The census exercise was ordered by the ICC Charter to generate and share the database of the elephant population in an effort to resolve human-slon conflicts. | Photo Credit: File Photos
The three -day census as a mandate prescribed by the Charter Coordination Coordination Committee (ICC) ended on Sunday and the results of the elephant population in the South Karnataka region are expected to indicate the results.
The census began on 23 May with block sampling or exercise with a direct number followed on Saturday by exercise with transmission. On Sunday it was an exercise of the number of water parts to assess gender and age distribution. Constant rains throughout the region, however, the exercise influenced the last day.
As the rain pounded forests, the water hole was not the only source of elephants. The head official in Nagarahole, who visited more places, said the water hole did not visit a single elephant because the rain ensured the availability of water everywhere. However, this does not drastically affect the robustness of the data collected in the first two days, which will help in assessing the estimation and density of the population, added the official.
Ramesh Kumar, director, Bandipur Tiger Reserve said that the elephant census regularly has been holding from the age of three, sexual ratio will not be drastically different. The data collected in the first two days is more important, he added.
The census was part of a synchronized exercise performed in South India. At the same time, Karnataka took place in Bandipur Tiger Reserve, Nagarahole Tiger Reserve, Brt Tiger Reserve, Bhadra Tiger Reserve, Cauvery Wildlife, MM Hills, Madikeri territories, Madikeri wild game.
The census exercise was ordered by the ICC Charter to generate and share the database of the elephant population in an effort to resolve the conflicts of man-slon, which are in the upwards, especially in forests bordering on three South Indian states of Karnataka, Kerala and Tamil Nadu.
In addition, parts of the Southern Karnataka interior – as in Hassan and Chikkamagalur – are too much experienced by a conflict that results in the death of people and elephants. Kola, who shares the border with Andhra Pradesh and Tamil Nadu, has also witnessed an increase in conflict.
By the way, the larger nationwide synchronized census was carried out every five years to estimate the trends of elephant populations. However, he has not been accepted since 2017.
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Therefore, officials of these states took the initiative to carry out the census on the basis of the landscape and maintain the database for their protection and study the dynamics of the population.
In 2022, the center decided to make a common census, which includes both tigers and elephants, but sources said it was not cautious, because elephants will also be found in areas where tigers will not be found.
Even in Karnataka, which reported 6,395 elephants at an enumeration of 2023, is more than 95% in the southern parts of the state. Therefore, the trends of the population in the Dandeli Elephant reserve were not part of the closed census exercise.
Published – May 25, 2025 20:25
