Elephant-human conflict in the Western Duars of northern West Bengal, India

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Thelma C

 

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August 13, 2011

 

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The Siliguri-Alipurduar railway track 7 The railway system 7 Elephant casualties on the track 8 Seasonal mortality records 9 Hour-wise mortality records 9 High risk zones 9 Current conflict management practices 10 LATEST CONFLICT DATA 11 What needs to be done? 14 Conclusion 15 Works Cited 16 Annexures 17 Annexure 1: List of Elephants killed on Railway Tracks in North Bengal 17 Annexure 2: Following is the list of accidents occurred in and outside the recommended zones 19 ? Elephant-Human Conflict in the Western Duars of North Bengal The Western Duars and the Elephant corridor The Duars region at the foothills of the eastern Himalayas is a vast swathe of 8,800 sq km terai forests and plains divided by the Sankosh river into two parts, Eastern and Western Duars...
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Both were ceded by Bhutan to the British at the end of the Bhutan war (1864-'65). The Western Duars lies in the northern West Bengal state and is a lowland belt linking the Himalaya and the plains region. The Western Duars is an important centre of the tea industry. The word Duars (literally, "doors") is derived from the existence of several passes that lead from the region into the Lesser Himalayas (Hoiberg & Ramchandani, 2000)...
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