due to continued official logging in the area of Sonitpur. The other major threat for Nameri is human/animal conflict due to around 3000 cattle grazing the forest. There is another human/animal conflict due to the vast group of elephants in Nameri. The human-elephant conflict arose mainly due to herds of elephants raiding crops, damaging homes, and killing cattle. In a study published in November 2011, researchers found correlation between the human-elephant conflict and forest cover dropping below 30-40%. There are several cases of elephant deaths. In 2001 there were 18 elephant deaths. References External links Brahmaputra Valley semi-evergreen forests Tiger reserves of India National parks in Assam Tourism in Northeast India Tourism in Assam 1978 establishments in Assam Protected areas established in 1978