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Project Elephant Update

July 1 , 2025 10 hrs 0 min 51 0

The 21^st Steering Committee Meeting of Project Elephant was held at the Indira Gandhi National Forest Academy (IGNFA), Dehradun, Uttarakhand.
The meeting reviewed the progress of elephant conservation efforts in India and discussed future strategies.
Project Elephant is a conservation initiative launched in 1992.
The Human-elephant conflict remains a serious threat to both human lives and elephant conservation.
Regional Action Plans are being developed to manage conflicts in Southern and North-Eastern India.
Surveys covering 3,452.4 km of railway tracks have been completed, identifying 77 high-risk stretches for mitigation.
The DNA profiling of captive elephants is ongoing, with 1,911 genetic profiles completed across 22 states.
Phase I of the synchronized elephant population census in the North-Eastern States has been completed, with over 16,500 dung samples collected.
Progress is being made on the Model Elephant Conservation Plan (ECP) for the Nilgiri Elephant Reserve, expected to be finalized by December 2025.