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ASSESSMENT OF ELEPHANT HABITAT VULNERABILITY AND HUMAN-ELEPHANT CONFLICT RISK USING GEOSPATIAL TECHNOLOGY: A CASE STUDY OF JALPAIGURI & ALIPURDUAR DISTRICT, WEST BENGAL

    4 Author(s):  KRISHNA PATRA, ABHIJIT SEN, TAPAN KUMAR DAS,SYED GHULAM MOHIUDDIN

Vol -  12, Issue- 11 ,         Page(s) : 144 - 156  (2021 ) DOI : https://doi.org/10.32804/IRJMSH

Abstract

The Jalpaiguri and Alipurduar district of West Bengal are situating in the dooars region which is well known for wild elephant habitat. The fragmentation of this elephant habitat and its vulnerability are resulted due to deforestation, expansion of settlement, conversion of land cover and land use and development rail & road network. The Elephants are constantly fighting for restoration of their habitat for its existence. On the other hand, growing population pressure over this region compels the human beings to be more dependent on forest for their settlement, agriculture & livelihood. As a result Human-Elephant conflict becomes a frequent phenomenon here. The present study deals with the assessment of vulnerability of elephant habitat and human-elephant conflict risk in relation to geographic & socio-economic criteria. Thematic maps of Population density change (2021-1981), Forest cover change (2021-1977), Land use change (2021-1977) and transport & communication network are prepared and re-classed for overlay. Then the elephant habitat vulnerability zonation map is prepared using weights computed by the AHP Technique in Arc GIS 10.7 software. Finally the human-elephant conflict risk zone map has been prepared.

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