Nilanjana Das Chatterjee

Man-Elephant Conflict

A Case Study from Forests in West Bengal, India

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

This book sheds new light on the causes and consequences of elephant migration in the Panchet Forest Division of Bankura District in West Bengal, India- an area characterized by fragmented forested landscape modified by agriculture and settlement expansion. Anthropogenic activities result in the decline in quality and coverage of forests, loss of biodiversity and removal of forest corridors which ultimately restrict or modify the movement of elephants causing a forceful change of their habitats.
A major objective of this monograph is to identify the characteristics of man-elephant conflicts in terms of land use change, cropping patterns, ecological characteristics of the fragmented dry deciduous forest, trends and patterns of elephant migration, and livelihood patterns of the inhabitants in the affected areas. Readers will discover insights into changes in the behavioral pattern of elephants and localpeople in the conflict ridden zones, and how this influences food selection.Through this book we also learn about rational management strategies that can be employed on the local and national level to mitigate human-elephant conflicts.
Ecologists, landscape conservation planners and environmental managers engaged in the conservation of large vertebrates in fragmenting and human-dominated landscapes will find this book valuable.

Produktdetails

• SpringerBriefs in Environmental Science
• Verlag: Springer / Springer International Publishing / Springer, Berlin
• Artikelnr. des Verlages: 978-3-319-31161-6
• 1st ed. 2016
• Seitenzahl: 212
• Erscheinungstermin: 7. Oktober 2016
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 235mm x 155mm x 12mm
• Gewicht: 330g
• ISBN-13: 9783319311616
• ISBN-10: 3319311611
• Artikelnr.: 44538423

Autorenporträt

Dr. Priyanka Biswas is a senior research scholar in the Department of Geography, Vidyasagar University, West Bengal, India. Her areas of research interest are criminological studies especially crime against women, urban environment and crime, and statistical modelling. She emphasizes multidisciplinary efforts to visualize the crime scenarios and evaluate policy-level change to make society crime-free Prof. Nilanjana Das Chatterjee is a professor and head of the Department of Geography, Vidyasagar University, Midnapore, West Bengal, India. Her principal areas of research interest are environmental studies, criminological studies, criminal psychology, and associated socio-economic milieu. She emphasizes to use evaluation strategies to develop community level awareness and support policy-level change to enhance the quality of society.