Human Elephant Conflict Archives - Ejustice
Abstracts-National Symposium on Human-Elephant Conflict in Sri Lanka
Foreword by Hemantha Withanage The Human-Elephant Conflict (HEC) is a serious socio-environmental problem in Sri Lanka today. During the last decade at least 200 elephants have killed annually and in 2020 it rose up to 318, which ranked Sri Lanka as the world’s number one country for elephant deaths due to conflicts with humans. Meantime
Consummation of Human Elephant Conflict in Sri Lanka
NIMMI SANJEEWANI (Attorney-at-Law) The Sri Lankan Elephant (Elephas Maximus Maximus) is the largest of the four Asian elephant subspecies that have a significant and iconic role in the culture, biological diversity, and ecological integrity across the country. They were once spread throughout Sri Lanka, but today they are mostly restricted to the forests in the
Campaign Against Killing Elephants using Hakka Patas
Centre for Environmental Justice initiated an awareness campaign to educate people in the elephant habitats in the dry zone the danger of Hakka Patas, a bomb that use to blast the elephant mouth. In most cases elephants are the victim or Hakka Patas which target the wild-bore or Samba Deer. Among the 300 plus annul
ELEPHANT CONSERVATION THROUGH COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT IN SRI LANKA
CEJ initiated project with the support of the THE SRI LANKAN LAWYERS (U.K.) TSUNAMI APPEAL to engage with the local communities, the Railway Department and the Department of Wildlife to reduce Elephant train accidents in Habarana area as a pilot project. There is an alarming increase of Elephant deaths in the recent months in Sri