The human-elephant conflict in Sri Lanka: history and present status

Gunawansa, Thakshila; Perera, Kithsiri; Apan, Armando; Hettiarachchi, Nandita

doi:10.1007/s10531-023-02650-7

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“…Human-elephant conflict causes economic losses and disrupts local people's activities and safety (Jiang et al 2023). The presence of elephants damages cultivated crops (Nyirenda et al 2018) and infrastructure, disrupting livestock, injuries and deaths, and economic losses (Berliani et al 2016;Gunawansa et al 2023). In addition, this conflict can cause elephants to be injured and killed by humans (Gunawansa et al 2023).…”

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“…The presence of elephants damages cultivated crops (Nyirenda et al 2018) and infrastructure, disrupting livestock, injuries and deaths, and economic losses (Berliani et al 2016;Gunawansa et al 2023). In addition, this conflict can cause elephants to be injured and killed by humans (Gunawansa et al 2023). Human-elephant conflict is one of the main factors driving the decline in Sumatran elephant populations.…”

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Factors affecting movement pattern of Sumatran elephant in Air Rami Production Forest, Bengkulu, Indonesia

LAKSMITHA,

SANTOSA,

Rahman

2023

Biodiversitas

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Abstract. Laksmitha N, Santosa Y, Rahman DA. 2023. Factors affecting movement pattern of Sumatran elephant in Air Rami Production Forest, Bengkulu, Indonesia. Biodiversitas 24: 5539-5546. The decline in the quality and quantity of elephant natural habitat is a trigger factor for human-elephant conflict and results in a decrease in the elephant population. Research related to movement and habitat factors determining elephant movement is important to obtain information that can be used as a basis for conflict management and mitigation in the long term. We analyzed collared GPS data from a female adult elephant (n=1) in Air Rami Production Forest with recordings from November 2020 to August 2022. This study aims to investigate the relationship between the Sumatran elephant’s daily movement distance and movement period with habitat factors. The data obtained were analyzed using multiple regression analysis with tested variables, including secondary forest land cover, altitude, slope, distance from water sources, settlements, roads, and daily movement distance/movement period. The results showed that secondary forest land cover, slopes, movement period, distance from water sources, settlements, and roads influence the elephant's daily movement distance. Meanwhile, the relationship between the movement period is only influenced by slopes, distance from settlements and roads, and daily movement distance. Our study further provides information recognizing the preferred habitat factor of the Sumatran elephant, which gives stakeholders an essential tool for conservation.

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Factors affecting movement pattern of Sumatran elephant in Air Rami Production Forest, Bengkulu, Indonesia

LAKSMITHA,

SANTOSA,

Rahman

2023

Biodiversitas

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Punished on Religious Grounds: A Critical Analysis on the Legal Protection Granted for Temple Elephants in Sri Lanka

Seethawaka

2024

Animal Law Worldwide

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Factors driving human–elephant conflict: statistical assessment of vulnerability and implications for wildlife conflict management in Sri Lanka

Köpke,

Withanachchi,

Chinthaka Perera

et al. 2024

Biodivers Conserv

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Human–elephant conflict (HEC) is a serious social–ecological problem in Sri Lanka’s elephant range regions, as between 200 and 400 elephants have been killed annually over the last years, and more than 1200 people have died from the consequences of elephant encounters within a decade. Crop foraging causes economic damage to farming households. The study aims to understand factors driving vulnerability to HEC among the population. Employing a cross-communal multi-item large-N field survey (N = 651), authors were able to describe living conditions and perceptions of Sri Lankan villagers affected by HEC. By running a multiple regression analysis with correlated variables, the study is able to correlate independent variables to vulnerability, namely socio-economic conditions, environmental change and land-use, and awareness. Furthermore, a vulnerability map has been created, identifying Puttalam, Anuradhapura, Kurunegala, Matale, and Polonnaruwa districts as conflict hotspots. Private electric fences as a widespread protection measure were found to have unintended negative side-effects to non-protected households. The findings suggest the urgent need to upscale public policies mitigating the consequences of HEC on affected populations by reducing overall vulnerability to environmental hazards, including human–wildlife conflict.

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The human-elephant conflict in Sri Lanka: history and present status

Cited by 13 publications

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Factors affecting movement pattern of Sumatran elephant in Air Rami Production Forest, Bengkulu, Indonesia

Factors affecting movement pattern of Sumatran elephant in Air Rami Production Forest, Bengkulu, Indonesia

Punished on Religious Grounds: A Critical Analysis on the Legal Protection Granted for Temple Elephants in Sri Lanka

Factors driving human–elephant conflict: statistical assessment of vulnerability and implications for wildlife conflict management in Sri Lanka

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