Given that the incidents of wild animals, which have lost agricultural land and human dwellings, continue to increase in Kerala, the forest department is ready to revise its policy of conflict management.
The meeting of the parties involved on Wednesday recommended several urgent measures, including the stronger participation of farmers in the effort to mitigate, integrate environmental awareness and animal psychology in the school curriculum and the introduction of the legal framework to improve the coordination of intermediate.
The conference attended by experts, officials, farmers and representatives from other fields was convened to complete the new political approach of the ministry in the middle of the growing public interest in the invasions of wild animals, especially along the forest edges.
Farmers’ groups emphasized the need for direct involvement in all decision -making bodies related to conflict management. Their representation is currently limited to Jan Jagrath Samithis. They also proposed incentives to transition to crops, which are less attractive to wild animals, and called for robust protective measures such as hanging fences, trenches and biological bending to prevent animals from entering farms.
As ordinary intruders were quoted species such as wild exchanges, elephants, hood macques, leopards and peacocks. Yesterday it was designed in areas without the presence of a bear to serve as an economic activity and a discouraging means.
The meeting also emphasized the need for environmental education at school level. Participants who drew inspiration from the Cadet Cadet Cadet program proposed students of training as “ecological guards” to raise awareness of the behavior and protection of wild animals.
On the legal front, there was a strong request for the creation of a specialized tribunal, similar to the Tribunal for Motor Accident requirements (MACT) to handle compensation related to the conflict of human and tislife. Participants also noticed the absence of laws that prevent the unscientific waste disposal, which often attracts wild animals to human settlements.
Unregulated development and tourism near the borders of forests have come to criticism. It has been proposed that the resorts maintain a minimum distance from forest zones and that all forest areas will be properly maintained during digital soil surveys. Uncontrolled tourism was identified as a contributing factor to disorders that push wild animals into human spaces.
The use of traffic signals on the roads cut forests was also recommended to reduce accidents involving animals.
Assignment of access to access, which includes feasible recommendations made at a meeting, will be officially published on Sunday by the main Minister Pinaraya Vijayan as in Kozhikode. It will also start a 45 -day action plan to deal with human and yew conflicts throughout the state in the program.
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Published – August 28 2025 17:53
