MIKE program of Project Elephant
Q. Which of the following statements is/are correct about Project Elephant (PE)?
1. Project Elephant (PE) is a centrally sponsored scheme
2. Project Elephant is implementing MIKE programme of CITES.- Published on 06 Jan 16a. Only 1
b. Only 2
c. Both
d. None
ANSWER: Both
- MIKE is Monitoring of Illegal Killing of Elephants.
- It is mandated by COP resolution of CITES.It was started in South Asia in 2003 with the following purpose:
1.To measure levels and trends in illegal hunting of elephants.
2.To determine changes in these trends overtime.
3.To determine the factors causing or associated with these changes and to try and assess in particular to what extent observed trends are a result of any decisions taken by the Conference of the Parties to CITES.
