<p>The Union Ministry of Environment and Forests (MoEF) has constituted an eight-member task force to resolve the problem of human-elephant conflict. <br /><br /></p>.<p>The move follows a direction from the High Court to the Union Government in this regard. The task force comprises elephant experts, a sociologist and a City-based advocate.<br /><br />The members are: Dr Ajay Desai, member of the Project Elephant Steering Committee; Dr Raman Sukumaran, elephant expert and Chairman, Centre for Ecological Sciences (CES), Indian Institute of Sciences (IISc); Dr M D Madhusudan, elephant biologist; Dr C H Basappanavar, retired forest officer; Sharad Chandra Lele, Sociologist, Ashoka Trust for Research in Environment and Education; Dr S S Bisht, former director, Project Elephant and elephant expert; Dr Ajay Mishra, CCF and Field Director, Mysore Elephant Reserve; B R Deepak, advocate.<br /><br />The committee will look into the entire gamut of issues and make effective recommendations for conservation and management, study composition of elephant population in Kattepura and its movement pattern.<br /><br />The committee will undertake consultation on translocation of elephants with people, including those presently affected and those residing at the place where the jumbos will be translocated; other experts, including those working on such problems in other parts of the world.</p>
<p>The Union Ministry of Environment and Forests (MoEF) has constituted an eight-member task force to resolve the problem of human-elephant conflict. <br /><br /></p>.<p>The move follows a direction from the High Court to the Union Government in this regard. The task force comprises elephant experts, a sociologist and a City-based advocate.<br /><br />The members are: Dr Ajay Desai, member of the Project Elephant Steering Committee; Dr Raman Sukumaran, elephant expert and Chairman, Centre for Ecological Sciences (CES), Indian Institute of Sciences (IISc); Dr M D Madhusudan, elephant biologist; Dr C H Basappanavar, retired forest officer; Sharad Chandra Lele, Sociologist, Ashoka Trust for Research in Environment and Education; Dr S S Bisht, former director, Project Elephant and elephant expert; Dr Ajay Mishra, CCF and Field Director, Mysore Elephant Reserve; B R Deepak, advocate.<br /><br />The committee will look into the entire gamut of issues and make effective recommendations for conservation and management, study composition of elephant population in Kattepura and its movement pattern.<br /><br />The committee will undertake consultation on translocation of elephants with people, including those presently affected and those residing at the place where the jumbos will be translocated; other experts, including those working on such problems in other parts of the world.</p>
