying
in neighboring colleges and universities near Chapanala. The goal is to
create dialogue among the youth living in rural areas on multiple
environmental issues - especially human and elephant conflict. Our
program also sponsors resource persons - such as local environment
entrepreneurs, activists, conservationists, practitioners - to help facilitate
workshops and impart their field knowledge and experiences.</p>
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