Write an essay about 700 words " Man - Elephant conflict in Assam " please
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Growers of world-famous Assam tea are encroaching into forests, fuelling a conflict between elephants and humans, locals and authorities in the Indian state have said.
Officials blame small-scale plantations for most of the encroachment but local leaders told the BBC there was no up-to-date land survey of bigger tea "estates" either.
A major association of tea companies has rejected the accusation, arguing that forest coverage is in its members' interest.
However, a study by the Indian government has found that tea gardens are contributing to Assam's deforestation.
"The decrease in forest cover of the state is mainly due to encroachment in forest land, biotic pressure, rotational felling in tea gardens and shifting cultivation," the environment ministry's State of the Forest report said in 2015.
Loss of life
Official figures show nearly 800 people were killed by wild elephants in Assam between 2006 and 2016.
One person dies every day in India after coming into contact with an elephant or tiger, according to the most recent figures made public by the government last year.
Elephants roam through tea gardens in Assam
Image caption Elephants roam through tea gardens in Assam
Between 2014 and 2015, casualties related to elephant attacks were the highest in West Bengal state followed by Assam, which recorded 54 deaths in that period.
"I did not even get to say goodbye to my daughter who was rushed to the hospital after being trampled by an elephant," said Mariam Kerketta, a resident of Sessa tea garden village in south Assam.
As she spoke, tears rolled down her cheeks.
Last October, her 26-year-old daughter Bobita Kerketta jumped off a scooter her friend was riding after they were confronted by an elephant in a tea garden one evening.
Growers of world-famous Assam tea are encroaching into forests, fuelling a conflict between elephants and humans, locals and authorities in the Indian state have said.
Officials blame small-scale plantations for most of the encroachment but local leaders told the BBC there was no up-to-date land survey of bigger tea "estates" either.
A major association of tea companies has rejected the accusation, arguing that forest coverage is in its members' interest.
However, a study by the Indian government has found that tea gardens are contributing to Assam's deforestation.
"The decrease in forest cover of the state is mainly due to encroachment in forest land, biotic pressure, rotational felling in tea gardens and shifting cultivation," the environment ministry's State of the Forest report said in 2015.
Loss of life
Official figures show nearly 800 people were killed by wild elephants in Assam between 2006 and 2016.
One person dies every day in India after coming into contact with an elephant or tiger, according to the most recent figures made public by the government last year.
Elephants roam through tea gardens in Assam
Image caption Elephants roam through tea gardens in Assam
Between 2014 and 2015, casualties related to elephant attacks were the highest in West Bengal state followed by Assam, which recorded 54 deaths in that period.
"I did not even get to say goodbye to my daughter who was rushed to the hospital after being trampled by an elephant," said Mariam Kerketta, a resident of Sessa tea garden village in south Assam.
As she spoke, tears rolled down her cheeks.
Last October, her 26-year-old daughter Bobita Kerketta jumped off a scooter her friend was riding after they were confronted by an elephant in a tea garden one evening.