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Project Elephant was launched in 1992 by the Govt. Of India Ministry of Environment and Forests to provide financial and technical support of wildlife management efforts by states for their free ranging populations of wild Asian Elephants. The project aims to ensure long-term survival of viable conservation reliant populations of elephants in their natural habitats by protecting the elephants, their habitats and migration corridors. Other goals of Project Elephant are supporting research of the ecology and management of elephants, creating conservation awareness among local people, providing improved veterinary care for captive elephants. Project Elephant (PE) was launched by the Government of India in the year 1992 as a Centrally Sponsored Scheme with following objectives : * To protect elephants, their habitat & corridors * To address issues of man-animal conflict * Welfare of captive elephants Financial and Technical support are being provided to major elephant bearing States in the country. The Project is being mainly implemented in 16 States / UTs , viz. Andhra Pradesh, Arunachal Pradesh, Assam, Chhattisgarh, Jharkhand, Karnataka, Kerala, Maharashtra, Meghalaya, Nagaland, Orissa, Tamil Nadu, Tripura, Uttarakhand, Uttar Pradesh, West Bengal. Main activities under the Project are as follows: * Ecological restoration of existing natural habitats and migratory routes of elephants; * Development of scientific and planned management for conservation of elephant habitats and viable population of Wild Asiatic elephants in India; * Promotion of measures for mitigation of man elephant conflict in crucial habitats and moderating pressures of human and domestic stock activities in crucial elephant habitats; * Strengthening of measures for protection of Wild elephants form poachers and unnatural causes of death; * Research on Elephant management related issues; * Public education and awareness programmes; * Eco-development * Veterinary care * Elephant Rehabilitation/Rescue Centers ==Elephant reserves== 28 Elephant Reserves (ERs) extending over about have been formally notified by various State Governments till now and consent for establishment of Baitarini ER & South Odisha in Odisha and Ganga-Jamuna (Shiwalik) ER in U.P has been accorded by MOEF. The concerned State Governments are yet to notify these ERs. Bhadra Wildlife Sanctuary will be accorded Project Elephant status in financial year 2010/11. The list of Elephant Reserves with area and elephant population is as follows:
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