Mitigation on People-Elephant Conflicts around Salakpra Wildlife Sanctuary, Kanchanaburi Province

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Pichadarat Promlao
Naris Bhumpakphan
Nittaya Mianmit

Abstract

The objectives of this study were to investigate risk area of people-elephant conflicts around Salakpra Wildlife Sanctuary, Kanchanaburi Province and to estimate the cos t of the farmers to pay for insurance by calculation of the annual premium payment for cost of agricultural production to help solve the problem of cost of damage, the crops were destroyed by elephants (Elephasmaximus). It also reduced the costs of government spending on elephant damage. The researcher hopes that the actuarial insurance mechanism will be useful to mitigate people-elephant conflicts.
The study of risk areas determined the physical factors affecting the area selection of elephants and analyzed risk areas by overlay techniques. People-elephant conflict risk area was found within 5 kilometers from boundary of Salakpra Wildlife Sanctuary. The total of buffer area was covered 883 km2. There were 3 levels of risk area, low risk was 287.65 km2 (32.58%), medium risk was 191.28 km2 (21.66%) and high risk was 404.07 km2 (45.76%), respectively.
The study estimated the cost of the farmer to pay for insurance by interviewed farmers affected by elephants in two villages around Salakpra Wildlife Sanctuary. The cos t of agricultural production was used to calculate the premiums. The annual premium payment for cos t of agricultural production of rice, cassava, maize, sugar cane, rubber, fruit tree and others were 1,769.94, 496.63,532.66, 1,990.40, 230.08, 287.55 and 5.76 baht/rai, respectively.

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Promlao, P. . ., Bhumpakphan, N., & Mianmit, N. (2019). Mitigation on People-Elephant Conflicts around Salakpra Wildlife Sanctuary, Kanchanaburi Province. Thai Journal of Forestry, 38(1), 1–12. Retrieved from https://li01.tci-thaijo.org/index.php/tjf/article/view/242270
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