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Journal of the Asian Elephant Specialist Group GAJAH
NUMBER 46 2017 GAJAHJournal of the Asian Elephant Specialist Group GAJAH Journal of the Asian Elephant Specialist Group Number 46 (2017) The journal is intended as a medium of communication on issues that concern the management and conservation of Asian elephants both in the wild and in captivity. It is a means by which everyone concerned with the Asian elephant (Elephas maximus), whether members of the Asian Elephant Specialist Group or not, can communicate their research results, experiences, ideas and perceptions freely, so that the conservation of Asian elephants can benefit. All articles published in Gajah reflect the individual views of the authors and not necessarily that of the editorial board or the Asian Elephant Specialist Group. Editor Dr. Jennifer Pastorini Centre for Conservation and Research 26/7 C2 Road, Kodigahawewa Julpallama, Tissamaharama Sri Lanka e-mail: [email protected] Editorial Board Dr. Ahimsa Campos-Arceiz Dr. Prithiviraj Fernando School of Geography Centre for Conservation and Research University of Nottingham Malaysia Campus 26/7 C2 Road, Kodigahawewa Jalan Broga, 43500 Semenyih, Kajang, Selangor Julpallama, Tissamaharama Malaysia Sri Lanka e-mail: [email protected] e-mail: [email protected] Dr. Varun R. Goswami Heidi Riddle Wildlife Conservation Society Riddles Elephant & Wildlife Sanctuary 551, 7th Main Road P.O. Box 715 Rajiv Gandhi Nagar, 2nd Phase, Kodigehall Greenbrier, Arkansas 72058 Bengaluru - 560 097 USA India e-mail: [email protected] e-mail: [email protected] Dr. T. N. C. Vidya -
Common Service Center, District-Haridwar
VLEs Details -Common Service Center, District-Haridwar SN District Tehsil Block VLE Name Contact Number Panchayat Address 1 HARIDWAR Laksar bhagwanpur Ajeet Singh 8650594978 Bhurna Laksar Laksar 2 HARIDWAR Hardwar Bhadrabad Sumit Tiwari 9045000108 \N Raamgarh Bheemgodakhadkhadiharidwaruttarakhand 3 HARIDWAR Roorkee laksar Bindu 9410710758 Raheempur 4 HARIDWAR Roorkee laksar Alok Kumar 8909464540 Imlikhera Imlikhera Dharampur Roorkee 5 HARIDWAR Roorkee narsan Praveen Kumar 9837194900 Sherpur Khelmau 6 HARIDWAR Roorkee Roorkee Anuj Kumar 9639829870 Bajuhedi mooldaspur roorkee 7 HARIDWAR Roorkee Roorkee Amit Kumar 8560579592 Mooldaspur 8 HARIDWAR Roorkee Bhadrabad Alka 9720860085 Mandawali Mandawali Narsan 9 HARIDWAR Roorkee Bhadrabad Deepak Kumar Singh 8433407886 Paniyala Chandapur Paniyala Chandpur 10 HARIDWAR Roorkee bhagwanpur Sonu Kumar 9927141508 Sikanderpur Bhainswal SIKANDERPUR ROAD PRIMARI SCHOOL SIKANDERPUR 11 HARIDWAR Laksar Roorkee Devender Kumar 9758692310 Dhadheki Dhana Laksar 12 HARIDWAR Laksar narsan Ajeet Kumar 7617642205 Kanewali Raisingh 13 HARIDWAR Roorkee Bhadrabad Vipin Kumar Agarwal 7535970405 \N 7 Civil Lines 7 Civil Lines Roorkee 14 HARIDWAR Laksar Laksar MANISH KUMAR 7351234344 Munda Khera Khurd SOCIETY ROAD LAKSAR 15 HARIDWAR Roorkee Bhadrabad Bhupendra Singh 9520378210 \N Left Canal Road 13/2 Left Canal Road Roorkee 16 HARIDWAR Roorkee laksar Sandeep Kumar Saini 9837543618 Khatka Roorkee Roorkee 17 HARIDWAR Roorkee Roorkee Jishan Ali 9837376973 Jainpur Jhanjheri JAINPUR JHANJHERI JAINPUR JHANJHERI 18 HARIDWAR -
The Royal Elephant of India
The Royal Elephant of India A Mixed Media Social Justice & Eco-Justice Art Education Project Artist Piya Sharma Inner City Angels Inspiration The Blind Men and the Elephant ~ A Picture of Relativism and Tolerance The Blind Men and the Elephant is a famous Indian fable of six blind sojourners that come across different parts of an elephant in their life journeys. In turn, each blind man creates his own version of reality from that limited experience and perspective. In philosophy departments throughout the world, the Blind Men and the Elephant has become the poster child for moral relativism and religious tolerance. Holi ~ The Indian Festival of Colours In Indian Mythology, devas (gods) and asuras (demons) stirred the ocean in the hopes that it would bring about their immortality. Lo and behold, this stirring caused nine jewels, also known as the navratnas, to surface from the ocean. One of these jewels was an elephant. Since then, the elephant has been regarded as a sacred and precious animal. The Elephant Festival is a unique event held annually in Jaipur, the capital of the north Indian state of Rajasthan. Groomed to perfection, glittering in gold, row upon row of elephants catwalk before an enthralled audience. The elephants move gracefully in procession, run races, play the regal game of polo, and finally participate in the spring festival of Holi. It is festival time for the elephants. The Ivory Trade and Elephant Endangerment Ivory comes from varied species of animals including elephants. The ivory trade is illegal on an international scale. It is illegal to poach the ivory from the elephant tusks (this results in the death of the elephant) and it is illegal to buy and sell the trinkets and jewellery made from the ivory. -
Review of Research Impact Factor : 5.2331(Uif) Ugc Approved Journal No
Review Of ReseaRch impact factOR : 5.2331(Uif) UGc appROved JOURnal nO. 48514 issn: 2249-894X vOlUme - 7 | issUe - 10 | JUly - 2018 __________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ ECOTOURISM AESTHETICS AND PROSPECTS: A GEOSPATIAL ASSESSMENT OF RAJAJI NATIONAL PARK Shairy Chaudhary1, M. S. Negi2 and Atul Kumar3 1&3Ph.D. Research Scholar, Associate Professor2 Department of Geography, H.N.B. Garhwal University (A Central University), Srinagar Garhwal, Uttarakhand, India. ABSTRACT There are 32 National parks, 92 Wild life sanctuaries located in 11 Himalayan states of India. Uttarakhand is the northern Himalayan state of India, where 6 National parks and 6 wild life sanctuaries established by the national and international organizations. These sites are well preserved, most beautiful attractions nationally and internationally among the tourists community for their amusement, knowledge and awareness regarding conservation of natural heritage. Rajaji National Park is one of the famous for his natural beauty, the prosperous diversity of flora, fauna and topographic landscape, which is located between Latitude 29° 56 ’ 40” N to 30° 20’ N and Longitude790 80’ E to 780 01’ 15” E in Pauri, Haridwar and Dehradun districts. It occupies around 820 Km2 areas in 9 forest ranges and situated in the lower Shiwalik range, foothills and Gangetic plains. Terrain relief of the park ranges between 271 m to 1381 m. from mean sea level. Shiwalik range passes from east to west from the park and River Ganga flows from North South and cut Shiwalik range in North East part of the park and makes flood plain in Southern part of Park. In the present study various aspects of the park such as topography, vegetative cover and Species, fauna species, Climate, accommodation facilities, transport and tourist attractions have been described using Remote Sensing and GIS geospatial tools and techniques. -
Making Way: Securing the Chilla-Motichur Corridor to Protect
OCCASIONAL REPORT NO. 10 MAKING WAY Till recent past the elephant population of Chilla on the east bank of the Ganga and Motichur, on the west, was one with regular movement between these two forest ranges of Rajaji National Park. Securing the Chilla-Motichur Corridor This movement, at one point, came to a virual halt because of to protect elephants of Rajaji National Park manmade obstacles like the Chilla power channel, an Army ammunition dump and rehabilitation of Tehri dam evacuees. The Eds: Vivek Menon, PS Easa and AJT Johnsingh problem was compounded by accidents owing to the railway track that passes through the area as National highway (NH 72). This study looks at WTI’s initiative in both securing the corridor as well as eliminating rail-hit incidents. B-13, Second floor, Sector - 6, NOIDA - 201 301 Uttar Pradesh, India Tel: +91 120 4143900 (30 lines) Fax: +91 120 4143933 Email: [email protected], Website: www.wti.org.in Wildlife Trust of India (WTI), is a non-profit conservation organisation, committed to help conserve nature, especially endangered species and threatened habitats, in partnership with communities and governments. Its vision is the natural heritage of India is secure. Project Team Suggested Citation: Menon, V; Easa,P.S; Johnsingh, A.J.T (2010) ‘Making Ashok Kumar Way’ - Securing the Chilla-Motichur corridor to protect elephants of Rajaji National Park. Wildlife Trust of India, New Delhi. Vivek Menon Aniruddha Mookerjee Keywords: Encroachment, Degradation, Sand mining, Corridor, Khand Gaon, P.S Easa Rehabilitation, Rajaji National Park, Anil Kumar Singh The designations of geographical entities in this publication and the A J T Johnsingh presentation of the material do not imply the expression of any opinion whatsoever on the part of the authors or WTI concerning the legal status of any country, territory or area, or of its authorities, or concerning the delimitation of its frontiers or boundaries Editorial Team All rights reserved. -
IYB-2010 and Countdown 2010 Celebration a Brief Activity Report
IYB-2010 and Countdown 2010 Celebration A Brief Activity Report By Santosh Kumar Sahoo, Ph.D. Chairman Conservation Himalayas 977/2, Sector 41-A, Chandigarh, U.T.India Tel.: +91 90 23 36 51 04 / +91 17 23 02 73 28 Email: [email protected] The Uttarakhand region of the northwestern Himalayas in India has a rich biodiversity all across its landscapes, particularly in its terai-bhabar region in its southern edge. The wildlife biodiversity in the terai-bhabar belt of Uttarakhand is found in Corbett National Park and the Rajaji National Park as well as all across its landscapes from the Asan barrage conservation reserve at Kalsi in the extreme west up to Sharda river in the extreme east bordering with western Nepal. Poaching, forest fire and wildlife body part trade continue to remain as serious threats to the wildlife in the Uttarakhand region. Illegal poaching of leopards and prey animals occurs in the tiger range areas of Uttarakhand state raising the level of threats to the endangered tiger (Panthera tigri tigris) population in its terai-bhabar tiger range areas. In the recent years, the human population in the fringe villages along the terai-bhabar belt in Uttarakhand shows signs of increase coupled with illiteracy and poverty, and their dependency on the local natural resources in the form of cattle grazing, fuel wood and fodder collection is on the rise. Threats to the tiger population are on rise as some of the recent tiger deaths particularly in the buffer zone areas of the reserve forests in the terai tiger habitats have reportedly been found to have links with poaching and tiger body part trade related activities (tiger skins, bones confiscated in village Fatehpur at Haldwani under the Ramnagar Forest Division. -
National Parks in India (State Wise)
National Parks in India (State Wise) Andaman and Nicobar Islands Rani Jhansi Marine National Park Campbell Bay National Park Galathea National Park Middle Button Island National Park Mount Harriet National Park South Button Island National Park Mahatma Gandhi Marine National Park North Button Island National ParkSaddle Peak National Park Andhra Pradesh Papikonda National Park Sri Venkateswara National Park Arunachal Pradesh Mouling National Park Namdapha National Park Assam Dibru-Saikhowa National Park Orang National Park Manas National Park (UNESCO World Heritage Centre) Nameri National Park Kaziranga National Park (Famous for Indian Rhinoceros, UNESCO World Heritage Centre) Bihar Valmiki National Park Chhattisgarh Kanger Ghati National Park Guru Ghasidas (Sanjay) National Park Indravati National Park Goa Mollem National Park Gujarat Marine National Park, Gulf of Kutch Vansda National Park Blackbuck National Park, Velavadar Gir Forest National Park Haryana WWW.BANKINGSHORTCUTS.COM WWW.FACEBOOK.COM/BANKINGSHORTCUTS 1 National Parks in India (State Wise) Kalesar National Park Sultanpur National Park Himachal Pradesh Inderkilla National Park Khirganga National Park Simbalbara National Park Pin Valley National Park Great Himalayan National Park Jammu and Kashmir Salim Ali National Park Dachigam National Park Hemis National Park Kishtwar National Park Jharkhand Hazaribagh National Park Karnataka Rajiv Gandhi (Rameswaram) National Park Nagarhole National Park Kudremukh National Park Bannerghatta National Park (Bannerghatta Biological Park) -
Rajaji National Park
A BRIEF PRESENTATION ON RAJAJI NATIONAL PARK By – S.P. Subudhi I.F.S Director, Rajaji National Park, Uttarakhand, Dehradun Location Map of Rajaji National Park INTRODUCTION Rajaji National Park – Area 820.42 sqkm. spread over in Dehradun, Haridwar and Pauri Garhwal districts of Uttarakhand. Three sanctuaries namely Rajaji, Motichur, Chilla and some Reserve Forest areas were amalgmated into a large protected area and named Rajaji National Park in the year 1983 after the famous freedom fighter and last Governor General Late Shri C. Rajgopalachari, popularly known as Rajaji. Biodiversity values 1. A magnificent ecosystem nestling in the Himalayan foot hills and beginning of the Vast Indo-Gangetic plains. 2. The P.A. represents several distinct zones and forest types, like riverine forests, broad leaf mixed forests, chirpine forests, scrubland and grassy pasture land. 3. It possess as many as 23 species of mammals and 315 avifauna species. 4. North Western most habitat of Asian Elephant and Tiger in Asia. 6. Rajaji is home of Asian Elephants and Indian Tiger. Flagship species- Asian Elephant Other Species- Tiger Leopard Hyena H. Black Bear Sloth Bear Ghural Deer Spp. Wild boar Tiger King Cobra Spotted Deers Leopard Census Figures of 2007/2008 Species M F C/J Total Elephant 95 212 111 418 Tiger 09 12 03 24 Leopard 95 106 19 220 Sambar 947 1791 518 3256 FLORA OF RAJAJI NATIONAL PARK • The forest ecosystem of the Rajaji N.P. are quite varied and diverse. • Sal (Shorea robusta) is the characteristic dominant trees species. • Other forests are mixed forests (T.belerica, Mallotus, B.ceiba etc.), Riverene forests, (S. -
Rajaji National Park
Rajaji National Park drishtiias.com/printpdf/rajaji-national-park Why in News Recently, a clash took place between Van Gujjars and the Uttarakhand forest officials in the Rajaji National Park. Key Points Location: Haridwar (Uttarakhand), along the foothills of the Shivalik range, spans 820 square kilometres. Background: Three sanctuaries in the Uttarakhand i.e. Rajaji, Motichur and Chila were amalgamated into a large protected area and named Rajaji National Park in the year 1983 after the famous freedom fighter C. Rajgopalachari; popularly known as “Rajaji”. Features: This area is the North Western Limit of habitat of Asian elephants. Forest types include sal forests, riverine forests, broad–leaved mixed forests, scrubland and grassy. It possesses as many as 23 species of mammals and 315 bird species such as elephants, tigers, leopards, deers and ghorals, etc. It was declared a Tiger Reserve in 2015. It is home to the Van Gujjars in the winters. Van Gujjars: It is one of the few forest-dwelling nomadic communities in the country. Usually, they migrate to the bugyals (grasslands) located in the upper Himalayas with their buffaloes and return only at the end of monsoons to their makeshift huts, deras, in the foothills. They inhabit the foothills of Himalayan states like Himachal Pradesh, Uttrakhand. They traditionally practice buffalo husbandry; a family owns up to 25 heads of buffaloes. They rely on buffaloes for milk, which gets them a good price in Uttarakhand and Uttar Pradesh markets. 1/2 Other Protected Areas in Uttarakhand: Jim Corbett National Park (first National Park of India). Valley of Flowers National Park and Nanda Devi National Park which together are a UNESCO World Heritage Site. -
Southern India Project Elephant Evaluation Report
SOUTHERN INDIA PROJECT ELEPHANT EVALUATION REPORT Mr. Arin Ghosh and Dr. N. Baskaran Technical Inputs: Dr. R. Sukumar Asian Nature Conservation Foundation INNOVATION CENTRE, INDIAN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE, BANGALORE 560012, INDIA 27 AUGUST 2007 CONTENTS Page No. CHAPTER I - PROJECT ELEPHANT GENERAL - SOUTHERN INDIA -------------------------------------01 CHAPTER II - PROJECT ELEPHANT KARNATAKA -------------------------------------------------------06 CHAPTER III - PROJECT ELEPHANT KERALA -------------------------------------------------------15 CHAPTER IV - PROJECT ELEPHANT TAMIL NADU -------------------------------------------------------24 CHAPTER V - OVERALL CONCLUSIONS & OBSERVATIONS -------------------------------------------------------32 CHAPTER - I PROJECT ELEPHANT GENERAL - SOUTHERN INDIA A. Objectives of the scheme: Project Elephant was launched in February 1992 with the following major objectives: 1. To ensure long-term survival of the identified large elephant populations; the first phase target, to protect habitats and existing ranges. 2. Link up fragmented portions of the habitat by establishing corridors or protecting existing corridors under threat. 3. Improve habitat quality through ecosystem restoration and range protection and 4. Attend to socio-economic problems of the fringe populations including animal-human conflicts. Eleven viable elephant habitats (now designated Project Elephant Ranges) were identified across the country. The estimated wild population of elephants is 30,000+ in the country, of which a significant -
The Distribution of Proboscidea (Elephants) Professor Dr
The Distribution of Proboscidea (Elephants) Professor Dr. Erich Thenius [In: Kosmos #5, May, pp. 235-242, 1964, Stuttgart] When I speak here about animals with a trunk, I do not mean the tapirs or pigs, but I refer only to the elephants and their ancestors, like the Mastodons and Dinotheria which we call the Proboscidea (after the Greek: proboscis = trunk). Their main characteristic is their remarkable trunk which has been fashioned to become a “gripping” organ. That organ was not present in the geologically oldest ancestors whose skeletons stem from the deposits of the Eocene (old Tertiary) in Africa. Even though we have no “soft tissues” of those animals, their skeletal features suffice to tell the scientist just what their bodily characteristics would have been. Thus also, we are not really going to discuss much about their distribution in historic times, but rather, we will concentrate on the development of these characteristic mammals, from their inception to their distribution in the past. A history of the Proboscidea is necessarily a history of their distribution in time and space. Information of these animals is available from numerous fossil findings in nearly all continents. But, before we even consider the fossil history, let us take a quick look of the current distribution of elephants which is shown in Figure 1. Nowadays, there are only two species of elephants: the Indian and African elephants. They not only differ geographically but also morphologically. That is to say, they are different in their bodily form and in their anatomy in several characteristics as every attentive zoo visitor who sees them side-by-side easily observes: The small-eared Indian elephant (Elephas maximus) has a markedly bowed upper skull; the African cousin (Loxodonta africana) has longer legs and markedly larger ears. -
Cop18 Prop. 51
Original language: English CoP18 Prop. 51 CONVENTION ON INTERNATIONAL TRADE IN ENDANGERED SPECIES OF WILD FAUNA AND FLORA ____________________ Eighteenth meeting of the Conference of the Parties Colombo (Sri Lanka), 23 May – 3 June 2019 CONSIDERATION OF PROPOSALS FOR AMENDMENT OF APPENDICES I AND II A. Proposal The proponents propose delisting of Dalbergia sissoo DC., from CITES Appendix II as it does not meet the listing criteria set out in Article II [(paragraphs 2(a)]of the Convention text or the criteria laid down in Annex 2(a) of Resolution Conf. 9.24 (Rev. CoP17). The species is widely distributed and in India it is found abundantly in wild and on cultivation as well. The species has very fast growth rate and capacity to become naturalized outside of its native range, even it is invasive in some parts of the world. The regulation of trade in the species is not necessary to avoid it becoming eligible for inclusion in Appendix I in the near future and the harvest of specimens from the wild is not reducing the wild population to a level at which its survival might be threatened by continued harvesting or other influences. B. Proponent Bangladesh, Bhutan, India and Nepal*: C. Supporting statement 1. Taxonomy 1.1 Class: Magnoliopsida 1.2 Order: Fabales 1.3 Familly: Fabaceae 1.4 Genus, species or subspecies, including author and year: DalbergiaL. f.1781 [1782] 1.5 Scientific synonyms: Amerimnon sissoo (Roxb. ex DC.) Kuntze 1.6 Common names: English: Indian rosewood, Himalaya raintree, Indian Dalbergia, Penny leaf tree, Sisso French: Spanish: 1.7 Code numbers: Not available 2.