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Fundraiser to secure 96 elephant corridors
Why in news
- Recent survey found seven elephant corridors in the country impaired, the Asian Elephant Alliance, an umbrella initiative by five NGOs, has come together to secure 96 out of the 101 existing corridors used by elephants across 12 States in India.
More in news
- It is a joint venture aiming at raising £20 million (₹187.16 crore) to secure the 96 remaining elephant corridors, old and new, in the next ten years.
- The alliance tasked to raise the mammoth sum as money, which was the main constraint in securing the land.
Elephant corridor in news recently
- Talamai-Chamaraj nagar elephant corridor at Mudahalli, Bengaluru.
- Wildlife Trust of India’s (WTI) Elephant Corridor Securement Project-South India, recently has taken process of securing the Tamil Nadu-Karnataka inter-State corridor called the Talamai-Chamarajnagar elephant corridor.
- Wildlife Trust of India, in its 2017 publication ‘Right of Passage: Elephant Corridors of India’ has identified 101 elephant corridors across India.
- Out of 101 elephant corridors identified by the WTI in its 2012-15 study, five of them out of two in Meghalaya and one each in Assam, Kerala and Karnataka have already been secured by the WTI with the help of conservation partners and the support of State governments.
Source
The Hindu