World Elephant Day Celebrated in Nepal with Focus on Conservation and Corridor Protection
Summary
Nepal is marking World Elephant Day with a focus on elephant conservation, protecting migration corridors, and reducing human-elephant conflict. The country says safeguarding forests alone is not enough and has highlighted a ten-year action plan for 2025 to 2035.
Key Points
- World Elephant Day in Nepal is centered on safe and eco-friendly corridors, forest conservation, and elephant protection.
- Human-elephant conflict has worsened as forests are fragmented by settlements, agriculture, and roads.
- Nepal estimates around 250 to 400 wild elephants and about 200 domesticated elephants.
- A ten-year elephant conservation action plan for 2025 to 2035 prioritizes habitats, corridors, conflict mitigation, and community-based conservation.
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