India, Sept. 3 -- The Environment, Agriculture and Resource Sustainability Sectoral Oversight Committee emphasised the need to urgently formulate a national policy to control the human-elephant conflict by integrating all relevant parties and institutions.
The committee met in Parliament recently under the chairmanship of MP Hector Appuhamy and discussed research findings and policy recommendations from a project jointly implemented by the Coalition for Inclusive Impact (CII), UNESCO and the Center for Poverty Analysis (CEPA).
Discussions focused on managing the human-human conflict, meeting the food and water needs of wild elephants, protecting the Muthurajawela wetland system, improving conditions for informal fishermen and strengthenin...