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Cultivation near forests leading to man-animal conflicts' [1]

Shrinking of core forest area, lack of awareness too are factors

The rising number of man-animal conflicts are caused by commercial cultivation of soft crops in the border areas and human habitation in forest areas, blocking the path taken by wild animals, especially elephants, said Forest Department sources.

Publication Date: 
07/01/2012
Giji K. Raman [2]
Hindu (Thiruvananthapuram) [3]
Tags:
People - Animal Conflicts [4], Idukki SA [5], Periyar NP [6], Tiger Reserves [7], Elephant [8], Tribals [9], Land [10], Forests [11]

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[2] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/author/giji-k-raman
[3] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/newspaper/hindu-thiruvananthapuram
[4] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/people-animal-conflicts
[5] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/idukki-sa
[6] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/periyar-np
[7] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/tiger-reserves
[8] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/elephant
[9] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/tribals
[10] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/land
[11] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/forests