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Susan Sharma
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October 26, 2021
Asian Elephants-Latest Research findings shared by Prof.R. Sukumar in a talk delivered to Bankers
https://youtu.be/LRugFUNKCNo
Prof.Raman Sukumar is an Indian ecologist best known for his work on the ecology of the Asian elephant and wildlife-human conflict. He also works on climate change and tropical forest ecology. In 1986, Sukumar helped to design the Nilgiri Biosphere Reserve,
the first of its kind in India. In 1997, he set up the Asian Nature Conservation Foundation, a public charitable trust that incorporates the Asian Elephant Research and Conservation Centre, an organization that has carried out several field projects in India
and other Asian countries on elephants and their habitats. In 2006, he was awarded the International Cosmos Prize, Japan, the first Indian to receive this award. He was also commended by the Prime Minister of India for contributions to the Intergovernmental
Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) that shared the Nobel Peace Prize in 2007.
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