Project Elephant (PE) is a wildlife conservation project initiated in India

in February 1992 with the aim to provide financial and technical

support to major elephant bearing States in the country for protection
of elephants, their habitats and corridors.
Though this centrally sponsored scheme began with a thrust on
elephant conservation in the various elephant populous biogeographical regions of the country, it expanded its view to adopt a
more comprehensive approach to the subsidiary issues of humanelephant conflict and welfare of domesticated elephants.
The Project demarcated 13 States to implement its efforts to
maintaining a viable Elephant population in their natural habitat. The
states being:
Andhra pradesh
Arunachal Pradesh
Assam
Jharkhand
Karnataka
Kerala
Meghalaya
Nagaland
Orissa
Tamil Nadu
Uttranchal
Uttar Pradesh
West Bengal
For a better understanding of the main activities of the Project, they are listed below:

Ecologically restoring the existing natural habitats and

migratory routes of elephants

Developing of scientific methods for conservation of

elephant habitats and viable population of Wild Asiatic
elephants in India and ensuring their continuance through
planned management.

Promoting measures for mitigating man-elephant conflict

in crucial habitats and as far as possible negating the undue
pressures of human and domestic stock activities in crucial
elephant habitats

Ensuring strictest adherence to "No poaching" acts

formulated for Wild elephants and minimizing cases of
unnatural deaths of elephants due to human or other
interference.

Research on Elephant management related issues.

Conducting Public education and awareness programmes.
Providing for veterinary care of the wild elephants.