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 …

Human-elephant conflict (HEC) is a severe conservation, socio-economic and
environmental issue of forests and ecosystems in elephant inhabiting countries, including …

The Asian elephant Elephas maximus is distributed in 13 countries across South Asia and
South East Asia spread over an area of 486 800 km2 with a population of c. 48 323–51 680 …

Concerns for biodiversity loss, wildlife conservation, and habitat destruction have dominated
the policy agenda worldwide for decades. Unsustainable human-induced development and …

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 …

Human-elephant conflict (HEC) threatens the survival of endangered Asian elephants
(Elephas maximus). Translocating “problem-elephants” is an important HEC mitigation and …

While subspecies taxonomy of Elephas maximus has varied among authors, the most recent
treatment (Shoshani and Eisenberg 1982) recognizes three subspecies: E. m. indicus on the …

The Endangered Asian elephant Elephas maximus comes into widespread conflict with
agrarian communities, necessitating active management. The species' distribution is of …

This paper examines human-wildlife conflict in and around protected areas to reflect on long-
standing questions in conservation social science about protected areas and fortress …

Highlights•Deforestation in Sri Lanka due to rubber plantations is understudied.•Remote
sensing indicates 196 km 2 of forest became rubber plantations (2006–2016).•Exports of …