World Land Trust Announces New Indian Elephant Project:

Indian Elephant, drawn by Priyanka Jena (11) from Ghaziabad India

Protecting a wildlife corridor to save the Indian Elephant

Elephant conservation - a first for the WLT

In the first elephant conservation project for the World land Trust (WLT), the Trust is working with the Wildlife Trust of India to protect a natural elephant corridor in north east India. The corridor, measuring 3.5km by 2km bridges the gap between two forest reserves allowing elephants to move through without restraint.

The Indian Elephant is under threat

The Indo-Burma region is a biological “hotspot”. Although many endangered species can be found here, the Indian Elephant, with only 591 individuals recorded here, is the species under most threat. Habitat fragmentation and encroachment from settlements, mining and dams is causing the numbers of Indian Elephants to fall.

Creating a wildlife corridor for the elephants

The Indian Elephant project will create the Siju-Rewat Elephant Corridor, in which local people have agreed to reduce their activities on the land in return for help with starting alternative sustainable businesses.

Support the elephant conservation project

We urgently need funds to implement the Wild Lands Elephant Corridor project. Please make a secure online donation to save the Indian elephant.

Read more about the project to save the Indian elephant

Read the press release Indian Elephant project launched by the World Land Trust. You can read more about the Indian elephant conservation project on the main project page: Help us save the Indian elephants