MEE-ER management effectiveness Evaluation of Elephant Reserves in India : guidelines, criteria and indicators for evaluation of elephant reserves through Management Effectiveness Process

Abstract

The stated objectives of the Project Elephant include: I. To protect elephants, their habitats, and corridors II. To address issues of man-elephant conflict III. To improve the welfare of captive elephants Under the Project Elephant scheme, the State Governments of elephant range were to identify and propose conservation areas that can be declared as Elephant Reserves (ERs). In order to bring uniformity in management practices across the country; to provide technical and financial support to elephant range states and address issues facing human-elephant conflict, Elephant Reserves (ERs) have been created across the four elephant- holding regions.