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Dwindling forest abets elephant crisis [1]

GUWAHATI, Aug 12: Encroachment over forest land has drastically reduced the roaming field for elephants, resulting in frequent man-elephant clashes that has claimed nearly 500 lives in the last ten years.

Publication Date: 
13/08/2010
Sentinel (Guwahati) [2]
Tags:
Forests [3], Elephant [4], Wildlife [5], People - Animal Conflicts [6], Forest Encroachments [7], Assam [8]
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[2] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/newspaper/sentinel-guwahati
[3] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/forests
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[5] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/wildlife
[6] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/people-animal-conflicts
[7] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/forest-encroachments
[8] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/assam