CURRENT AFFAIRS

Detailed explanation-1: -New Delhi, August 12, 2017: On the occasion of World Elephant Day, leading wildlife conservation NGO Wildlife Trust of India (WTI) has announced the launch of the Gaj Yatra, a campaign that aims to raise awareness about the shrinking space for India’s wild elephants and the importance of securing elephant corridors.

Detailed explanation-2: -Project elephant launched by Karnataka government to save Asian elephant in the state. Project Elephant (PE), a centrally sponsored scheme, was launched in February 1992 to provide financial and technical support to major elephant bearing States in the country for protection of elephants, their habitats and corridors.

Detailed explanation-3: -Project Elephant is a Central Government sponsored scheme launched in February 1992. Through the Project Elephant scheme, the government helps in the protection and management of elephants to the states having wild elephants in a free-ranging population.

Detailed explanation-4: -World Elephant Day was co-founded on August 12, 2012, by Canadian Patricia Sims and the Elephant Reintroduction Foundation of Thailand, an initiative of HM Queen Sirikit of Thailand. Since that time, Patricia Sims has continued to lead World Elephant Day.

Detailed explanation-5: -Project Elephant is a centrally sponsored scheme that envisages protection of elephant habitats in National Parks, Wildlife Sanctuaries and territorial forest areas such as Reserved Forests.