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Establish national database for elephant mortality: NGT to MOEFC

The National Green Tribunal (NGT) February 27, 2026 issued a number of directions for the conservation of elephants. The southern bench of the tribunal directed the state of Kerala to operationalise the Wild Animal Mortality Auditing Framework as a standardised and digitised monitoring system, ensuring integration of demographic, spatial data for real-time review.

The Union Ministry of Environment, Forest & Climate Change (MoEFCC) has been directed ...