MIKE Sites

MIKE : Monitoring the Illegal killing of Elephant

• The CITES Monitoring the Illegal killing of Elephant programme is a site based system designed to monitor trends in the illegal killing of elephants, build management capacity and provide information to help range states make appropriate management and enforcement decisions.
• The prime objectives of the MIKE are to measure levels and trends in the illegal poaching of elephants.
• Mike progeamme was established by the CITES by resolution 10.10 adopted at the 10th conference of the parties in 1997.
• There are aroud 50 MIKE sites across Africa.
• There are currently 28 sites in the Asia, distributed across 13 countries.
• India has 10 sites.
• 2 sites each in Cambodia, Indonesia, Lao PDR, Malasiya, Myanmar and Thailand.
• 1site each in Bangladesh, Bhutan, China, Nepal, Sri lanka and Viet nam.

MIKE sites in India                                   State
1) Chirang Ripu                    --------           Assam
2) Dihing Patkai                   ---------          Assam
3) Eastern Dooars                ----------         West Bengal
4) Deomali                           ----------         Arunachal Pradesh
5) Garo hills                         ----------         Meghalaya
6) Mayur bhanj                     ----------        Orissa
7) Mysore                             ----------         Karnataka
8) Nilgiri                              ----------         Tamil Nadu
9) Shivalik                           ----------          Uttarakhand
10) Wayanad                        ----------          Kerala