This year's World Elephant Day theme says it all: 'Safe & Eco-friendly Corridors, Safe Elephants'.
Summary
Nepal’s wild elephants depend on traditional forest corridors that are increasingly blocked by settlements, farmland and roads, intensifying human-elephant conflict. A 10-year conservation action plan aims to protect habitats and corridors while improving community-based conservation and elephant welfare.
Key Points
- Nepal’s wild elephants use traditional routes between forests, but expanding settlements, farmland and roads are disrupting these corridors.
- Human-elephant conflict is rising across the country as habitat connectivity is lost.
- Nepal’s 10-year Elephant Conservation Action Plan (2025-2035) aims to protect habitats and corridors, reduce conflict and support community-based conservation.
- The country also has around 200 captive elephants, making their welfare and management an important conservation issue.
