International Science Community Association International Research Journal of Environmental Sciences 2319-1414 10 3 2021 07 22 Perception and attitude of tribal people towards human-elephant conflicts in Gorumara National Park: A Study of Purba Kantadighi Kumarpara Village, Jalpaiguri District, WB, India 55 61 EN Bharghavan S. Jaishinimol 1 Department Aquatic Biology and Fisheries, University of Kerala, India Vashi Rajendra T. 1 Chemistry Department, Navyug Science College, Surat, India Shroff Purvesh V. 2 Chemistry Department, Navyug Science College, Surat, India Kamal Huda 1 Institute of Environmental Sciences and Engineering (IESE), School of Civil and Environmental Engineering (SCEE), National University of Sciences and Technology (NUST), Sector H-12, Islamabad, Pakistan Hashmi Imran 2 Institute of Environmental Sciences and Engineering (IESE), School of Civil and Environmental Engineering (SCEE), National University of Sciences and Technology (NUST), Sector H-12, Islamabad, Pakistan Rakotomalala Christian Ulrich 1 National Institute of Nuclear Science and Technology (I.N.S.T.N.-Madagascar), P.O. Box 3907, 101 Antananarivo, Madagascar Rajaobelison Joël 2 National Institute of Nuclear Science and Technology (I.N.S.T.N.-Madagascar), P.O. Box 3907, 101 Antananarivo, Madagascar and Faculty of Sciences, University of Antananarivo, 101 Antananarivo, Madagascar Ramaroson Voahirana 3 National Institute of Nuclear Science and Technology (I.N.S.T.N.-Madagascar), P.O. Box 3907, 101 Antananarivo, Madagascar and Faculty of Sciences, University of Antananarivo, 101 Antananarivo, Madagascar Razafitsalama Falintsoa Fanantenana Asombola 4 National Institute of Nuclear Science and Technology (I.N.S.T.N.-Madagascar), P.O. Box 3907, 101 Antananarivo, Madagascar PaulFareze Lahimamy 5 National Institute of Nuclear Science and Technology (I.N.S.T.N.-Madagascar), P.O. Box 3907, 101 Antananarivo, Madagascar Das Gautam Kumar 1 19, Raj Krishna Pal Lane, Kolkata–700 075, India Gul Ishfaq 1 Department of Higher Education, Government of Jammu and Kashmir, India Dube Noel 1 Department of Geography and Environmental Studies, Zimbabwe Open University, Matebeleland South Regional Campus, Box 346, Gwanda, Zimbabwe Ndlovu Darlington 2 Mapane Secondary School, P.O. Box 221, Gwanda, Zimbabwe Das Pranab Kr. 1 Department of Geography, Sree Chaitanya College, Habra, District: North 24 Parganas, West Bengal, India > Case Study 2021 3 8 2021 07 22 Human-wildlife conflict arises due to direct and indirect negative interactions between them in and around forest areas. This could be potentially harmful to both sides and leads to negative human attitudes towards wildlife. This type of conflict causes economic losses particularly hampering of crop productions, agricultural activities and collection of non-timber forest products. Often human-wildlife conflicts become fatal due to their rivalries for food and niche. Human-elephant conflict in and around Gorumara National Park of West Bengal is a perfect example of this scenario. Gorumara is the natural habitat of approx 104 Asian Elephants (Elephas maximus) among them 85 is residential. Here elephant density is 1.06/km2, one of the highest in the world. The study area, Purba Kantadighi Kumarpara (26°43'38.26"N, 88°45'52.02"E), is a small tribal village, situated at the western fringe Gorumara National Park, under Kumali Panchayat in Mal Bazar Police Station of Jalpaiguri district. It is inhabited by only 115 tribal people of 20 families; most of them are engaged in subsistence marginal farm activities. Due to proximity to forest, crop-raiding and damages of household properties by elephants is a recurring event here. This is a case study on human-elephant conflicts in Purba Kantadighi Kumarpara village, emphasising on people’s perceptions and attitudes regarding this fact. Copyright@ International Science Community Association