An Early Warning System to Prevent Human Elephant Conflict and Tracking of Elephant Using Seismic Sensors
01 Jan 2015-pp 595-602
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors take a survey of elephant tracking using different methodologies and to help both human and the elephant to reduce human elephant conflict in the forest border areas, where the human habitat is troubled by the entry of wild elephants.
Abstract: Human Elephant Conflict has been a major issue in the forest border areas, where the human habitat is troubled by the entry of wild elephants. This makes HEC a major real time environmental based on research problem. The aim of this paper is to reduce HEC, by identifying the nature of the elephants as proposed by many ecology professors and researchers. The conflict varies depending on the field and the habitation of human and elephant. Hence the objective is to take a survey of elephant tracking using different methodologies and to help both human and the elephant. This article completely focus on the field based on survey, caused by both human and elephant and the technical and Non-technical methodologies used for elephant tracking. This paper also has a proposed methodology using seismic sensors (Vibration) with high quality video cameras. These methodologies illustrate a crystal clear view of elephant path tracking. The outcome of the proposed methodology expects to produce an early warning system, which tries to save the life of both human and elephants.
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TL;DR: A case study on human-elephant conflict (HEC) poses a major threat to elephants in many parts of Asia, including Indonesia, and as mentioned in this paper found that 86% of respondents had a positive view of protected forests, either for personal benefits such as hunting and collection of non-timber forest produce or to act as wildlife refuges.
Abstract: Human-elephant conflict (HEC) poses a major threat to elephants in many parts of Asia, including Indonesia. This paper presents data from a case study on HEC in Aceh, Sumatra, Indonesia. The area consists of a mosaic of settlements, agriculture, and forested areas that are used both by elephants and humans. Questionnaire survey data were used to examine villagers “attitudes towards elephant conservation”, “forest protection”, and “wildlife authorities”. While 36% of the respondents expressed a positive attitude and accepted the need to protect elephants, a majority of the respondents (64%) indicated that they would not support conservation where crop damage by wildlife, particularly elephants, was threatening livelihoods. Nevertheless, 86% of respondents had a positive view of protected forests, either for personal benefits such as hunting and collection of non-timber forest produce or to act as wildlife refuges. Although the wildlife management authorities respond to crop raiding incidences by elephants, which had some positive influence on perceptions of people towards the authorities, overall the majority of respondents (83%) perceived the wildlife authorities negatively and claimed that they did not provide support when crop raiding took place. The main factors identified as reasons for the observed conservation attitudes were proximity to forest boundary, occupation, and education level. Further education and conservation awareness programs, and conflict mitigation should become a priority to gain local communities’ support for conservation and change people’s attitudes towards elephant conservation so they can share resources with elephants, where possible.
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...A variety of crop and property protection methods have been devised in Asia and Africa which include early warning systems (for example, Anni and Sangaiah 2015) that alert villages in advance when elephants are approaching (e.g., trip wire, watchtower), barriers that prevent elephants from entering…...
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...Early warning systems, using advanced sound systems, indicating elephants approaching a certain village and sending out a warning to the inhabitants, resulting in cohesive and strategic defense, is regarded as promising (Anni & Sangaiah, 2015; Zeppelzauer & Stoeger, 2015)....
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TL;DR: A comprehensive survey on moving target recognition with the IoGN is conducted, including two representative types of seismic sensors and corresponding data acquisition units, and systematically summarize the detection and classification algorithms for target recognition.
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15 Apr 2015
TL;DR: A systematic literature review of elephant tracking approaches via seismic sensors is presented in this article, which is broadly divided into two categories: technical approach and non technical approach, and the main contribution of this paper is review of and address to the technical approaches that are employed for elephant tracking using seismic sensors.
Abstract: This paper presents a systematic literature review of elephant tracking approaches via seismic sensors. Elephant tracking is broadly divided into two categories: technical approach and non technical approach. Among these two research directions technical approach has proved to be risk-free. It helps accumulation of the life of both human and elephants in the Human-Elephant Conflict (HEC) scenario. In the technical approach, seismic sensors have been preferred as an effective methodology for elephant tracking as reported in the literature. Seismic scenarios address research gap in the existing methodologies through their efficiency and precision in monitoring elephant movements without causing any harm to them while, at the same time, helping humans to solve their problems and saving environment from hazards. The main contribution of this paper is review of and address to the technical approaches that are employed for elephant tracking using seismic sensors which also include seismic communication through sensor devices and encourage future research on this topic.
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TL;DR: Asian elephants are managed using traditional and modern methods but progress still needs to be made to improve welfare, training and breeding for these animals.
Abstract: The Asian elephant Elephas maximus is distributed discontinuously across the Asian continent. The total wild population is 38 500-52 500, with a further c. 16 000 in captivity, the majority of which are in range countries. India has 60% of the global population of wild Asian elephants. The species has a multi-tiered social system with ♀♀ living in matriarchal groups of five to 20 individuals that interact with other family units in the area. Adult ♂♂ live alone or in small, temporary groups with weak social bonds. Asian elephants are megaherbivores that spend 12-18 hours per day feeding, and they eat browse and plants depending on availability and season. Home-range size is dependant on the availability of food, water and shelter in the region. Loss and fragmentation of habitat, human-elephant conflicts and poaching are the greatest threats to the species. Asian elephants are managed using traditional and modern methods but progress still needs to be made to improve welfare, training and breeding for these animals.
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TL;DR: In this article, the authors used a feminist political ecology approach to examine the hidden costs of human-wildlife conflict in an agricultural village located at the border of Rajaji National Park in Uttarakhand (formerly Uttaranchal), India.
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"An Early Warning System to Prevent ..." refers result in this paper
...The graph shown in Figure 1 represents the year wise growth of elephant tracking as per various publications [3],[5],[8],[12],[13],[14],[18]....
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TL;DR: This paper examined people's experiences with economic compensation for losses due to human-wildlife conflict (HWC) in Uttarakhand, India and found that despite widespread complaints, the participation rate was only 37%.
Abstract: This paper examines people’s experiences with economic compensation for losses due to human–wildlife conflict (HWC) in Uttarakhand, India. Employing a combination of qualitative and quantitative approaches, we used a case study approach to investigate (1) socio-economic characteristics of applicant versus non-applicant households, (2) explanations for why only some households chose to apply, and (3) perceptions of program effectiveness. We found that despite widespread complaints, the participation rate was only 37%. Our results broadly support the findings of other studies which have identified inadequate remuneration, processing delays, and corruption as key problems. However, we also found that non-participation was itself a critical problem. Our study indicates that participation in the scheme was shaped by factors including wealth, gender, social networks, and pre-existing expectations. We highlight the need for improved communication about what “compensation” can and should be, advocate for reconceptualizations of compensation that are more closely based on ground-level realities, and point to the potential for alternative forms of payment to be more sustainable and socially just.
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...The graph shown in Figure 1 represents the year wise growth of elephant tracking as per various publications [3],[5],[8],[12],[13],[14],[18]....
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TL;DR: Improvements in the understanding of the factors causing annual deviations from isoscape patterns based on long-term datasets are needed to improve resolution of placing animals to origins.
Abstract: Movement patterns and annual migrations of animals are vital components of their ecology but have generally been poorly studied due to fundamental limitations in using exogenous markers. Stable isotope measurements of animal tissues represent endogenous markers that can provide information on origins because they reflect isoscape patterns occurring at various scales. In cases where animals move among isotopically distinct regions or over isotopic gradients, the isotopic measurement of a tissue representing the appropriate period of dietary integration can be used to place animals spatially and temporally. Detailed information on animal ranges, isoscape pattern and the dynamics of isotopic turnover in various tissues allows the placement of individuals or populations to solution space within isoscapes. Basic principles and examples of tracking migratory animals using stable isotopes are provided with particular emphasis on the use of the stable isotopes of the elements C, N, H, O and Sr. Improvements in our understanding of the factors causing annual deviations from isoscape patterns based on long-term datasets are needed to improve resolution of placing animals to origins.
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TL;DR: In this article, the distribution, impact and conservation implications of elephant crop-raiding in 13 villages that border Way Kambas National Park in southern Sumatra were studied for 18 months based on rapid village and field assessments, data logs maintained by village observers and a quantitative household survey.
Abstract: Crop raiding by wild elephants is one of the most significant sources of park–people conflict in Sumatra, Indonesia. The distribution, impact and conservation implications of elephant crop-raiding in 13 villages that border Way Kambas National Park in southern Sumatra were studied for 18 months. The data are based on rapid village and field assessments, data logs maintained by village observers and a quantitative household survey. Elephants raided crops year-round at a mean rate of 0.53 elephants per day for the entire study area. The frequency of crop raiding was related to vegetation type along the park border, the size and presence of rivers, and the distance to the park's Elephant Training Center (ETC), which houses about 150 captive elephants. Wild elephants damaged at least 450,000 sq m of corn, rice, cassava, beans and other annual crops, and close to 900 coconut, banana and other perennial trees in the area surveyed. Elephants killed or injured 24 people over a 12-year period in villages near the park. Villagers try to reduce elephant damage by guarding fields, digging trenches between the park and their fields, and modifying their cropping patterns. Elephant–human conflict decreases the probability of support from local people for conservation efforts. We suggest methods to improve the effectiveness of existing elephant trenches, the need to consider electric fences, external support to affected villages, and compensation to villagers for any damage caused.
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"An Early Warning System to Prevent ..." refers result in this paper
...The graph shown in Figure 1 represents the year wise growth of elephant tracking as per various publications [3],[5],[8],[12],[13],[14],[18]....
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