A. Species

Scientific name: Elephas maximus

Common name(s): Elephant

Global IUCN Red List Threat Status: Endangered

B. Location of use

Geographic location(s):

• India

Country/Region:

C. Scale of assessment

Scale of assessment: Regional/Continental/Multi-country level

Name/Details of location: Sonitpur, Cachar, Nambor-Garampani, Assam

D. Timescale of use

Start Year: 1985

End Year: 2010

E. Information about the use

How is the wild species sourced?: Wild species sourced from its natural habitat

Type of use: Extractive

Practice of use: Hunting and/or Trapping of live terrestrial and aerial animals

Lethal or non-lethal: Lethal

Does this use involve take/extraction of: The whole entire organism

Purpose(s) of end use: Killed in human-wildlife conflicts; animals destroyed crops or killed humans (elephants)

Motivation of use: Basic subsistence

Is this use legal or illegal?: Illegal under national law

F. Information about the Users

Which stakeholder(s) does the record primarily focus on?: Local people

G. Information about the sustainability of use

Is there evidence that the use is having an impact on the target species?: Wild species sourced from its natural habitat

Has an assessment (or judgement) of sustainability of the use of the target species from an ecological perspective been recorded?: not recorded

Has an assessment (or judgement) of sustainability of the use of the target species from an economic perspective been recorded?: not recorded

Has an assessment (or judgement) of sustainability of the use of the target species from a social perspective been recorded?: not recorded

Has an assessment (or judgement) of sustainability of the use of the target species from a human health perspective been recorded?: not recorded

Has an assessment (or judgement) of sustainability of the use of the target species from an animal health/welfare perspective been recorded?: not recorded

Recommendations provided in the record to maintain or enhance the sustainability of the use of the target species

1. new protected areas need to be created 2. wherever possible, the existing protected areas should also be enlarged and fragmentation of protected areas should be discouraged. 3. elephant migration corridors should be legally protected 4. poaching wildlife for trade and meat consumption should be strictly monitored. Anti-poaching staff need to be better trained and equipped, and penal- ties for poaching should be more severe. In addition, all unlicensed arms should be confiscated. 5. shifting cultivation needs to be controlled/regulated 6. encroachment should be strictly monitored. New encroachments should be discouraged or banned, especially in the reserve forestlands. 7. there should be a ban on commercial forestry/logging in NE India (similar to Thailand) 8. Finally, all areas currently designated as protected (e.g., National Parks) require consistent and adequate protection through effective patrolling and enforcement.

Record source

Information about the record source: own_res_data_knowledge

Date of publication/issue/production: 2010-01-01T00:00:00+0000

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Date of record entry: 2024-08-08