Archive · 24 May 2025
Assam Forest Replanting to Mitigate Elephant-Human Conflict
In Assam, India, a project is underway to replant a degraded forest near the Bhutan border.
Conservation group Aaranyak and a local committee are planting native trees to provide food and shelter for elephants, aiming to reduce conflicts with humans.
They are planting various local species, hoping to plant 1 lakh saplings this summer.
This effort seeks to improve elephant habitats, facilitate their movement, and ensure the region's watershed, addressing the negative impacts of human-elephant conflicts.
This multi-faceted approach tackles challenges from habitat loss, illegal logging, and encroachment on elephant corridors.
Aaranyak and local committees are replanting a degraded forest in Assam.
The project aims to mitigate human-elephant conflicts.
The focus is on planting native tree species for elephant food and shelter.
The project is located in Bhairabkunda Reserve Forest, Udalguri district.
The goal is to plant 1 lakh saplings this summer.
- Who
- Aaranyak, Dhansiri-Sikaridanga Joint Forest Management Committee, and local communities.
- What
- Re-greening a degraded forest to mitigate human-elephant conflict.
- When
- The planting drive resumed, starting May 14.
- Where
- Bhairabkunda Reserve Forest, Udalguri district, Assam, on the border with Bhutan.
- Why
- To provide food and shelter for elephants, improve habitats, and reduce human-elephant conflicts.
- Location
- Bhairabkunda Reserve Forest, Assam
- Objective
- Mitigate human-elephant conflicts
- Area
- 100-hectare degraded forest
- Organizations Involved
- Aaranyak, Dhansiri-Sikaridanga Joint Forest Management Committee
- Species Planted
- 11 native species including outenga, bel, kola siris, etc.
- Planting Goal
- 1 lakh saplings