The Asian Elephant is one of the most endangered mega-herbivores in the world. Over the last four decades, its population has declined precipitously, and the biggest threats to its survival are habitat loss and conflict with humans over crop raiding. Currently, less than 40,000 Asian elephants are estimated to survive in the wild, with fewer than 10 populations of 1,000 animals remaining across the Asian continent.
As the largest terrestrial vertebrate in Asia, and a CITES Appendix I listed species, conserving the Asian elephant is a globally important conservation objective. Given that the remaining Asian elephants populations subsist alongside many of the largest, most rapidly growing human populations on the planet, reconciling the conservation of the Asian elephant with human interests must be given the highest priority.
The Sri Lankan elephant population is one of three island populations in the Asian elephant range. Human elephant conflict (HEC) today is one of the most pressing conservation problems in wildlife management in Sri Lanka. This project will install a 15 kilometer electric fence along the boundary of farmer settlements in the Mahaweli System C. The fence will extend along the western most boundary of System C from Batalayaya to Nuwaragala.
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Saving Elephants
