Human–elephant conflict in Sri Lanka: A critical review of causal explanations

S Köpke, SS Withanachchi, R Pathiranage… - Sustainability, 2021 - mdpi.com
Human–elephant conflict (HEC) is a severe and much-debated issue in Sri Lanka. An
average of two hundred animals are intentionally killed, and seventy to eighty human …

The human-elephant conflict in Sri Lanka: history and present status

TD Gunawansa, K Perera, A Apan… - Biodiversity and …, 2023 - Springer
Human-elephant conflict (HEC) is a severe conservation, socio-economic and
environmental issue of forests and ecosystems in elephant inhabiting countries, including …

Human-elephant conflict in the Sri Lankan dry zone: investigating social and geographical drivers through field-based methods

S Köpke, SS Withanachchi, R Pathiranage… - GeoJournal, 2023 - Springer
Human-elephant conflict (HEC) in Sri Lanka has escalated over the recent years, with, on
average, 300 elephant deaths annually and human casualties of around 90 per year …

[PDF][PDF] Human-elephant conflict in Sri Lanka: patterns and extent

T Prakash, AW Wijeratne, P Fernando - Gajah, 2020 - researchgate.net
Human-elephant conflict (HEC) has become a serious socio-economic and conservation
problem in Sri Lanka. We assessed the overall level of HEC in the country during 2010 …

Perceptions and patterns of human–elephant conflict in old and new settlements in Sri Lanka: insights for mitigation and management

P Fernando, E Wikramanayake, D Weerakoon… - Biodiversity & …, 2005 - Springer
Human–elephant conflict poses a major threat to elephants in many parts of Asia, including
Sri Lanka. We studied human–elephant conflict in two areas with contrasting scenarios of …

[PDF][PDF] Managing elephants in Sri Lanka: where we are and where we need to be

P Fernando - 2015 - dl.nsf.gov.lk
Asian elephants are 'endangered'but come into significant conflict with humans. Sri Lanka
holds an important position in relation to Asian elephants, both in terms of species …

[PDF][PDF] Patterns of crop raiding by Asian elephants in a human-dominated landscape in Southeastern Sri Lanka

SKK Ekanayaka, A Campos-Arceiz, M Rupasinghe… - Gajah, 2011 - zora.uzh.ch
Human-elephant conflict (HEC) describes occurrences of crop raiding, infrastructural
damage and disturbance of daily activities of people due to elephants, which can result in …

First country-wide survey of the Endangered Asian elephant: towards better conservation and management in Sri Lanka

P Fernando, MKCR De Silva, LKA Jayasinghe… - Oryx, 2021 - cambridge.org
The Endangered Asian elephant Elephas maximus comes into widespread conflict with
agrarian communities, necessitating active management. The species' distribution is of …

Project orange elephant is a conflict specific holistic approach to mitigating human-elephant conflict in Sri Lanka

C Dharmarathne, C Fernando, C Weerasinghe… - Communications …, 2020 - nature.com
Human-wildlife conflicts are an increasing problem as human land use encroaches on
wildlife habitats. Augmenting farmers' crops with orange trees through Project Orange …

[HTML][HTML] Assessment of human–elephant conflicts in multifunctional landscapes of Taita Taveta County, Kenya

M Munyao, M Siljander, T Johansson… - Global Ecology and …, 2020 - Elsevier
People and wildlife have co-occurred, sharing resources for thousands of years, however,
over the last four decades records of human–wildlife conflict have increasingly emerged …