C. Elephant, 1977-2008/ (i) Management of Elephants, 1977-2003
DKL Subject File No.204
I. Subject Files, 1881-2016
C. Elephant, 1977-2008/ (ii) Project Elephant, 1989-2000
Jul-98
Material related to the sixth meeting of Steering Committee, New Delhi, 15 February 1999. The file contains correspondence among D.K. Lahiri Choudhury, Sarweshwar Jha, Kishore Rao, Keshab N. Chowdhury, S.K. Mukherjee, A.J.T. Johnsingh, Devendra Pandey, P.K. Sen regarding reconstitution of steering committee of Project Elephant, finalisation of National Elephant Conservation Action Plan (NECAP), long-term plan for protection of identified corridors, status of elephant population in Rajaji National Park, poaching and illegal trade, man-animal conflict in Nagarhole National Park and hydel and irrigation dams in North-East. Includes documents titled �Sixth meeting of the steering committee of Project Elephant-Agenda Notes�, �Elephant Reserve No.7: Nilgiris-Western Ghats� �Elephant Reserve No. 1: South West Bengal - South Bihar & Orissa�, �Action Plan for Conservation and Management of Elephants in north West Bengal� etc. Also, minutes of the sixth meeting
Steering Committee; New Delhi; Project Elephant; National Elephant Conservation Action Plan (NECAP); Rajaji National Park; Nagarhole National Park; Nilgiris-Western Ghats; Orissa
C. Elephant, 1977-2008/ (iii) Illegal Trade and Poaching, 1994-2006
1994
Correspondence among D.K. Lahiri Choudhury and Ashok Kumar, Director of TRAFFIC-India, Vivek Menon, Programme Officer of TRAFFIC-India, S. Roy, Chief Wildlife Warden of West Bengal, R. Sukumar, member of Asian Elephant Specialist Group and others regarding ivory trade and poaching, TRAFFIC-India undertaking a study on elephant poaching and illegal ivory trade, bovine gallstones, human/man-elephant conflict and proposed Sankosh dam. There are press clippings titled, �Tusk smugglers causing concern to States� and �Poachers make a killing at tribal�s expense in South Bihar. Also, includes a Report of the Committee on Prevention of Illegal Trade in Wildlife and Wildlife Products published by Ministry of Environment & Forests, Government of India and a covering letter
TRAFFIC-India; West Bengal; Asian Elephant Specialist Group; Ivory trade; Sankosh dam; South Bihar; Ministry of Environment & Forests
C. Elephant, 1977-2008/ (iii) Illegal Trade and Poaching, 1994-2006
1995
Correspondence between D.K. Lahiri Choudhury and R. Sukumar, Vivek Menon, S. Roy, S.S. Bist, Vinod Rishi, M.K. Nandi and others regarding poaching of elephants for ivory trade in Asia and Africa, impact of ban of African ivory on Asian Elephant, resuming sale of ivory in Botswana, Namibia and Zimbabwe, ivory outlets in Asian countries, study of ivory trade in India, and ivory seizure in Kenya. The file includes reports titled, Analysis of the Amended Management System of Domestic Ivory Trade in Japan by Masayuki Sakamoto, and Signed and Sealed: The Fate of Asian Elephant by Vivek Menon and Ashok Kumar. There are newspaper clippings on human-elephant conflict, ivory trade, elephant conservation, Project Elephant etc. and a bulletin article entitled �Elephant Ivory Trade: A Case Study of the African Elephant�
C. Elephant, 1977-2008/ (iii) Illegal Trade and Poaching, 1994-2006
2002
Papers relating to Monitoring the Illegal Killing of Elephants (MIKE). Includes related correspondence between D.K. Lahiri Choudhury and S.S. Bist and enclosures: official record, Conf. 10.10 (Rev), authorising the implementation of MIKE in Asia and Africa; a document introducing MIKE; and a revised progress report to be circulated in preparation of CoP 12
Monitoring the Illegal Killing of Elephants (MIKE); Asia; Africa; CoP 12
C. Elephant, 1977-2008/ (iii) A Trunk Full of Tales, 2002-2008
2002
The file contains correspondence between D.K. Lahiri Choudhury and Permanent Black pertaining to his book A Trunk Full of Tales: Seventy Years with the Indian Elephant (2006) and reviews of the book. Includes memorandum of agreement with Permanent Black regarding publishing of the book. Also, includes four photographs and a compact disc
